sarahopper

I know it can be discouraging but you are still losing plenty of weight! When's the last time you dropped 27 lbs in a month? That's almost 1 lb a day!! Stalls are all over the place and for all different reasons. Did you have RNY? The body is still healing and adjusting to the significant detour and construction it just underwent. The weight will drop off again because you seem to be doing all the right stuff! Go girl!ST Thank you so much for the encouragement and kind words. I had the gastric sleeve done. And you are right, there is no way I could have ever lost 27 pounds that quickly any other way. I think I am just so excited to finally start my new life that I'm getting a little ahead of myself. I need to be patient and trust the process.

@@oliviatish I am so glad I just saw this! I had my surgery on 12/28/15 and lost 10 pounds in the first 5 days. Since 1/3/15 I haven't moved on the scale and was even up a bit this morning. I was so upset. I haven't consumed more than 750 calories a day (that is max, normal is 500) and have been doing everything the way I am supposed to. This helps me to know that someone else has stalled this quickly too. I am down 27 overall counting the post op liquid diet which started on 12/15/15. I was hoping that was part of why I have stalled but it is still super discouraging and confusing when you are only one week out. Thank you for posting!

I am having my band removed next week after several complications over the past 10 years of having it. After having it revised 3 times, I started gaining weight back about 2 years ago and started noticing other issues with my band. I have had severe acid-reflux and pain from my band recently. I have a hernia in my stomach, stretched out esophagus and nerve damage in my pouch. After talking with my doctor, he recommended having the sleeve done after having the band removed. I am really excited to get it removed finally but I am really nervous about getting approved for the sleeve. I have been through the 6 month of msd, psych eval and all the other hoops that they recommend to increase my chances of getting approved. My doctor recommended having the band out first and then 2 weeks later submitting the paper work for the sleeve approval. He feels like this would increase my chances to do them separately. Has anyone else dealt with BCBS of Tennessee? I work for the state. I'm having terrible anxiety about it!

@@Pinkgirl1234 let me know how your progress goes. I had the band removed this past Monday and I'm doing great. I returned to work by Wednesday. They are going to submit my paper work next week for the sleeve. Praying hard!

that is what I am hoping. I should know soon. The closer I get to it being turned in, the more I worry about it not working out.