I feel defeated

[samskiles 159]

I got a band to sleeve revision on 8/11/15. I have only lost about 38 pounds. One day I will be down 2 pounds and the next I will be up 2 pounds! What is happening? I'm getting in all my Protein and eating very little carbs. It's just hard to see so many others losing quickly and here I am like " nope, didn't lose this month"!

[thisfathasgot2go 235]

I am way behind you, but are you getting in at least 800 calories and getting in at least 30 minutes of exercise? You could just be at a plateau/stall which will rectify itself.

[samskiles 159]

I get 800 to 900 calories a day. I don't always work out. Maybe I need to be more dedicated to that. It's just extremely hard due to work hours.

[OutsideMatchInside 10,166]

38lbs in 2 months is a lot of weight.

If you look on the band to sleeve forums, revisions seem to lose slower but they still lose.

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

1. Don't compare. Not everyone is a big loser. Slow and steady is a good thing. There are plenty of vets on this forum who were slow and steady losers and have made goal and are maintaining.

2. 38 lbs in 2 mths is great! CONGRATULATIONS!! When is the last time you lost that much weight in 2mths?

3. Stay off the scale. If it makes you crazy daily weighing is not for you. Step away from the scale, focus on eating well and getting in your Water & fluids. Instead take your measurements. (neck, boobs, waist and hips). Once a month retake them and see the difference even when the scale does not budge.

[FrankyG 1,450]

What she said. Seriously. You are judging your own body's progress against lots of others on here... and that is wrong. Your body will do what it needs to do at the pace that it decides. AND DEFINITELY TAKE MEASUREMENTS - once a month, along with pictures of yourself (front/side/back views). Wear the same clothes every time, stand in the same place if possible. You will see progress. Losing one pound of fat and gaining one pound of muscle will mean the scale won't move, but muscle is leaner and denser than fat... it will show up in how your clothes fit and measuring is as good or better than the weight on a scale.< /p>

I'm almost 10 months out, and you're already halfway to what I've lost so far in your just over 2 months... so compared to me, you're doing FABULOUS.

Edited October 16, 2015 by FrankiesGirl

[Bufflehead 6,358]

Wow, I think you are losing really quickly. I can tell you, you lost significantly more than I did in the first two months, and I am not a band to sleeve revision and I started at a much higher BMI than you did -- two factors that are supposed to mean that you lose slower than me! But I thought I did great and so did my surgeon and team.

Being up and down 2 lbs and losing in an exaggerated stair step pattern is very normal, don't stress about that either. Overall, you are doing great except I will say maybe work on your expectations a little

[VSGAnn2014 12,992]

Once again -- I have no idea where some new WLS patients get their expectations about what's fast / slow weight loss.

To the OP -- your expectations are crazy unrealistic. To lose 38 pounds in 2 months and 5 days is very fast. Congrats to you.

At that point post-op I'd lost 23 pounds. And I'm not even a band-to-sleeve revisionist (who sometimes see slower weight losses).

Yet I've now lost 96 pounds and am 10 pounds under my weight goal and having no trouble maintaining.

That's what normal WLS weight loss looks like.

[samskiles 159]

Thanks everyone! I feel a little silly now and y'all definitely put me in my place! THANKS!

[CowgirlJane 14,261]

I lost 150#... pretty much one at a time!

[Bndtoslv 292]

You are losing very quickly. I had my revision on 6/30 and am down about 41. I do think revisit patients lose a bit slower but I am very pleased with my own progress and you should be too!