Just had my 4th visit with my bariatricician. I have been incredibly frustrated this month because it seems like the second I took my Nexplanon out, my weight loss has been incredibly slow. And I get that things slow down after the first few months, but at the same time I still have such a long way to go that, to me, it seems like I should still be loosing a little faster. I was kind of hoping that he would have something he could maybe adjust my diet, or tweak some other aspect of my plan to speed things up again.

But apparently I am still doing very well and shouldn't change anything. I was a little reluctant to agree with him, so he did a quick body composition test. He told me that at this point in the program the benchmark for fat loss (not total weight loss) was 4% and I had actually lost 10%, and that the 7 lbs (and once again, I get that that is a healthy amount it just seemed small to me because of how long I have to go- -this is the longest I've ever been successful with weight loss so I'm not used to it slowing down to 1-2 lbs per week!) I lost last month was probably pure fat, and that's really a pretty successful month.

So this month I am not going to step on the scale. I'm going to keep with the diet and exercise plan and consider a successful month where I stay on plan 90% of the time and respect my body enough to be proud of myself for the progress I am making.

Nailing it. Congrats on your success!

Congratulations!

That's the spirit, vKsLittleSparrow! At the end of the day, it's not the weight that matters. What matters is how we truly feel about ourselves. Cheers!