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Finally hit Onderland! Very slow weight loss!



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Hey all! So happy I finally hit Onderland! A little concerned though on the slowness of my progress. I had surgery 3 weeks ago and I've only lost 15 pounds. Still having trouble getting all the Protein and Water in but Doing much better than I was before. For almost a week the scale did not budge! How do I get that scale moving!! Any and all advice is appreciated! HW 245. SW 215 Cw 199

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First of all, congrats on your surgery and weight loss!! Great job! secondly, @innersurfergirl is gonna get you Hahahaha. 15 pounds in three weeks? That is five a week. That is great!!!!!!! It will come off.

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You've got the painting upside down. Turn it right side up and you'll see that losing weight is weight loss. Keep doing what you're supposed to do and it will all come together. Enjoy the fabulous trip you've been having. Never minimize a gift.

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I had surgery on December 29th. My weight was 223. I'm 214 as of this morning. I'm freaking out, I tried for like 6 months- hard core diet - and I was able to lose like 14 pounds in that time. The fact that almost ten has slipped off in 2 weeks is AMAZING. There's no way I'll be over 200 for long now. You should be celebrating your 15 pound victory girl!! 15 freaking pounds is like 6 months of weight watchers/gym work. Lol!! Congratulations!!!!! You already know what to do... Get that water/protein in. We're not well enough yet to hit the gym. Walk if you can, but don't be upset by your "slow weight loss" you're doing amazing...

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If you think that's slow, you're in for a rude awakening. Your weight loss is going to slow down even more after your stall is over. And yes, the stall will pass. It's normal and happens to everyone at around the same time after surgery, and there's nothing you really can do to hurry it along but ride it out. Just stay hydrated and make sure you're getting your Protein.

Try to keep your expectations about your weight loss realistc. You've done very well considering you started as a relative 'light weight'. I lost the same amount at 3 weeks out and I was heavier than you.

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Congrats on Onederland!!

And listen to @@Babbs ... she knows what she is talking about!

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My stats are very similar: sleeved on 12/14 with a surgery weight of 214. Weighed in at 194 of 12/24 and haven't lost since. Yes, a stall of sixteen days and counting. I'm being really patient but I admit I keep checking here to see if this is really going to keep going for much longer. I just keep thinking (hoping) it's giving my skin time to shrink.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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