After six months being at 140 Guess What Happened?

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Good morning. On Feb 8, 2006, I was officially one year post op. I

had been at 140 since Nov 2005 and I was fine with that as I wore a

size 8 petite. I would weight myself once a day (first thing in the

morning) just so that I can keep a close eye on my weight as Dr.

Fisher said that once a day was fine because its easier to catch two

or three pound...even five pounds and get it off rather than to let

20 pounds creep up and have to struggle. It seemed that my body

liked and was comfortable being at 140 as those that worked with me

(concerned about my weight) encouraged me to not lose anymore. I

think one of the attorneys that I work around said to me " You look

great and weight loss is terrific but when you lose too much, it

starts to not look so cute anymore " . I just said to her " yeah, I

hear what you are saying but what is so strange is that when I was

severely obese, no one said anything about my weight " . I went on to

tell her that " I appreciate her concern but I am healthy and my

doctor is pleased with me and my weight is a healthy weight " .

I did not get upset with her rather, I have just learned to stop

seeing me through the eyes of others and see me through my eyes and

what I am happy with.

Nonetheless, I weighed myself Saturday and I lost a pound and then

Sunday, I lost another pound. So I am down to 138 which is fine

because I had always wanted to get down to 130 but if I didn't that

was fine because I did not want to wear anything smaller than a

8. Now the 8s are saggy/bafggy and Robynn (bless her heart), she

told me that my pants were too big and I had noticed that things were

starting to become loser but just really ignored it. I would just

tell her that I am still at 140 and have not lost anymore weight. I

think the flip side is that I have been fortunate to not gain any and

just maintain. Nonetheless, I had been doing some research because a

lot of people would write and say they hit a plateau. What I found

was that a plateau is being at the same weight for six months and

that when we don't lose for a month or two or three, etc., it really

isn't a plateau but rather our body adjusting and fighting to hang

on. So, I guess my plateau if over and I am not really sure how I

lost because I did not change anything and lets not even talk about

exercise as I have not done that in months. Nevertheless, I am not

complaining. Surely this journey has all sorts of twist and turns.

So if you have stopped losing or seem to be stuck, see what happens

after six months (I know, I know)? Who knows, you just might be

getting ready to come off a plateau.

Hang in there and thanks for listening.

Pam Marsh-KP Richmond, Dr. Park/Dr. Baggs

Orientation: 249.5 (lets just call it 250)

Surgery: 2/8/05 (221 pounds)

Today: 138 (130...maybe lets just see what happens)