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I'm 2.5 months post-op (sleeve) and I'm 30+ lbs down with no pre-op diet. Wish it was faster but at least it'll give my skin a chance to keep up (hopefully)

I had VSG on Feb 6th and have lost 37 lbs, which is slow compared to a lot of others on this forum but as long as the scale is going in the right direction, then I'm ok with it Plus it gives my skin a chance to catch up with me (or so I hope!)
I have lots of days the scale doesn't move, and then suddenly it'll drop a pound. While I weigh myself daily I try not to tally the amount lost until the end of the week, which I think has helped with not driving myself crazy

I'm 2.5 months post-op (sleeve) and I'm 30+ lbs down with no pre-op diet. Wish it was faster but at least it'll give my skin a chance to keep up (hopefully)

The surgery and subsequent weight loss make your hormones go completely out of whack, or at least in my case. I'm 33 and I've always had regular periods with minor cravings. Post op, I got my period 1 month, missed it the second month, got it super irregular the 3rd month and literally felt like I wanted to eat everything in the house. I couldn't stop grazing for the life of me. But luckily the crazy cravings only lasted a day or two

I'm 2.5 months post-op (sleeve) and I'm 30+ lbs down with no pre-op diet. Wish it was faster but at least it'll give my skin a chance to keep up (hopefully)

I'm like you, a little over 2 months post-op and down 30 lbs, but I wish it was more too. I can tolerate just about anything, including things that I couldn't stomach just a few weeks ago (beer and other carbonated no-no drinks for example).
I still feel restriction, but I could easily get in a lot of calories if I graze all day, especially with bad food choices. I'm very wary. I guess the only thing we can really do in this kind of situation is be extremely vigilant, track our calories and food choices, and try our very best not to fall into old bad habits (I ate a small bag of Cheetos the other day and the guilt was immense -- but I'm afraid it won't be enough to stop me from doing it again).
Good luck to all of us trying to fight the good fight!

I'm like you, a little over 2 months post-op and down 30 lbs, but I wish it was more too. I can tolerate just about anything, including things that I couldn't stomach just a few weeks ago (beer and other carbonated no-no drinks for example).
I still feel restriction, but I could easily get in a lot of calories if I graze all day, especially with bad food choices. I'm very wary. I guess the only thing we can really do in this kind of situation is be extremely vigilant, track our calories and food choices, and try our very best not to fall into old bad habits (I ate a small bag of Cheetos the other day and the guilt was immense -- but I'm afraid it won't be enough to stop me from doing it again).
Good luck to all of us trying to fight the good fight!

I'm one month post-op and I'm down 20 lbs, and 15 of those were lost the first 2 weeks post-op and 5 were the 2nd two weeks. I was definitely discouraged like you with the slow loss of the second half of the month until I went to my nutritionist yesterday for my evaluation, and he said it's completely normal to have a fast loss the first two weeks and struggle to lose the 2nd two weeks, because our bodies are adjusting to the sudden loss of both fat and Water, etc. He said the rate will pick up again (although not as fast as 15 lbs in 2 weeks!) so I felt somewhat comforted.
I hope we all have healthy, satisfactory and steady losses in March!

I think people react differently to different foods... I'm a month post op and for me, tortillas (flour or whole wheat) are one of the easiest things to eat. I ate roasted cauliflower the other day and it was like a BRICK in my stomach and I eventually had to throw it up like an hour after eating because it just would not digest. My nutritionist said whatever food I have a hard time eating, to try again in a week or two

I'm one month post-op and I'm down 20 lbs, and 15 of those were lost the first 2 weeks post-op and 5 were the 2nd two weeks. I was definitely discouraged like you with the slow loss of the second half of the month until I went to my nutritionist yesterday for my evaluation, and he said it's completely normal to have a fast loss the first two weeks and struggle to lose the 2nd two weeks, because our bodies are adjusting to the sudden loss of both fat and Water, etc. He said the rate will pick up again (although not as fast as 15 lbs in 2 weeks!) so I felt somewhat comforted.
I hope we all have healthy, satisfactory and steady losses in March!

Oh no, stomach viruses are the worst. Hope you're feeling much better! My surgery was Feb 6th too and I'm down 17 lbs. The first few days sucked but now that I'm almost 3 weeks out, I feel completely back to normal (physically at least -- the mental part is always a daily struggle!). My surgeon cleared me to start eating normal food in a few days but I still can't get used to how small my portion sizes now are... we're not in Kansas anymore Toto

I'm one week post-sleeve, and if I could give my past self any advice before going into the operation, it would be to just expect the first few days to suck (pain, gas cramps, discomfort, feeling tired and sorry for yourself) and to take it one day at a time, and to not expect to be like the people who were back at work or running errands on day 2 or 3. Essentially -- hope for the best, but expect the worst! The mental part is so big in all this.
I'm on Day 7 and I feel like a completely different person than me at Day 2. It gets soooo much better, just get through those first few days. Sending you positive vibes!

