My doc had told me at my 3 month visit that things would start slowing down and they definitely have. I am losing 2 pounds a week now if I'm lucky. I'm 6 months post op.

Heck I'm 5 weeks out and I've slowed down already, in fact I'm stressing a lot about it. In the last 3 weeks I've only lost 1 pound! I must be doing something wrong. I weigh and measure everything and concentrate on protein. I have started going back to the gym and working out 3 days per week about an hour a day-so maybe I'm building muscle, but OMG does it do a number with my head! Advise would be appreciated. I think I will call the nutritionist next week and see what they say too
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Banshee, aren't you working out too much and a lil to soon. Please be careful. Yeah 5 weeks out the weight should still be falling off.

I'm just a few weeks behind you and have lost about the same amount. I've also noticed an extreme slow down in my weight loss. I'm about 8 lbs away from my docs goal weight and having a hard time getting there. He did tell me the closer to goal I got the harder it would be...and he was right. I've finally had a 3 lb loss in the past 10 days but that's the first time in over a month I've had a loss. Planning to try the 5 day pouch reset very soon.

Your body has to catch up. You will lose inches to compensate. Hell you might gain some weight. Just know in the big picture you'll continue to lose. You could up protein and cardio and water, but don't stress out about it. I have and it ends up working out in the end.

At 7 months my loss had slowed to a crawl. I was losing it real fast the 1st 3 to 4 months. Now I am at a stand still flucutating up and down.

I was very fortunate...I never actually hit a plateau, but my loss slowed at 4 months and then slowed even more as I got closer to my target weight. Sounds crazy, but I was worried I wouldn't be able to stop.

I started my journey just over 300 lbs (I stopped looking after I hit 300). I lost 30 lbs before surgery and hit my target weight 11 months after surgery for a total loss of 175 lbs. I'm a bit OCD and kept a spreadsheet on my weigh loss. When I averaged my loss over the 11 months, it averaged 2 lbs a week (faster at the beginning then down to 1 lb a week near the end)

You have the right attitude. Just keep doing the deal and your body will end up a healthy weight. It isn't a race. It's a lifetime deal.

:)

JJ

At my six month check up I was told that the weight loss would slow way down. I lost 70% of my excess body weight In six months but I average maybe a pound a week now. Not unhappy - thankful for all the changes!!!

Banshee, don't sweat it, that's not a permanent slowdown. Like JJ said, it's a lifetime deal, and you have to think of this for the long haul and it will all work out okay. You may hit slowdowns, you may not lose anything for a while...even a long while! But if you keep with your program you will come out okay. Remember that discouragement can be your worst enemy because it may make you give up prematurely and go back to your old ways. Even with the surgery you can screw up if you go back there and get stuck in the quicksand of those old bad choices.

Chocolate, you have done SO WELL! Don't worry about the slows, as long as you stay on track you will be okay. Mine slowed way down at about 8 months, and I was slow to start with. Now it's like 2-4# a month. So what? This is for the rest of my life, I will get where I am going regardless of how quickly or slowly that happens, and I am okay with that. Of course, I am older and therefore my metabolism is slower too, so that could be part of it. I still think it's all good!

I'm 6 months out, and down 77lbs and yes, it has slowed down a lot, even with the extra exercise, it was bound to happen :( Hang in there, a little down is always better than anything up!

What do you do about the extra skin once you lose the weight?