Hello,

I underwent gastric bypass surgery on June 22, 2016 and have lost 77 pounds so far. My highest weight was 250 pounds and my goal weight is 150. I am currently 173 but it has been so difficult to lose the last 23 pounds. I knew the weight loss was going to slow down but I did not know it would happen this early in the game. I noticed that I could eat more than I did in the beginning and it scares me; in fact it scares me so much that I have been thinking about doing the surgery again. It also does not help that I have an aunt who had gastric sleeve and shows off that she is now 130 by criticizing me. What should I do? I feel like a failure and it is so hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

you couldn't eat as much in the beginning because your stomach was swollen from the surgery. You can still lose weight with your stomach its current size - I'm still losing weight and I'm 19 months out. As you've found it, it just slows down quite a bit. I doubt you'd be able to find a surgeon willing to do a revision at six months out, anyway.

It's never a good idea to compare yourself to others (like your aunt is trying to do with you). People lose at all different rates due to a variety of factors - age, gender, starting weight, metabolism, whether or not they lost a lot of weight pre-surgery, how much muscle mass they have, etc. And our ideal weights are all individual as well - depending on age, gender, bone density, how much muscle mass we have, frame size, etc. I weigh 150 lbs - near the top of the normal BMI range for my height, but I'm so bony my ribs show. My doctor said I can quit losing weight any time...

Are you sticking to your plan and weighing/measuring and logging everything you eat? If not, do it. If you are, then just have patience. Your body may not be done losing weight yet.

you couldn't eat as much in the beginning because your stomach was swollen from the surgery. You can still lose weight with your stomach its current size - I'm still losing weight and I'm 19 months out. As you've found it, it just slows down quite a bit. I doubt you'd be able to find a surgeon willing to do a revision at six months out, anyway.

It's never a good idea to compare yourself to others (like your aunt is trying to do with you). People lose at all different rates due to a variety of factors - age, gender, starting weight, metabolism, whether or not they lost a lot of weight pre-surgery, how much muscle mass they have, etc. And our ideal weights are all individual as well - depending on age, gender, bone density, how much muscle mass we have, frame size, etc. I weigh 150 lbs - near the top of the normal BMI range for my height, but I'm so bony my ribs show. My doctor said I can quit losing weight any time...

Are you sticking to your plan and weighing/measuring and logging everything you eat? If not, do it. If you are, then just have patience. Your body may not be done losing weight yet.

To be honest, I'm not sticking strictly to my plan so I will be more accountable from now on. I'm thinking about going back to my liquid diet for a month or so. Congrats on your weight loss!

Before you go back to just liquids try staying on plan and maybe a little more exercise. liquid diet is not a long term solution.

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