catwoman7

it's the infamous "three-week stall". If you do a search on this site for it, you will literally find over 15,000 posts on it. Almost everyone has that. Just stick to your plan and stay off the scale for a few days. It typically lasts 1-3 weeks. Your weight loss WILL start up again. And just so you know, you're likely to go through several of these on your journey.

if your policy covers it, I'm not sure why they would deny it since it sounds like you met all the requirements. If they say it normally takes 14 business days, then I'd at least give them that long before starting to worry about it. I wouldn't compare them to other insurance companies - it could be that they have a lot more subscribers than other companies, or it could be they're being slammed with COVID cases right now. Just give them a few more days...

a lot of people gain weight from the IV fluids they get in the hospital. I've read posts of people gaining 10 or more lbs from it, to be honest. It does take a few days - or even a week - for it to work it's way out of your system. If you're following your clinic's food plan, the weight WILL start to drop off.

it's probably just a stall. I had several on my journey. Just stick to your plan and the weight loss will eventually start up again. And stay off the scale for a few days if you need to.

I was much heavier than you (low 200s from college until about age 30 - with a short stint of being 150-ish, which I wasn't able to maintain for very long), and then a gradual increase after age 30 until I was over 300 lbs. On the other hand, I was like you in that I could never maintain a loss. I'm in my 60s - and for YEARS I basically gained and lost the same 50 lbs. I could never keep it off for more than a few months before it headed back up. And I had 200 lbs to lose - no way was I going to do that on my own if I couldn't even keep 50 off. So I finally just leveled with myself and admitted I couldn't do it on my own. you are much lighter than I was, so your experience might be different. Ultimately, only you can answer that question. It's very tough to lose and maintain weight - even with WLS it's no walk in the park. But no way could I have lost mine - and maintained it all this time - without that extra boost that WLS gave me.

unless people are the size of contestants on shows like "My 600 lb Life", average weight loss for the first month seems to be about 15-25 lbs. Of course you'll find outliers on either side, but that seems to be about the norm - but this is just based on my own observation after hanging out on this site and other WLS sites for the last six years or so. That plus given the fact you're starting out at a lower weight than many of us, you're right on track. I only lost 16 lbs the first month, and I started out MUCH heavier than you.

I don't know if yours is hormone-related or not, but a lot of women DO experience hormone dumps after surgery. It'll usually stabilize a few weeks or months after the weight loss slows down.

I did the first year or so, but not anymore. For some people, it's permanent, though.

depends on your insurance policy. I don't know about yours in particular, but a lot of them have deductibles, co-pays, and co-insurance percentages you have to pay before meeting your out-of-pocket limit (after which the policy picks up everything). I'm pretty sure I'd met all those requirements before I had my surgery, due to all the testing I had to do beforehand (sleep study, nuclear stress test, EKG, bloodwork, etc), so I don't think I had to pay anything else once the surgery time came. you can always call your insurance company and ask.

evidently more people are getting surgery as an out-patient these days (going home a few hours after surgery), probably due to COVID. I haven't heard of any problems with that. I didn't get a blood thinner. Maybe I did while I was in the hospital, but I didn't have to do anything at home.

we just had to do it for two weeks. I personally wouldn't have wanted to start it early - it was hard enough to do it for two weeks! You may end up dropping most/all of that 4kg the first week.

a lot of women experience screwed up menstrual cycles for the first few months post surgery. Supposedly estrogen is stored in fat cells, and during rapid weight loss, it's released. It'll stabilize after awhile - probably when the weight loss starts slowing down (in a few weeks or months). A lot of women experience mood swings the first few weeks/months, too - for the same reason.

you're starting at a much lower weight than most of us on here did. Lots of us started off at 250 - or 300 - or 350 - lbs. Or even more. Starting BMI is one of the major factors in your rate of weight loss (others are age, sex, metabolic rate, activity level, how compliant you are with your eating plan, whether or not you lost a lot of weight prior to surgery). As long as your weight is trending down, you're good.

I would think as long as you get your blood work done regularly (at least once a year) and adjust your supplement dosage if necessary, you should be OK. Those yearly (or more often) blood tests should pick up any potential issue so you can make an adjustment to "fix" the problem before it gets bad.

there doesn't seem to be any consensus about this among surgeons. Some ban it forever. Some let you drink it while you're still in the hospital. Some are OK with it after a certain amount of time passes (like one month - or three months - or six months). Some allow you to have a limited amount, like one cup a day. Some allow only decaf. Some don't even allow that. I think I was able to drink decaf fairly quickly after surgery. Then I was allowed to have the real stuff once I was six months out. But like I said, there's no consistency among surgeons.

you're in the three-week stall. Happens to almost everyone. Just stick to your program and stay off the scale if you have to. It usually lasts 1-3 weeks. as for the 2 lb bump up, if you've been following your plan, that's not a true weight gain. Could be water retention or constipation. Or maybe a hormone-related gain. Just give it a couple of days.

we call that the three-week stall, and it happens to almost everyone. If you do a search on this site, you'll find literally over 15,000 posts on it. just stick to your program and stay off the scale if you have to. It typically lasts 1-3 weeks. You'll hit a few more of these along the way, but like with you, the first one usually hits within the first month or so after surgery.

we were told to wait a year. I waited three years. I only have maybe three or four glasses of wine a year. Transfer addiction unfortunately is not uncommon after surgery.

a lot of women experience screwed up menstrual periods the first few months due to hormone swings after surgery (the estrogen that's normally stored in fat cells starts to be released with the rapid weight loss), so it may just be that - but I'd for sure contact your doctor just in case it's something else.

Tylenol in general is fine - not sure about that particular dosage.

I eat a lot of Greek yogurt. Like at least twice a day. Also, I have a protein shake every day because I malabsorb protein - I usually use whey protein isolate, which also has calcium. And I mix the powder with unsweetened almond milk, which also has calcium.

I would say that's not common. I get enough calcium through my food, so I was told I could stop taking that, but I still have to take my other vitamins.

I didn't lose much more than that in the first six weeks and I started out at over 300 lbs. Like someone else said, you're barely in the obese category, so there's no way you're going to lose as fast as someone starting out at 300 or 400 lbs. You are doing fine!

I just go to Walgreens or CVS when they're having a buy one get one free sale (which they seem to have a lot) and stock up on their generic brands. Both have generics of Centrum, for one - and both also have calcium citrate generics.

hernia surgery? Gall bladder surgery?