well after feeling bad because so many ppl are losing so much wieght in a short period of time, i started thinking. for one i am judy not anyone else.

1. i am 47 yrs young lol

2. i am pear shaped

3. i am african american

4. i am 4'11

5. long history of dieting (maybe slower metabolism

so for those who feel like me sit back and think about who you are, keep in mind you are you and no one else. KEEP HOPE ALIVE LOL

Alright...did yoga, zumba and belly dancing today then walked a mile. Yeaaahhh baby! Im gonna keep mixing it up, the fat has to break lose. Meanwhile Im mad at myself bc the scale shows a lower fat percentage. Silly me...I really do need to pay attention to all the extra numbers popping up on my scale!

Your expenditure says that when you do nothing all day you burn 1900 calories, just doing nothing.

On the days you do nothing, 1200 calories is fine.

If you do deliberate exercise, whatever you burn, you need to eat.

So if you burn an extra 300 at the gym, you need to eat 1500 calories that day.

Why? Because you need to make sure your *net* calories are at 1200 everyday. 1200 - 300 (burnt at the gym) = 900 *net* calories, which will eventually cause your body to believe it's starving, so it's very important you eat back your calories burnt during deliberate exercise.

i found this

makes sense to me

it took 2 months to lose 4lbs

i am in the teens. i am losing slow but i believe i will get to goal

I am a "slow loser " I had my 6 month check up earlier this month and was down 67pounds according to my surgeon's scale(he was very happy with my progress btw). I do not do low carb mine are around 100 protein about 70. I do not obsess about my food. I am a plain old GROUCH on low carb . I don't care if I would lose faster on lower carbs if it makes me mean. Slower loss for me has been better as far as excess skin I believe I acknowledge it may take me the next 6+months to get to my goal of 130 which is 26 pounds away and I will be fine with that >.<

kalimom, i feel you i didnt get this surgery to restrict myself i got it to help me control my portions. i use to obess and wasnt losing now i just live and the scale is moving more for me.

So how are all the slow losers doing? I'm 7 months and down 64 pounds.

I dont know that I would consider myself a slow loser but the weight loss has certainly slowed down. I am 6.5 months out and down 75 lbs. I've been fluctuating up and down by 3 lbs which is pretty normal. Im feeling good about my success and looking forward to working off this last 50lbs. Yeah!

I'm not being negative....can't anyone disagree with you? Sheesh you're so friggin sensitive.

So here's some information in case you want it. Adding those healthy fats to your diet flushes out your kidneys. Not a good or bad thing' date=' it just is....that will lead to immediate Water loss which MIGHT explain your 4 pound loss. People who go on high fat diets typically have to up their sodium intake to prevent massive water loss. That's why people on Adkins can lose so much weight so quickly...and even the new Adkins books recommend adding quite a high amount of sodium to the diet to prevent the water loss.

So my point is if you have upped your dietary fat intake monitor your sodium levels. It needs to go up as well.[/quote']

Very important :-)