I'm one week post-sleeve, and if I could give my past self any advice before going into the operation, it would be to just expect the first few days to suck (pain, gas cramps, discomfort, feeling tired and sorry for yourself) and to take it one day at a time, and to not expect to be like the people who were back at work or running errands on day 2 or 3. Essentially -- hope for the best, but expect the worst! The mental part is so big in all this.
I'm on Day 7 and I feel like a completely different person than me at Day 2. It gets soooo much better, just get through those first few days. Sending you positive vibes!

For all those about to get their sleeves done, good luck! The first couple days had me almost regretting everything and thinking that being fat was not so bad after all 🙈 But that was just the pain talking, because I wasn't prepared for how bad it would be the first 48 hours. I'm now on Day 5 post-op and no pain at all, except when I laugh/cough/sneeze, and even that feels like sore muscle pain, not post-operative pain. Overall in five days there's a huge difference in how I feel about things, you just need to get through those rough first days.
My new challenge is the boredom of the liquid diet, because as other forum posts have mentioned, it seems like I'm hungry most of the time now. But I'll be honest, there's almost something empowering in that feeling, because prior to the sleeve I would eat before I even got hungry; eating had become almost an automated system and not a hunger-triggered one. So I'm leaning into the hunger now and just plodding along with my boring liquid diet. I've lost 9.5 lbs in the 5 days since the op, and I'm curious about the rate that I'll continue to lose at once I'm back to eating solids.
Again, good luck all Feb sleevers and know that the worst is over in just a matter of days!

For all those about to get their sleeves done, good luck! The first couple days had me almost regretting everything and thinking that being fat was not so bad after all 🙈 But that was just the pain talking, because I wasn't prepared for how bad it would be the first 48 hours. I'm now on Day 5 post-op and no pain at all, except when I laugh/cough/sneeze, and even that feels like sore muscle pain, not post-operative pain. Overall in five days there's a huge difference in how I feel about things, you just need to get through those rough first days.
My new challenge is the boredom of the liquid diet, because as other forum posts have mentioned, it seems like I'm hungry most of the time now. But I'll be honest, there's almost something empowering in that feeling, because prior to the sleeve I would eat before I even got hungry; eating had become almost an automated system and not a hunger-triggered one. So I'm leaning into the hunger now and just plodding along with my boring liquid diet. I've lost 9.5 lbs in the 5 days since the op, and I'm curious about the rate that I'll continue to lose at once I'm back to eating solids.
Again, good luck all Feb sleevers and know that the worst is over in just a matter of days!

For all those about to get their sleeves done, good luck! The first couple days had me almost regretting everything and thinking that being fat was not so bad after all 🙈 But that was just the pain talking, because I wasn't prepared for how bad it would be the first 48 hours. I'm now on Day 5 post-op and no pain at all, except when I laugh/cough/sneeze, and even that feels like sore muscle pain, not post-operative pain. Overall in five days there's a huge difference in how I feel about things, you just need to get through those rough first days.
My new challenge is the boredom of the liquid diet, because as other forum posts have mentioned, it seems like I'm hungry most of the time now. But I'll be honest, there's almost something empowering in that feeling, because prior to the sleeve I would eat before I even got hungry; eating had become almost an automated system and not a hunger-triggered one. So I'm leaning into the hunger now and just plodding along with my boring liquid diet. I've lost 9.5 lbs in the 5 days since the op, and I'm curious about the rate that I'll continue to lose at once I'm back to eating solids.
Again, good luck all Feb sleevers and know that the worst is over in just a matter of days!

For all those about to get their sleeves done, good luck! The first couple days had me almost regretting everything and thinking that being fat was not so bad after all 🙈 But that was just the pain talking, because I wasn't prepared for how bad it would be the first 48 hours. I'm now on Day 5 post-op and no pain at all, except when I laugh/cough/sneeze, and even that feels like sore muscle pain, not post-operative pain. Overall in five days there's a huge difference in how I feel about things, you just need to get through those rough first days.
My new challenge is the boredom of the liquid diet, because as other forum posts have mentioned, it seems like I'm hungry most of the time now. But I'll be honest, there's almost something empowering in that feeling, because prior to the sleeve I would eat before I even got hungry; eating had become almost an automated system and not a hunger-triggered one. So I'm leaning into the hunger now and just plodding along with my boring liquid diet. I've lost 9.5 lbs in the 5 days since the op, and I'm curious about the rate that I'll continue to lose at once I'm back to eating solids.
Again, good luck all Feb sleevers and know that the worst is over in just a matter of days!