I recently had my surgiversary and according to my surgeon, the surgery has done its work and I shouldn't expect to lose any more weight at this point.

Was that your experience? If you did continue to lose after 1 year post op, did it require additional changes to diet/exercise at the one year mark or did you stick the original plan and keep losing?

What plan do you presently follow? (i.e. What are you eating, how do you eat it, how do you drink, how do you exercise...)

I lost 100 pounds over a 17+ month time frame with my sleeve.

With the exception of the first 2 months post-op, all of my monthly losses were single-digit (1 to 7 pounds a month) in spite of dietary adherence and exercise.

Edited October 18, 20178 yr by Introversion

I am just over a year out & have been still losing a small amount each month. I think our bodies will stop when it is ready to stop. I just keep doing what I have been doing from the beginning. It is slow & steady. I also have seen other people who are still losing after the one year mark.

I lost 100 pounds over a 17+ month time frame with my sleeve.
With the exception of the first 2 months post-op, all of my monthly losses were single-digit (1 to 7 pounds a month) in spite of dietary adherence and exercise.

Congratulations@Introversion. Thanks also for posting that ur monthly losses were slow. My weightloss has been slow (im 1 mo out from bypass) and its been a little unexpected and worrying. So, Im inspired and hopeful to see u lost 100lbs, slow and steady.

On 18/10/2017 at 5:14 PM, Introversion said:

I lost 100 pounds over a 17+ month time frame with my sleeve.

With the exception of the first 2 months post-op, all of my monthly losses were single-digit (1 to 7 pounds a month) in spite of dietary adherence and exercise.

im a lw like you did weight just slow down? im 3 months in 48/50lbs down depending on the day, i have 59lbs to lose ( i feel i must of mis calculated as i had 80lbs to lose not long ago , should i expect this slow down now im under the 200s? I thought I was looking at hitting goal (135lbs) maybe in a year and ahalf, but i dont know what the normal pace is for light weights. My doctor wants me to only hit a bmi of 28 so no point asking him haha .

1 year, 2 months out and still losing. The trick is to use the surgery for its intended purpose; as a tool to help you learn better habits and ditch the old ones that got you in this situation in the first place. If you just rely on the physical restriction effect, then you will soon reach a point where you can eat at maintenance levels and you stop losing weight.

When that happens, you've gotta fall back on good old fashioned calorie counting to help you maintain a calorie deficit and continue losing.

4 hours ago, dreamingsmall said:

im a lw like you did weight just slow down? im 3 months in 48/50lbs down depending on the day, i have 59lbs to lose

My rate of weight loss didn't slow down because it was slow from the beginning.

For instance, you lost 54 pounds in 3 months, whereas it took me 6 months to lose 53.5 pounds. In 3 months you've lost more pounds than I'd lost in 6 months.

My rate of weight loss didn't slow down because it was slow from the beginning.
For instance, you lost 54 pounds in 3 months, whereas it took me 6 months to lose 53.5 pounds. In 3 months you've lost more pounds than I'd lost in 6 months.

Every time you post I feel better about my slow loss. It can get discouraging (although I sabotaged myself last month) and then I remember what a success you are!

Your doctor is just relaying the odds, the averages. You can be average or you can be yourself and keep working what works. Plenty of people are above average!

I lost slowly and steadily over 17 months. I really dislike the idea that there's this magical year you have to lose your weight in or it's all over. I participate in several groups and see people lose over two years. Your sleeve (in my case) still works. I had a baby at nearly 3 years out and had another loss period after nursing, between 3.5-4.5 years out. Again, slow and steady. But the weight came off.

Even now in maintenance, weight comes off if I'm not careful and it's strictly a calories in vs out game. The restriction is still there.

This tool is for life.

Cheri