Do you ever feel you are losing too fast?

[Emma2.0 38]

Since starting my preop diet, I have lost 54lbs. 54lbs in 9 weeks just seems insane to me. I’m super proud of myself bc I wouldn’t have been able to do this without the surgery, but I still worry I’m losing to quick. Anyone else had this concern?
Here are a few progress pics:

[Purpledva 175]

Since starting my preop diet, I have lost 54lbs. 54lbs in 9 weeks just seems insane to me. I’m super proud of myself bc I wouldn’t have been able to do this without the surgery, but I still worry I’m losing to quick. Anyone else had this concern?
Here are a few progress pics:

Emma2.0,

Maybe you don't really need the surgery. You look great already. [emoji6] Keep it up. I will be on my pre-op diet in 3 weeks. Best of luck to you.

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[gabybab 696]

I felt this way in the beginning. The first month I lost 40 pounds. The second month nothing. I finally an losing again and am at 52 pounds. I'm at 11 weeks. My weight loss has slowed way down and I'm losing about 2 pounds a week.

I wish it was faster lol

[catwoman7 10,856]

no need to worry about that - your weight loss will slow way down after the first couple of months....

[GradyCat 3,692]

I WISH I was losing that fast! 🙂 Don't worry, there'll be stalls along the way and your body will catch up with itself.

[New&Improved 1,780]

Enjoy it while you can.. it will slow down at some point

[summerset 5,261]

On 5/13/2019 at 11:03 PM, Emma2.0 said:

but I still worry I’m losing to quick. Anyone else had this concern?

Bariatric surgery rule No. 1:

You can never lose this weight too fast!! (because we're worrying and complaining about wrecked metabolisms later)

[AZhiker 2,251]

What is your exercise routine like? I have lost fairly quickly, too, but I exercise a lot (walking hills, stairs, weights) - something I could never do when I was heavier. My joints just couldn't take it. But now I am afraid NOT to exercise. What are you doing? And super congrats on your progress. Make a ticker for us to follow!

[mousecat88 2,279]

I lost 55 or so in the first 8 weeks. Then nothing at all for the next 8. Now I am losing 2 per week. It will slow down.

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[Emma2.0 38]

On 05/16/2019 at 07:43, AZhiker said:

What is your exercise routine like? I have lost fairly quickly, too, but I exercise a lot (walking hills, stairs, weights) - something I could never do when I was heavier. My joints just couldn't take it. But now I am afraid NOT to exercise. What are you doing? And super congrats on your progress. Make a ticker for us to follow!

I walk 5-7miles a day 5 times a week. I think that is the reason it is falling off so quickly. Just this week, I lost 5 lbs in 3 days, but then again I walked 20 miles in those 3 days.

How do I make a ticket? Would love to know!

[mgrand 81]

Around 10 years ago, I lost 150 pounds on my own. I was walking about the same as you are plus going to the gym. I lost about a pound a day doing that and eating Protein Bars. So, yeah, that amount of exercise can do it!

[AZhiker 2,251]

Go up to the top menu bar and click on "Create" and then "ticker." That will give you the prompts to custom design your own progress ticker to follow.

I walk a lot, too - 14,000 steps a day. What I don't get at work, I do on the hills around my house after work. I also am climbing 14 flights of stairs a day (working up to 20.) And upper body weights 3 times a week. I really do think this has helped me, too. I feel so much energy now, even though I can only get down about 600 calories/day. I really want to take advantage of the first 6 months and the 'honeymoon" stage before the appetite starts coming back. Hopefully the major dietary changes I have made (no sugar, wheat, soda, alcohol, coffee, snacking) along with the exercise will work to keep the weight off forever.

[mgrand 81]

To create a ticker, click on the dropdown menu at your account name, then choose mytickers and then click on the + to create a ticker and fill in your information.

[Greenstar 31]

im dropping about one and half pounds a day, but i do crazy physical work and walk for miles at a time while eating lean foods with no fat or sugar. you will stall and your body is pretty much resting during the stalls, then you lose like crazy again.

[KimTriesRNY 1,853]

The weight loss will slow its pace the closer you get to a more normal BMI.

It seems like the last 20 pounds I lost took six months, in comparison my first six months I lost well over 100 pounds.

The further out from surgery you are, the more you will be able to eat as well. Some of us have cravings return after a time post op as well.

Enjoy it while it lasts, as long as you are eating healthfully nutrition wise fast weight loss is a desired effect your first 12-18 months.