Introversion

Welcome. If you felt that much anxiety after seeing the scale jump by 3 pounds, perhaps it is time to weigh yourself less frequently. Try weighing in once weekly, or even once a month. Realistic expectations are important. Weight loss with a sleeve doesn't occur in a neat, linear pattern. We lose pounds, then stall/plateau on occasion, then may even gain pounds due to fluid retention or glycogenation before dropping weight again. When is the last time you lost 14 pounds in 2 weeks through diet and exercise? I'm guessing your answer is "Never." You're doing great. Stay off the scale and allow your body to sort through the trauma it has experienced. Expecting to lose a pound a day is unrealistic. Good luck to you.

Since this was posted in the medications forum (and the original poster is a newer member with only 1 post), I suspect they haven't had surgery. Maybe they're here to conjure up a customer base to whom they hope to sell diet pills.

Have you and/or your wife undergone weight loss surgery?

Quite the contrary...there is plenty of harm associated with cholesterol-lowering medications, also known as statins. They result in muscle pain, myopathies, liver damage, digestive problems, mental fog, elevated blood glucose levels, and so forth. For the few weeks I was on a cholesterol-lowering drug, my muscles ached so badly that even the simple task of walking from a parking lot into an office resulted in notable pain. I refuse to take statins again. http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/high-blood-cholesterol/in-depth/statin-side-effects/art-20046013

There's a phenomenon called transient hyperlipidemia, a.k.a. transient hypercholesterolemia. In the active weight loss phase, our bodies burn off numerous molecules worth of stored fatty acids. The ultimate result in some people is a momentary rise in blood cholesterol levels post-op. The same thing happened to me. Click on the link below if you wish to read more about it. http://www.wheatbellyblog.com/2012/06/i-lost-weight-and-my-cholesterol-went-up/