Only Lost 4 pounds in two months - Can something be wrong?

[tfrank]

I was sleeve on 12/29/15, just 5 months ago. Weight day of surgery was 217, I am now at 182. Problem is from March 6 - now (2months) I have only lost 6 pounds..... in two months! and I'm only 5 months out of surgery. How can I ONLY lose 6 pounds in two months? I am eating right (lord knows you can't eat much), I am working out faithfully, and two weeks ago I even started boxing and kick boxing to try to change things up. I need ANY advice from others who have gone through the same thing only a few months post opt. Thanks!

[Shirl]

Have you considered that a pound of muscle is much leaner than a pound of feathers? How are you doing inches wise? I have read from wiser and veteran sleevers that stalls on the scale are normal, but to pay attention to inches lost. Weight lifting and kick boxing will add muscle and tone you. Sounds like you are not going back to eating the wrong foods, and you are being vigilant. I hope your inches will tell you a better story. Keep up the great work!

[Pam G]

remember, most people lose 65% of their EXCESS weight. For you, looking at your ticker, that's about 45 lbs and you've lost that already. You're exactly where the majority of people are.

watch this video by Dr Matthew Weiner:

[WANAGL]

We were sleeved on the same day.
From the veterans here I've learned that stalls are normal.
Stall?...
I stay OFF the scale! I measure instead. I know I'm losing because I keep dropping sizes.
I refuse to let the scale make me crazy!

[Ranger1]

You are still in that golden time zone where weight loss is very possible. If I were in your position, I would make sure that I was eating enough good protein, drinking my correct quantity of water, minimizing simple carbohydrates and getting enough exercise. If that did not get the job done I would go on full liquids for a couple of days until the stall was history.

But as other posters point out, account for inches lost and some body firming along the way. Good luck to you.

[Pam G]

I was sleeve on 12/29/15, just 5 months ago. Weight day of surgery was 217, I am now at 182. Problem is from March 6 - now (2months) I have only lost 6 pounds..... in two months! and I'm only 5 months out of surgery. How can I ONLY lose 6 pounds in two months? I am eating right (lord knows you can't eat much), I am working out faithfully, and two weeks ago I even started boxing and kick boxing to try to change things up. I need ANY advice from others who have gone through the same thing only a few months post opt. Thanks!

Hey, how's it going since you posted this?

[tfrank]

Hey, how's it going since you posted this?

THanks so much for asking! I have lost 2 pounds, however, it's the only two pounds in two months. Hopefully I can start losing again. I am changing my diet and eating more watermelon and protein shakes, and more water. I'm going to see how that does for the month of June. Hope all is going well with you. Thanks!

[WANAGL]

THanks so much for asking! I have lost 2 pounds, however, it's the only two pounds in two months. Hopefully I can start losing again. I am changing my diet and eating more watermelon and protein shakes, and more water. I'm going to see how that does for the month of June. Hope all is going well with you. Thanks!

You may be interested in this nutritional information about watermelon:

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/...-juices/2072/2

[Luara]

The key seems to be all the muscle you are likely building by kickboxing etc. As stated above, muscle is heavier than fat so your "lack" of loss is being re-formed into muscle.

[tfrank]

The key seems to be all the muscle you are likely building by kickboxing etc. As stated above, muscle is heavier than fat so your "lack" of loss is being re-formed into muscle.

I hope you are right Laura because it's driving me crazy.. So much work, yet the scale doesn't move. I will say that my clothes feel and fit better, so hopefully I'll see the total results on the scale sometime in the near future. I see you are in St. Louis, so am I!

Trish

[Pam G]

I hope you are right Laura because it's driving me crazy.. So much work, yet the scale doesn't move. I will say that my clothes feel and fit better, so hopefully I'll see the total results on the scale sometime in the near future. I see you are in St. Louis, so am I!

Trish

What if wore a size 2 but still weighed what you do now? Don't focus on the scale.

Easy to say, hard to do, I know.