dlahouston

274 the moring of surgery - 3 days post was 294 due to internal bleeding and the hospital staff pushing massive fluids. After the first few weeks of madness I was down about 23 lbs from my surgery day weight in 3-4 weeks. I think the first two you should not worry to much - our bodies are so wacked out by the stress of surgery, healing, and trying to get fluid/elimination/protein into a groove that I think numbers can be deceiving early on.
Best of luck with your surgery - sip,sip,sip, and walk as soon as you can and often.

I was 229 the day I had surgery on June 4th. On Saturday June 9th I was 235. I gained 6 pounds.
I lost weight at the rate of 1 to 1-1/2 pounds every other day for the first few weeks. I have lost 23 pounds since June 4th or 29 if you count the fact that I gained 6 pounds in the hospital.
My weight loss is slowing down a little bit now. I lost 60 pounds pre-surgery though at the rate of about 10 a month and in the 2 week pre-op I lost less than most people and that was 10 pounds and I didn't cheat and I had 3 shakes a day for 14 days and only had a few sugar-free popsicles and like 2 sugar-free jellos....if that.
Since I dieted the entire pre-approval time I had already lost my water weight.
Good luck to you on your surgery in a few days. Sending you my thoughts and prayers.

I start tomorrow. And am totally NOT looking forward to it. Ugh!

Started today. I actually feel like I'll be "eating" more healthily than I have in a long time-- with the protein shakes and forcing myself to get in enough water and not eating junk. I have energy today after my first shake and huge glass of water.
So I think I'll resign myself, because it's going to happen anyway, that it's awesome and I love it.
(Don't worry I'll be back to complain- lol)