Everyone loses at a different rate. There are so many variables. The worst thing you can do is compare your loss to someone elses. I drove myself crazy doing so. 40 ponds in 2 months is 20 pound a month average and that is awesome!

The first 30 was the first month, and now its about 2 pounds a week. Thank you for the advice and support :)

I'm pre-pre-op, so I'm just going by what I know from previous dieting experiences.

Weight is just one variable in measurements of what you have and haven't lost. Don't just rely on that as an end goal measurement. Yeah, it's the easiest, we just step on a scale, but it might help to also do other measurements. Take measurements of your arms, chest, stomach, hips, thighs, etc and see how far you've gone, if you can walk further or faster, that's another sign of things going well, if you find your emotional outlook better, that's another sign. Don't focus on the numbers on the scale, it's just a number. The end game is being happy and healthy (at least it is for me), and that should never be determined by a number on a scale.

But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.. ;)

For someone who has struggled preop to lose anything, I finally learned that ANY loss/change towards my goal is success. It is hard tho, and I think most of us worry WLS won't work for us... I know I still worry about that and have lost 126 lbs now :)

If you are following your plan, protein, fluids, exercise, vitamins etc etc... then you are doing all you can do. The rest is out of our control.

Thank you all your comments are very appreciated :)

I didn't start the "rapid weight loss" until 3 months post op and then woohooo!!!!! At 6 months post op things have slowed down. I'm fine with that as I am feeling great. I still have 40 to go and know that this 40 will be hard work. Totally good.

Jules, I also only loose about 2 lbs a week. I really think my downfall is that I don't eat enough. I do better on the weekends where I pay more attention to me and what I'm doing. When I'm sitting at a desk working on a project or whatever I don't typically get in my fluids and I don't eat when I should. Twice this week I forgot to eat breakfast; when I realized I was getting hungry it was already 11:00 so I waited to eat until lunch. I know it's bad and it's something I really need to work on. But, as others have said, I'm thankful to loose even 2 lbs a week. (surgery 03-18-14 and I'm down 43 lbs)

Your surgery was the day after mine, I had mine.......I had my surgery 3/17/14....I start my day with my protein shake so I make sure I don't forget to drink it..Thank you for your response it made me feel a lot better :)

Sounds to me like you are doing fine. We all lose at different rates. Slower might be easier on your body really. I started out losing a little more than 3 pounds a week then tappered off.

Yes some weeks nothun! Then there's the plateaus!


Think you are normal. Congrats on your. Success!

I've been losing a little over 10 lbs a month.

It is what it is! It is your body and no one else's. Excellent!

I'm four months out, down 52 pounds and have plateaued. :-( So I
don't think it's too uncommon. I just started to kick up the exercise and am hoping it will jump start things again. Keep us posted and I'll let you know if it works for me.

I consider myself below average, and a slower loser. It's still coming off though so that's the important thing. Stick with your program and you will be fine.