Hi All. It has been around 113 days (just shy of 4 months) since I had surgery and I am down 67 pounds. Lately I am struggling. The scale is creeping down slower than it ever has. I am smaller than I have been in 10 years, which is fantastic. But mentally, I am beating myself up. I had/have so much weight to lose. I wanted to lose 100 lbs in the first six months.
My doctors indicated that after 6 months my weight loss will all but halt and I needed to lose as much as possible in the first six months. 20 lbs a month was my target based on what they said should lose for my height/weight/age and I am not hitting that anymore. I am off target by about 10 pounds.
They also indicate I need to be under 800 calories a day, but when I eat that low, my weight loss completely stops. I am beginning not to trust my doctors which is scary. They should know better than anyone but when I don't hit at least 1,000 calories, my body feels weak and I am dead tired, I can't think at work and I just want to nap. But trusting them, I have pushed myself to meet that calorie goal - and it has taken me 3 weeks to lose 2 pounds. I know I am very impatient, but I my goal is still so far away, I am questioning my ability to actually reach it, with the slow progress I have had in the last month. Should I trust my body over my doctor and increase my calories?
I also find old habits creeping in - skipping meals to try to force a drop in the scale the next day, carb cycling, intermittent fasting - basically anything to push through the stall and jumpstart my metabolism.
I can't decide if my woes are just my impatience or if I am truly going to continue to see my weight loss crawl like this.
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