Help its been 16 months since surgery and I haven't lost any weight the last 5 months. I have ten more pounds to reach my goal. Don't know what to do.

I had gastric bypass surgery (RNY) almost a year ago. I bottomed out after 7 months. I lost 20 pounds pre-op and 80 pounds post-op. I am pleased with my total weight loss. I am in a maintenance stage. The important thing is to maintain my current weight loss. Sometimes weight loss goals can be an artificial number. My goals was to drive many of my medical problems into remission. I achieved that goal 3 weeks after the surgery and then kept losing weight.

The problem with goal weights is that your idea of where you want to be and your body's idea of where it wants to be can be different. I very intentionally never set a goal weight and my surgical team never suggested one. I decided that I would follow my plan for however long it took until my body told me it was where it wanted to be. And that's exactly what happened. I lost 130 lbs in just under 14 months and then it just stopped. My body was where it wanted to be. Today, a year and a half later, I'm within three pounds of that point. I never experienced any regain, often referred to as "bounce back".

Sounds to me like your body is where it wants to be. Listen to it, love it and live it!

I just had my surgery 5/6/14, at BMC in boston. I was suppose to loose 30 pounds prior. lost 58. My 2 week check up is 5/22/14. Hoping to to be up graded to stage 4. Im just starting to get hungry so I think im on schedual. I have never joined any kind of support groups, I wasn;t shuer what a formin was. I am a newbe. looking for people who were or are in the same boat to talk to when needed.

I just had my surgery 5/6/14, at BMC in boston. I was suppose to loose 30 pounds prior. lost 58. My 2 week check up is 5/22/14. Hoping to to be up graded to stage 4. Im just starting to get hungry so I think im on schedual. I have never joined any kind of support groups, I wasn;t shuer what a formin was. I am a newbe. looking for people who were or are in the same boat to talk to when needed.

Local support groups along with this forum, your surgeon and nutritionist can answer questions and help resolve problems resulting from your weight loss surgery. They can also provide some one on one support and encouragement. So you are welcome to ask away. We are all in the same boat as you.