Hi all!

I need some help! I have been struggling since I've had surgery on November 4th. I have "only" lost about 30lbs since surgery but 50 overall (2 week liquid diet before surgery). As you can see I lost more on the liquid than I did after surgery.

I have hypo thyroid as well. But listen - I weigh over 300lbs at 5'7". I should be dropping fast...I should be down at least 60 or so pounds...or more. Some of you, I look at your stats and go...OMG how come I'm not like that. I know I've lost inches.. I know I have... I'm looking better every day....clothing fits differently nearly every day. BUT it isn't the same. I want the pounds gone.

I want to be under 300 by January 1 (my birthday) and that isn't going to happen in two days. I've never had a big dramatic loss, simply just pounds...then I hold for days.

I wasn't eating enough calories for a long time - so between me and the NUT we increased... and it is still not working. I'm getting in my Protein and Water... those are my goals for every day...protein and water. BUT I'm not losing.

I'm so frustrated...sad and pissed off.

What am I doing wrong?????

What is a good menu to stick to ???? I know I eat too fast... and probably don't chew my food small enough. I'm seriously thinking I broke my RNY.

Can anyone give me some constructive ideas? I don't eat junk (ok, I did once but I won't do that again). I eat healthy meat, yogurt. I rarely have veggies...just eat protein.

I'm so sad.... does anyone have any good thoughts for me?

Christina

should read "aren't getting a lot of carbs"

i knew what you meant! ????. I do look at labels etc. I'm allowed up to 120 carbs but I stay in the 70 to 90 range. I listening to everyone tell me not to worry. So trying my best. It'll come off. Eventually.

One thing I am doing to prepare for WLS is that I've made a big list of the things I hope to achieve with it. Not one of them has to do with a weight or clothing size. Most of them are activities that I've been too heavy to do for a long time.

I did the exact same thing! Throughout the entire process (I'm 5 days post-op), I resisted the idea of setting a finish line goal for how much weight I wanted to lose. I finally knuckled under and picked a number (half my current size) so I could have a useful ticker in my sig here, but I don't really put any stock in that number or care if it's bigger or smaller. I'm just gonna follow the program and obey the rules and my body will know when it's done.

But I did make a huge list of all the things I wanted to DO. Those are my real goals, and those are the ones I intend to Celebrate with abandon. The numbers are just numbers; I want a body that DOES things. Most of my goals are modest - cross my legs in a meeting, put on socks without rocking back and forth first - but some are big. I can't wait to snow ski again. Last time out I skied very conservatively because I knew if I fell I wouldn't be able to get back up, and that was probably 50 pounds ago. I miss roller coasters.

And some of the goals are really big. I was in China last May and hate that I couldn't tackle the more challenging portion of the Great Wall because I was too out of shape. I'll probably never get back there again and I was too big to enjoy it. In April I am going to Peru and I *will* enjoy Machu Picchu without huffing and puffing like a great wild beast. That means 1000x times more to me than the numbers on a scale.

Edited January 12, 201511 yr by anaxila