I'm almost 6 weeks out and have only lost 27 lbs :/

Is this normal? I feel like this is extremely slow weight loss. Advice please!

You are doing very well! I lost 21 lbs my first month and only 3 pounds my second month so that would be 24 lbs in eight weeks. It all came on one pound at a time and it will come off one pound at a time. Now at 9 months out I'm almost at goal.

By what measure is losing 4.5 pounds a week anything to be frustrated about?

It's a huge accomplishment and you should be focusing more on what you've already lost than on what you need to lose to reach goal.

I understand how hard it is to avoid comparison with other patients, but we all lose at our own pace. The point is that we all lose. The real goal isn't a scale one. It's learning how to have a healthy relationship with food so that you can stay at goal for the rest of your life. There's no rush and no time limit with your sleeve.

I was a slow loser - I had two nine week stalls and entire months where I lost nothing or one single pound. It took me 17 months to lose 107 pounds but that had absolutely no bearing on how successful I felt reaching goal. And maintaining was far easier for me than I've witnessed in other sleevers that whip to goal in the time it took me to figure out a nicely balanced diet!

Relax. Put that scale away before you drive yourself crazy. Enjoy the fact that you're losing at a very rapid pace, and that every single pound you lose is one gone forever if you do the head work while you're on this journey.

Best of luck - you're off to a great start,

~Cheri

You are doing great. Just remember to exercise on a regular basis.

By what measure is losing 4.5 pounds a week anything to be frustrated about?

It's a huge accomplishment and you should be focusing more on what you've already lost than on what you need to lose to reach goal.

I understand how hard it is to avoid comparison with other patients' date=' but we all lose at our own pace. The point is that we all lose. The real goal isn't a scale one. It's learning how to have a healthy relationship with food so that you can stay at goal for the rest of your life. There's no rush and no time limit with your sleeve.

I was a slow loser - I had two nine week stalls and entire months where I lost nothing or one single pound. It took me 17 months to lose 107 pounds but that had absolutely no bearing on how successful I felt reaching goal. And maintaining was far easier for me than I've witnessed in other sleevers that whip to goal in the time it took me to figure out a nicely balanced diet!

Relax. Put that scale away before you drive yourself crazy. Enjoy the fact that you're losing at a very rapid pace, and that every single pound you lose is one gone forever if you do the head work while you're on this journey.

Best of luck - you're off to a great start,

~Cheri[/quote']

Cherri I live your posts... What did you do differently during those stalls? I think for many of us these stalls come and one has nightmares that this is it.... This is were it usually goes about for me lol with any other diets! Any words on wisdom? Tips?dailyenu ideas? What got you through those stalls?

Thank you everyone for your support!

Cherri I live your posts... What did you do differently during those stalls? I think for many of us these stalls come and one has nightmares that this is it.... This is were it usually goes about for me lol with any other diets! Any words on wisdom? Tips?dailyenu ideas? What got you through those stalls?

Nothing I did (and at first I tried everything) had a noticeable impact. The reality, as frustrating as it may seem, is that unless you can be sure your stall is related to not eating enough/eating too much/eating the wrong things the only real answer is to just wait it out.

It's when people quit trying and just give up that they find it hard to lose again.

~Cheri

Nothing I did (and at first I tried everything) had a noticeable impact. The reality' date=' as frustrating as it may seem, is that unless you can be sure your stall is related to not eating enough/eating too much/eating the wrong things the only real answer is to just wait it out.

It's when people quit trying and just give up that they find it hard to lose again.

~Cheri[/quote']

I like that. I have two relatives who had the procedure 5 years ago and they assured me that its just part of the process. It was certainly.conforting when you hear those that have been through it say its really ok and to hang in there.

Thanks again!

By what measure is losing 4.5 pounds a week anything to be frustrated about?

It's a huge accomplishment and you should be focusing more on what you've already lost than on what you need to lose to reach goal.

I understand how hard it is to avoid comparison with other patients' date=' but we all lose at our own pace. The point is that we all lose. The real goal isn't a scale one. It's learning how to have a healthy relationship with food so that you can stay at goal for the rest of your life. There's no rush and no time limit with your sleeve.

I was a slow loser - I had two nine week stalls and entire months where I lost nothing or one single pound. It took me 17 months to lose 107 pounds but that had absolutely no bearing on how successful I felt reaching goal. And maintaining was far easier for me than I've witnessed in other sleevers that whip to goal in the time it took me to figure out a nicely balanced diet!

Relax. Put that scale away before you drive yourself crazy. Enjoy the fact that you're losing at a very rapid pace, and that every single pound you lose is one gone forever if you do the head work while you're on this journey.

Best of luck - you're off to a great start,

~Cheri[/quote']

Your post are always very frank and honest and I look forward to reading your posts always good straight forward things I forget

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