The way the wait comes off - ThinnerTimes

Bmuscial · 02-05-2007, 03:51 PM

I weighted 247 pre op and i have lost almost 50. Well the weight doesn't seem to be coming off of me like my friend who had the surgery a month before but she was 100 lbs bigger then me. Does that have anything to do with the way i am losing.

porshh951 · 02-05-2007, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Bmuscial

I weighted 247 pre op and i have lost almost 50. Well the weight doesn't seem to be coming off of me like my friend who had the surgery a month before but she was 100 lbs bigger then me. Does that have anything to do with the way i am losing.

yes it has alot to do with it.

also if you are hitting trouble and slow spots increase you're workouts.

Gina in NY · 02-05-2007, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Bmuscial

I weighted 247 pre op and i have lost almost 50. Well the weight doesn't seem to be coming off of me like my friend who had the surgery a month before but she was 100 lbs bigger then me. Does that have anything to do with the way i am losing.

Makes a HUGE difference. I started (surgery date) at 261 and my weight loss has seemed so slow to me, but I started looking at percentages. One friend here lost 100 pounds the first 6 months, then 50 the next six months, and is losing a little bit still, but not nearly as fast. I was thinking - LORD - I'm not even close! Until I reallized I had lost 65 pounds the first 6 months, and want to lose about 32 over the second six months. Well - it seems to be right on track when you look at it that way, no?

And of course, everyone is different. I have realized, I am not really going to be a goal in one year person - it may take me 18 months to get to my real goal. (My goal listed here is my one year goal, and I may or may not make that) but I don't care. The scale is going the right way - I look and feel better than I have in 20 years and I know I'm healthier than I've been in ages. I do my job, and the weight will come off. Relax...

SD_Johnsons · 02-05-2007, 06:18 PM

I found that my weight was slow to come off, but I only had 100 to loose. It took me 6 months to loose 80 pounds and some people lost that really fast. I did not loose 100 pounds until 13 months. I felt fine as long as the weight was coming off.

LyndasRoom · 02-05-2007, 07:01 PM

It has a lot to do with it! Instead of comparing numbers with your friend...look at percentages...you're doing great!

ajmoe · 02-05-2007, 11:05 PM

I also had my surgery on 12/12 and have found the weight to be coming off very slowly. I get really frustrated sometimes but I also realize that it is still coming off. I have alsways had a problem losing weight. It takes me forever and I can take off 20 lbs but after that I always stall out and have a hard time getting past that. Since the surgery I have lost 38 lbs. By comparison to a lot of people here I have not lost a lot yet. But it continues to come off. I am also not exercising as much or as hard as I should. I know when I can and do increase the amount, duration and intensity of my workouts it will come off much faster.
The less you have to lose the slower it seems to take. Consider that the larger a person is the more calories they have to consume to stay at that weight. The smaller the person is the less calories that are consumed overall. Now that we are all eating approximately the same amount of calories those that consumed more calories before have a larger change in their calories so the result is that they will lose faster in general.
Also everyone is different, different body types, different chemistry and everyone is doing something different to lose the weight.
I know it is frustrating when you feel compared to others you are not getting there. Try to remember you are different and you are losing the weight and getting there in your own way and in your own time.

Bella · 02-05-2007, 11:43 PM

Yes, they are correct .... it's the percentages.

The farther out you are from your goal weight ... the faster you will lose.
Conversely, the closer you are to your normal weight .... the slower it will come off.

It's just like a friend who weights 135 pounds complaining that she can't lose 5 pounds. It's much harder to lose those 5 pounds as it's soooooo close to her normal weight.

Hey, as long as it's falling off ... THAT'S the ticket.

Bella · 02-05-2007, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by ajmoe

I also had my surgery on 12/12 and have found the weight to be coming off very slowly. I get really frustrated sometimes but I also realize that it is still coming off. I have alsways had a problem losing weight. It takes me forever and I can take off 20 lbs but after that I always stall out and have a hard time getting past that. Since the surgery I have lost 38 lbs. By comparison to a lot of people here I have not lost a lot yet. But it continues to come off. I am also not exercising as much or as hard as I should. I know when I can and do increase the amount, duration and intensity of my workouts it will come off much faster.
The less you have to lose the slower it seems to take. Consider that the larger a person is the more calories they have to consume to stay at that weight. The smaller the person is the less calories that are consumed overall. Now that we are all eating approximately the same amount of calories those that consumed more calories before have a larger change in their calories so the result is that they will lose faster in general.
Also everyone is different, different body types, different chemistry and everyone is doing something different to lose the weight.
I know it is frustrating when you feel compared to others you are not getting there. Try to remember you are different and you are losing the weight and getting there in your own way and in your own time.

I don't know ... 38 pounds in 2 months sounds pretty good to me! I was almost the same start weight as yourself and I hope to do as well in the next months.

Plus .. it's good for the loose skin issue if you are losing it slower.

LisaBoston · 02-06-2007, 07:38 AM

Has a lot to do with it. The heavier you are, it seems to come off faster, men loose faster too. Don't compare yourself to anyone else. Its hard not to as you question whether its working for you...it is..but at your own pace. My dietician told me I wasn't a quick looser before surgery, so don't expect it to be now. One of my podmates (well actually both of them!) lost way faster than I did. I have now caught up to one of them, the other is still loosing. In the end, we work hard for the rewards, so focus on you own losses.

AND....BTW, 50 pound loss at your weight this early out is WAY ahead of the game sweetie!

rivercanyon · 02-06-2007, 09:32 AM

Our body types are all different and even with wls the weight loss will be different for each individual.

You are doing incredible. Give yourself a big pat on the back!!!!!