Greeting Sleeve Family I'm wondering is anyone else experiencing slow weight loss. It took me a long time to consider wls because I was successful in losing 70lbs myself just by eating right and a great workout routine. I hit a plateau and begin to struggle. Now I'm super exhausted and this impacts my workout because I'm always tired. Just wondering if anyone else is always tired. My doc said 1st 6mos is when to expect greatest weight loss. Just wondering on average what were you losing weekly.

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I started out losing 4-5 lbs a week but now 2 months post op losing 1-2 lbs a week. I am OK with that. I don't want to drop too fast.

I exercise 5 days a week at the gym. Only tired after exercising.
Seeing weight loss gives me energy to work out.

I exercise 5 days a week at the gym. Only tired after exercising.
Seeing weight loss gives me energy to work out.

See prior I was 5 days a week great workout now I feel all my energy spent I would get up 4 am and workout now I am just always tired..I was sleeved 4/27

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You are only 2 weeks post op. Your body is trying to recover from major surgery! You aren't even eating solid foods yet! Of course you're exhausted! Other than walking around, you shouldn't be doing any exercise for a couple more weeks.

Concentrate on taking care of yourself. Don't worry about weight loss until your tummy is mostly healed 2 months out.

Thanks Barry great info I'm a 5/8 baby finding it hard to get everything in I.E. Fluids,Proteins,etc... Has lil crying session yesterday because of that anyone else have the same issues?

3 hours ago, princessK23 said:

Just wondering on average what were you losing weekly.

I didn't have weekly losses. I lost at an average rate of about 3 to 6 pounds per month. It took me 17+ months to lose 100 pounds, yet I achieved my goal weight. I was the real definition of a slow loser.

The most important part is that I have been maintaining my loss. This is your personal journey. Your weight loss journey is a marathon, not a sprint in which you race against other bariatric patients and compare your progress against theirs. Good luck to you.

I had the same problem - went to my doctor and cried. He was nice thank god. But explained to me that my metabolism was still slow - the small tummy resets your bodies set point but the years of overeating and a large stomach and probably lack of exercise has put a huge dent in our metabolism.

So I started doing things to increase metabolism: green tea, HIIT training, walking in the morning, mostly weight lifting.

I went from losing 10 lbs in two weeks to 8 lbs in one week.

Going to the gym SUCKS. But I really do feel a high afterward. Waiting for that moment of it becoming a habit and me enjoying going to kick in [emoji23] luckily my fiancé is super supportive and is going with me.

Oh and also, protein is SO IMPORTANT. If you don't eat enough protein your body goes into starvation mode and tries to not let you lose weight; makes your body turn to eat its muscle. Eat enough protein paired with weight training and your body will eat your fat deposits.

I'm not a doctor, so if I misquoted anything please correct me! But after harrowing research and a therapy session with my doctor this is what I understood [emoji23][emoji85]

Hang in there!

6 hours ago, Mynewlife4me said:

Thanks Barry great info I'm a 5/8 baby finding it hard to get everything in I.E. Fluids,Proteins,etc... Has lil crying session yesterday because of that anyone else have the same issues?

My program had me only on clear liquids the first week. Only broth for protein. Once you're getting 50+oz of fluids a day, then work on your protein. Dehydration is a bigger concern than protein deficiency this early out.

Monday or Tuesday will be a good time to try milk or protein shakes, and the like.

Just remember that most people have trouble meeting their goals. If you don't get dehydrated, you will be fine!!!