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Slowest looser ever

Had my surgery 3 weeks ago today have lost 13 pounds. That's approximately 4 pounds a week . What is wrong with me why do others lose more ? I'm on full fluids 6-800 calories per day so discouraged

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  • McButterpants
    McButterpants

    At 3 weeks, I was about where you are...slow and steady is perfectly OK. First, try not to compare your journey with any one else's...It's not healthy. I know it's not easy, but this is your journ

  • bigloser2014
    bigloser2014

    4 pounds a week is great! You are not the slowest loser. I got sleeved on May 9th and so far have not had a single month of more than 12 pounds loss in an entire month. But here I am! Total 68 pounds

  • Katcloudshepherd
    Katcloudshepherd

    Congratulations on the surgery that changes your life. As McButterpants said, everyone is different and you just had MAJOR surgery and are still recovering. Did you ever lose 4 pounds a week befor

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At 3 weeks, I was about where you are...slow and steady is perfectly OK.

First, try not to compare your journey with any one else's...It's not healthy. I know it's not easy, but this is your journey and they are all like snowflakes - they are all different. We all got to our high weights differently, we're all going to lose differently.

Second, my suggestion is to stop weighing every day (or multiple times daily). Your body is still recovering from major surgery! Your body is trying to figure out what you just did to it...you've restricted your calorie intake about 1/2 or a 1/3 and you altered a major organ. Weight once per week or once every two weeks (I had my husband hide the scale from me and he brought it out on weigh-in days).

You didn't gain your weight overnight, please don't expect to lose it overnight. If you are following your doctor/NUT plan, you will lose weight. Just be patient.

4 pounds a week is great! You are not the slowest loser. I got sleeved on May 9th and so far have not had a single month of more than 12 pounds loss in an entire month. But here I am! Total 68 pounds down from my highest wt. Everyone is different. Don't compare your loss to anyone else. Also, try to remember when was the last time you lost 4 pounds a week consistently? Dont feel discouraged. Just follow the program and you will get there!just a warning that there will be some stalls along the way too but you will get there at the end. :)

Had my surgery 3 weeks ago today have lost 13 pounds. That's approximately 4 pounds a week . What is wrong with me why do others lose more ? I'm on full fluids 6-800 calories per day so discouraged

Congratulations on the surgery that changes your life.

As McButterpants said, everyone is different and you just had MAJOR surgery and are still recovering. Did you ever lose 4 pounds a week before and KEEP it off? Most of us who have undergone WLS lost a whole lot of weight but we never KEPT it off---that is the ultimate goal of having WLS--keeping the weight off.

As McButterpants also said, do not frequently weight yourself--you are setting yourself up to play mind games with the scale.

Hang in there. Take One Day At A Time, (ODAAT) because that is all anyone can do.

Blessings,

Kathleen

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