Surger date was June 28th, 12. Starting weight was 230. Current weight is 185ish. For a Month and a half I have been bouncing around the 80s but never out. The lowest weight I have seen is 182, but then in a few days it bounces back up again. I get my protien. I drink 64-84 ounces of water. I have added exercise. I am interval training trying to work up to running a 5K. I am trying to stay optimistic. My husband says I look great. I don't want to stop in the 180s. It feels like failure.

I have pretty much the same exact stats , started at 231 sleeved 9/17 and I am also bouncing around 185 ish .... Do not get discouraged with the holidays it has been tough on all of us ... I am going to start the divas 5 day bootcamp with hopes that will jumpstart the weightloss again ... Until I start that I am just doing low carb ... Good luck

Relax and look how far you have come - let you body settle - then it will once again start to loose.

I have been between 175-181 for three months, but notice my clothes fitting differently.

Enjoy your new body as it is now - it will go down to where it needs to be -

Happy New Year

Thank you! So glad to hear I am not alone. I just threw away two bags of holiday cookies and two days of holiday candy. I think I was pretending it was okay to eat them and I was " wasteful" if I threw them away. Stupid thinking track, better to be wasteful that waist-full! It felt pretty good to throw them away. I think another road block I have been putting up is late night eating carbs. I don't need them. It was just comfort eating. I wrote a reminder to put on my bedside.

We have the same final goal . Maybe change up what you are eating or increase your calories or protein for a day or two to see if that shocks your system and starts a loss.

Think about installing MyFitnessPal or something else like it (there are many) and track your food and exercise. I think you probably have figured out the carb thing, but what these programs do is allow you to see what your are eating and where the breakdowns are. You have to be truthful and track faithfully, but I think it goes a long way in solving the stalls. I've said this a lot, the surgery in many ways is the easy part. The hard part is staying on track and focusing on the ultimate goal. While our input capacity has been decreased with the surgery, our ability to eat has not really changed. We have to change that part on our own, and that's what I consider really the rough part. You can do it! You know you can, just refocus, remember why you are doing this, the moment of clarity will come and you'll be back on track in no time (I swear )

dont forget that all the extra exercise is building muscle, which is heavier than fat. your body can be changing while the scale still shows the same number.

keep your head down, work hard, and you'll get through the plateau. have fun with it!

Surgery 9/19...down 53 lbs...started at size 20-22 down to a 12-13!

I am loving my new look and life.

I agree that we hit stalls but we have to stay positive and stick with the program. Don't sabotage your success and goals by eating candy or giving up. Our bodies r still n a little bit of a shock so it is not going to cooperate all the time. Be patient and stick to the plan...by this time next year we r all going to be amazed by the results of our hard work and dedication.

I would love to find a work out partner in the Fort Worth area if anyone is interested. I joined Planet Fitness in north side Fort Worth ($10 a month) and think I would have better motivation if I had a friend with the same goals as me to work out with. Call me if interested 817-223-6241.

I have a question... I was doing good until one day I started eating like before my surgery. . I feel sometimes that I never had my surgery done. Worried...