I had my sleeve October 12th, 2016 and I still struggle mentally with food(having to choose between food & water)and thinking I can eat more then my stomach allows and it makes me feel as if Im doing something wrong or not progressing how I thought I would. I started my journey at 412 lbs and on my surgery date I was 386 and now 334 lbs. Does that sound right for almost 12 weeks out? It's funny I thought (not really) that I'd wake up smaller and the weight would just fall off. But I feel like I'm at a stand still. I mean I notice little changes like being able to stand longer, more energy, and fitting in a chair I couldn't fit in before but overall I'm still in the same clothes. How are all of you progressing?

Yeah, you're doing pretty well in the weight loss department. My surgery was the day before yours. As of today I am down 54 lbs since surgery day, 121 lbs overall since I started my pre-op program.

Mrs. LittleBill has been following a food plan very close to my pre-op diet and doing her weight loss the old fashioned way, and has lost 35 lbs in the same amount of time. So yeah - you're doing great.

You're all doing amazing! Try to just relax and keep doing what you're doing.

As far as exercise goes, 15-30 minutes of walking is more than sufficient for now. When we are so early out and can hardly consume any calories, exercise can actually hinder weight loss. I know. But make sure you're doing some kind of movement to help keep muscle you're losing and get that heart going a bit. Losing weight is 80% diet, NOT exercise.

Once you feel you can eat more, then exercise more. You should also be slowly raising calories as time goes on. Probably the next time you stall, bump them up a bit in the form of Protein. This allows your metabolism to continue boosting while also setting your metabolic rate for when you are maintaining your weight, and won't have to live on 800 calories for the rest of your life, lol.

To put things into perspective for you and the other posters worried about their losses, it just all depends on starting weight, gender, age, other contributing illnesses, etc. It took me 5 months to lose 50 pounds, 12 months to get to my goal of 85, and 15 months to lose what I'm maintaining now of a 92 pound loss.

It's all relative.

Thank you for sharing and motivation. 2017 will be a great year.

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I think slow is better for most people...........it gives your body time to adjust. We live in a time where we want everything instantly and sometimes slow is the way to go!! Sounds like you're doing really well!!