I am 8 weeks out and I am just not losing like I thought I would. I have stepped up the exercise, I am eating between 500-700 calories a day, I am almost hitting my Protein everyday, and the scale stays the same. Today it actually went up a lb.! The good thing is with only 15% of my stomach, I can't do something stupid like go stuff myself! I guess I am just getting frustrated after going through surgery and restricting what I eat that the 'payoff' is not what I thought it would be.

Start weight in Feb - 255

Surgery weight June 11 - 219

Today - 191.4

Am I being crazy? Am I expecting too much from my 'tool'? My NUT said expect about 3-5 lbs per week. I called her at 5 weeks because I stopped losing at 3 weeks and she said that I can't expect 3-5 lbs per week because I would disappear. I have only lost 6 lbs in the last 20 days, that just doesn't seem right.

Any suggestions wouldbe helpful. I am thinking of doing only liquids for a week, will that help or hinder? HELP!!!

I think 3-5 pounds a week is on the high end. My doc says expect 1-2 pounds/week, and that's on the low end. I'm averaging about 10piubds a month (is all), and I'm ok with that. Just keep at it and you'll lose what you need to. It just takes time.

Btw it looks like you're averaging 15 pounds/month. That's awesome!

I found this today ...

Gmanbat I appreciated ur post as I too have been finding myself impatient. My surgery was on 4/4/13 starting weight was 270 currently 222. So almost 50 lbs down still not seeing a huge transformation like I've seen on here tho and I find I guestion myself I needed to be reminded that my body has its own timeline. I do a minimal amt of strength training and walking on treadmill. Gradually increasing as I can. (Stupid knees) I need to remember that I've never been able to lose more than 20 lbs previously Soooo I am doing ok.