Hello all,

Just out of curiosity, what is the average weekly/monthly weight loss for someone close to my size? I am 5' 1" and my pre-op weight was 241. My surgery was 6/1, and I am currently sitting at 200lbs. Just came out of a stall this week, I was at 205 for a few weeks, and magically the scale went to 200lbs overnight and it seems it is taunting me now..."Oh, so you wanna get below 200, huh? tell me again how that would be so amazing!"...I swear it says that to me every morning.

So, it seems like I am losing weight. I am walking on my treadmill 45min/4 times a week and resistance exercise in off days, which I started today. I am finally taking all my multivitamins and B12, and slowly working on getting my calcium and D3 because I had a really rough time with vitamins. I am doing fine with proteins and other foods. Raw vegetables and fruits are not a problem and I tolerate proteins just fine. I measure everything and I am always trying to find ways to add additional protein to my meals. Overall, with every meal, I serve myself 1 cup of food, which includes 3 oz of protein, fruits and vegetables, but I never end up eating the whole thing (except for the protein)...

So, in all, I seem to be doing fine...But the weight, even though is coming off, it seems to be really slow...I know that everyone is different and some people lose faster depending on whether they have more to lose or not...So, would I be considered a "light weight", or is my average normal, or am I doing something wrong? Like I said, I understand everyone is different, and I seem to be losing inches over weight, but I am just trying to get a feel...a baseline so I know whether I am on track or completely off the wagon.

Thanks!

It sounds like you are on track - 45 pounds down after a little over a month and a half. [But perhaps some of this was pre-op.] Your rate of weight loss will slow down the further you get. This is because you will be adding more food to you daily meals. Then your weight loss will stop and you will quite naturally transition into the Maintenance phase. For me that occurred around 7 months post-op.

it varies so much between people - because of so many different factors - that it'd be hard to come up with an average. I was a very slow loser, but I ended up blowing everyone else in my group out of the water. It sounds like you're doing fine