Hello all,

I am 3 1/2 months out from surgery and the weight loss has been going well- about 45 lbs so far and steady weight loss so I am totally satisfied with the progress weight loss wise. What is less satisfying is that, while I have been losing pounds on the scale and while my measurements have gone down some, I am still the same size I was SIXTY pounds ago! I was a size 22 at my heaviest at 296 lbs and, while those 22s have gotten looser, I still look like a sausage stuffed into a casing in the size 20s I am able to get into and I can't even get into some 20s yet. I see a lot of people comforting people who don't see movement on the scale by saying they are probably losing inches even if the scale isn't moving. Does anyone have the opposite problem? I see all these success stories about people losing 30-40 lbs and several dress sizes and here I am, sixty friggin' lbs later and barely down a single dress size. It's really discouraging.

I haven't had my surgery yet but from my past weight loss history, I lose weight in the order I gained it. I'm heavier on the bottom half. Thats the first place the weight goes then works its weight up. Then when I lose it, I have to lose all the weight on top then finally it will start to work its way off the bottom half. I think it has to do the way your body is shaped.

Blondiee,

I was probably straining the top end of a 22 at my heaviest. They weren't button popping, but they were pretty tight and I'm sure that being at the top of one size is partially the reason why it seems to be taking longer to go down a size. And things are finally loos enough that I think I am at least within 5-10 pounds of a new size so it's not like there's no end in sight. I think I just got down a little bit down seeing so many people talking about how drastic their body transformations have been when they have lost fewer pounds than I have. I'll get there though, I'm sure, and I'm grateful to everyone who replied with encouragement and support!

Hang in there, one day you will be standing and your pants will fall off!!!!

I am only about a month out but I have found that I am still in the same size and nearly 40 pounds down. But I have noticed the part of my stomach that hung down is smaller, and I have been told that once I do start dropping sizes it will happen fast... just hang in there!

I felt the same way....I thought I was going to be in 24s forever. I realize now that I was really a 26 and squeezing into 24's. It was about 40 lbs before I started changing sizes. The sizes change faster now - need fewer lbs to go down one size when the sizes are smaller. I am losing more slowly but the sizes are going down :-)

When I started I wS in a 26/28. 3 months later and 60 lbs, I'm now only in a 22/24. You are not alone.

Feel the same, weight has dropped but not so much in clothing size. They do feel more loose which is good. At least I don't have to buy a lot if clothes at this point, i'll wear what I have for now.

I've lost almost 50 lbs. I was in a tight 24. I'm now in a 22. I have 2 pairs of 22's that are still too tight. My shirts went from a 2XL t-shirt to a XL. It feels like by pant size should be smaller. I loset 60 lbs on WW at one time (9 months) and went from a 24 to a 20. I know eventually I'll wear smaller pants, but for now it's tough realizing that my butt isn't shrinking like I would like.