Should I be disappointed?

[LynRN 294]

I am one month post op today. I was 253 DOS and today I am 238. I know I should not compare, but it seems that others have had their greatest losses in their first month. I know that this is more success than I have ever had before and I am grateful for that. But I want this weight off, like yesterday. I am going to start exercising now. First, just Water aerobics, walking and light weights and then Couch 2 5K and 30day shred. What are your thoughts? Does this seem slow or am I freaking out for no reason?

[NMJG 1,266]

You are freaking out. A 15 lb loss in a month is great! Stop comparing. Also, a good tool is to calculate what % of excess weight you have lost instead of lbs. It is much more accurate. Happy Christmas!

[newat52 1,612]

NMJG is absolutely correct. 15 pounds in a month is great! And I second the motion, STOP COMPARING! You will come out on the losing end of that every time.

You didn't put the weight on over night and it won't come off over night. Continue to stick with your plan and it will come off.

Congrats on your your loss so far!

Merry Christmas!

[ucjes 25]

I know how you feel. I see a lot of people who lose tons in the 1st month. I am not one of those people. I was in a group on Facebook and I got so discouraged by people losing a 100 pounds in 6 months I deleted the group. I am also about a month out. I had surgery on nov 18. The day of surgery I was at 266 and a week later I lost 10 pounds then nothing after that. I was in the dreaded stall. A week after that I gained 2 pounds. I refused to weigh after that. It caused me too much anxiety. I may have lost a few pounds since then but doesn't feel like much. I'm doing everything right so I guess it will come off when it comes off. It just takes time for our bodies to adjust to everything. I also started walking this past week. It made me feel better and not so discouraged

[LynRN 294]

<p>I know how you feel. I see a lot of people who lose tons in the 1st month. I am not one of those people. I was in a group on Facebook and I got so discouraged by people losing a 100 pounds in 6 months I deleted the group. I am also about a month out. I had surgery on nov 18. The day of surgery I was at 266 and a week later I lost 10 pounds then nothing after that. I was in the dreaded stall. A week after that I gained 2 pounds. I refused to weigh after that. It caused me too much anxiety. I may have lost a few pounds since then but doesn't feel like much. I'm doing everything right so I guess it will come off when it comes off. It just takes time for our bodies to adjust to everything. I also started walking this past week. It made me feel better and not so discouraged</p>

I probably should put the scale away because I am becoming obsessed. I had my biggest loss the week after surgery too and the scale has just been inching since then. On a positive note, I measured today and I've lost lots of inches. The weirdest thing is that I lost 2 inches from my neck. What?