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Does weight loss start slowing down the more you lose weight?

Hello!

I hope everyone's doing well!

So I've been trying to set some goals for myself (weight wise) and I'm unsure on how to predict weight loss in the future. Will weight loss start to slow down the more you lose it? Logic is telling me yes but for me it hasn't so far so i'm thinking that that might not be the case. I've been losing pretty much the exact amount of weight every month for 4 months now. (I had surgery about 5 months ago) Even though I've dropped so much weight I'm still losing the same amount every month. So should I expect to keep losing the same amount or should I expect a decrease? I don't want to underestimate too much and end up setting an easily achieved goal (I think if I reached it early I'd feel like it was too easy and stop trying as hard). I want something that'll push me but also be more realistic.

I know you lose the most weight your first year after surgery, the "honeymoon" phase, so the goal I want to set is still within the year. I had surgery in April and the goal date I want to set is New Year's Day. So I'll be about 9 months out.

Has anyone experienced weight loss slowing down the more you lose weight? Or has it been consistent?

For people that have reached their goal weight, did it get harder to lose it the closer you got?

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    Well obviously the closer to your goal the less to shed so definitely the final 20-30lbs can take just as long as the first 100lbs. Just like ppl from 600lb life losing 100lbs the first month bec

  • yes. I lost pretty rapidly the first six months or so, then it slowed down quite a bit. Once I was a year out, it REALLY slowed down - like to maybe 2 lbs a month.

  • Both in regular diets and after bariatric surgery it has slowed down quite a bit. If I were to increase exercise and cut calories now it may make a difference.

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On 8/26/2019 at 7:32 AM, FluffyChix said:

Yep. :( So. so. so. slow.

I just noticed you had 150 as a goal weight but youre now 133...? Im 5'8 but my goal weight is 150 and I'm really wondering if I could possibly hit 130. Did you just reach goal and decide to keep going or did the weight loss just simply continue? What made you go 20 lbs below your goal?

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