I'm having a weird struggle and I'm hoping you guys can provide some perspective.

I'm about 5 months out and down 65 pounds. My surgeon said he wanted to see me lose 60 by 6 months, so I'm a little ahead. The loss has slowed down some, but not stopped.

I can eat more now than shortly after surgery, so that makes sense. I've stepped up my game at the gym to try to balance things out. I still struggle with Protein, but usually meet my 60 g goal.

My typical day is a shake for Breakfast, salad (spinach, chicken, and a little goat cheese, raisins and walnut) for lunch, and for dinner something like salmon, sweet potato and broccoli. Lots of Water all day. If I get too full with what I brought for lunch, I might eat 2/3 and eat the other 1/3 later in the day. Or sometimes I have cashews or some nut exactly balls as a snack or treat.

I just barely pushed past my "glass floor" which is the weight I couldn't seem to lose past when I tried many times before surgery.

So basically I'm just nervous I'm going to eff up and not lose all the weight. I have perfectionist tendencies and I've gone overboard into unhealthy territory before when it comes to losing weight.

How do you balance that? When do you know you're doing enough? Should I be worried it's not coming off as fast as before? Or is perfectionism and anxiety making me worry unnecessarily? Anyone else felt this way?

Nice discussion, I will be five weeks out Tuesday so still doing a lot of adjusting. This information was very helpful.

Thank you everyone for your posts! Good point about not feeling enslaved to the plan. So far I don't, but I'll watch out for that. And right now there's no way in hell I'd get upwards of 140g Protein a day, but good to know for future reference.

I'm excited to do a little tweaking with the protein. I have the kitchen scale back out to weigh meat and I swung by the grocery store after my workout this afternoon for turkey slices, cheese slices, string cheese and cottage cheese. I'm ready to do this!

@@gpmed - not sure if someone else addressed this part but I still have a Premier Protein shake everyday to meet my protein goals and I am 8 months post-op. I know that we all want to get it from food sources and that is certainly a goal for me eventually but in the meantime, I actually like the Premier Protein and always have it for breakfast or morning snack and get 30g protein right off the bat.

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@@Daisee68

That's a great point. I just recently at almost 19 months out stopped having 1 every morning for breakfast. I also notice it's still very hard to get all my Protein in without one!

Everyone loses differently, It will slow down even more the more you lose but still remember that you are losing the weight. I eat 6 small meals a day, just continue to focus on getting in your nutrients and if you are picking it up at the gym, make sure your protein consumption accounts for that! Good on you and keep up the great work!

@@gpmed - It was pointed out earlier on another post about eating your Protein first. I eat a salad at times with grilled chicken/protein. The OP pointed out that the denser protein should be ate first (nothing else) then the rest of the salad. The idea is that it will make you feel fuller and you won't be as hungry.

For Example :I would eat a bite of protein, then maybe a bite or two with the salad, then a bite of just protein.

I have stalled the past couple of weeks and I am going to go back to eating like I did post-op. Protein (measured out) and then see if I can get a bite of anything else in (which I doubt).

Be sure that once you find an exercise routine fairly easy, you change it up so that you keep getting the returns. Once your body gets used to a routine, it will expend fewer and fewer calories doing it each time. Stale routines cause stalls just as easily as consuming too many calories. Before you ever cut a single calorie, make sure you are doing everything right activity wise so that your metabolism stays revved!

Be sure that once you find an exercise routine fairly easy, you change it up so that you keep getting the returns. Once your body gets used to a routine, it will expend fewer and fewer calories doing it each time. Stale routines cause stalls just as easily as consuming too many calories. Before you ever cut a single calorie, make sure you are doing everything right activity wise so that your metabolism stays revved!

Good point! I am hoping that doing different activities throughout the week will help with that, in addition to boredom. I figure, also, I can try to up the ante when needed. Like increase weight during strength training, for example.