What is wrong with me!?!? I should be jumping for joy with my progress so far, but I'm just not! Why is doing good not good enough for me? I'm sitting here feeling a little bit down on myself because I really thought I would have lost more weight by now. I weigh myself weekly and last week I was only down 1/2 lb. The week before it was only 1 lb. Average weight loss for the last 8 weeks is 1.68lbs/week. I am sure I am probably bordering on OCD here with all my number crunching, LOL. I am sure I need to just quit being so hard on myself, but I just feel so blah. I still do not have much restriction as I have only had 1 fill. 2nd fill is scheduled for the 28th. Perhaps some of this is still due to the ol "bandster hell" thing. I work my tail off at the gym and try to make really good food choices. Is 2 or 3 pounds a week too much to hope for?!?!? Anyways, I just kinda wanted to vent a little.

Hey there,

Don't be so down on yourself. Your doing great so far. Remember the avg is 1 to 2 lbs a week. so a 1.68lb avg it is perfect. You are right on target. Remember you don't want to loss to fast any way, give your body time to catch up with all the changes. Congrats on that so far, its excellent progress.:thumbup:

Can you get a fill sooner than the 29th? I would call and find out. It sounds like you need one ASAP! Even without restriction, you are doing great, but I know, I'm like you...Count your calories until your fill and eat as much low cal food like salads as you can to stay full. I would NOT wait 2 more weeks for a fill, tho.

first of all - 33.5 pounds is an amazing accomplishment ...

second - look at all that time you are putting in at the gym. you are getting healthy and fit. and dont forget - muscle weighs more than fat so although you may not be losing pounds, you may be losing inches. measure yourself monthly. from August to the day before my plastics (end of Feb) i lost maybe 15 pounds (and that is pushing it...) but i lost over 20 inches!!

try not to get discouraged. see if you can get on the cancellation list for an earlier fill. it's not easy not being properly restricted.

you're doing great!!

My experience with weight loss is that slower is better. You have more time to make your new choices into habits and your skin will adjust better too.

Thanks you guys. It's such a good feeling knowing that I can come here and speak my feelings and there are lots of people who understand.

I guess I will be calling on Monday and seeing about getting on a cancellation list to try to move my fill up. Hopefully I'll get lucky.

I went to the gym this morning and busted my tail for an hour again. It seems to make me feel so much better, even if the scale doesn't! hahaha