I had my gastric sleeve done in September of 2014 and lost 80 pounds really quickly. I'm sitting on a comfortable 181 pounds at the moment. 3 weeks ago I introduced gym back into my life and average 3-4 sessions a week. I need to lose another 22 pounds and it's a seemingly impossible task. The weight loss has really slowed down and I only lost 4.5 pounds for the whole of January. Did anyone else have to jump this hurdle? What did you do to get to your goal weight?

I went through a dramatic weight loss slow down at the 6 month mark - and my stalls increased in duration. At 6 months, I was able to eat a wider variety of food and temptations were everywhere at work - from leftover deli trays to ....eek!! Birthday cake! And I allowed myself a little grazing here and there.

Finally, I had to step back and take a real look at what I was allowing myself to eat. I realized that just the smallest amount of sugar/fruit in my diet was adding too many extra calories and possibly causing my stalls. I went back to my original diet of lean Protein and low glycemic vegetables - and the weight started dropping again. Not as fast as the 1st 6 months, because I still was eating more. But I've learned that I if I want to lose weight, I have to stay away from sugar and high glycemic foods.

At 5-1/2 months post-op, my weight loss has slowed, too. And it's obvious why -- I'm 70 pounds lighter than when I started, and I've upped my calorie and carb intake on purpose, to get my metabolism working harder.

I've got 15 more pounds until I reach goal. But I'm not worried about it.

Look at it this way: If you lose *only* 4.5 pounds a month from now on, you'll be at goal in 5 months. And that is not even close to "impossible."

Yes, we now have to find other rewards than the rapidly dropping numbers on our scales. But we better find some other rewards, because soon comes weight maintenance, and the the scales won't be dropping at all.

What will motivate us then? That's for each of us to discover and harness.

Continuing good fortune to us all.

I am having the same difficulty. My calorie count shows I should be losing weight, but I also admit to letting bad carbs get back into my diet. I am not sure if that should matter if I am counting calories. I have also started a running program and unsure of where my diet needs to be. Anyway I have a doc appointment today to try and figure this out.