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Thank you for sharing. I had the sleeve on 1/15 and I am 27 pounds down, but that’s including the pre-op diet I started 1/1. I also feel like my loss is on the slower side, so you are not alone. My surgeon and nutritionist seem to think it’s ok.
I started out with a BMI under 40, and I have heard that sometimes you lose slower if you have ‘less’ to lose. Not sure how true that is.
Either way, the important thing is that the weight is coming off! As opposed to if we had not made any changes, it would have be the same old story, or maybe we would have even gained a few pounds!
Keep up the good work everyone, and don’t stop!

Thank you for sharing. I had the sleeve on 1/15 and I am 27 pounds down, but that’s including the pre-op diet I started 1/1. I also feel like my loss is on the slower side, so you are not alone. My surgeon and nutritionist seem to think it’s ok.
I started out with a BMI under 40, and I have heard that sometimes you lose slower if you have ‘less’ to lose. Not sure how true that is.
Either way, the important thing is that the weight is coming off! As opposed to if we had not made any changes, it would have be the same old story, or maybe we would have even gained a few pounds!
Keep up the good work everyone, and don’t stop!

I gotta come in and represent the slower post op losers! I lost 38.6 lbs in the first 90 days. I lost a pretty significant amount of weight preop though so It has been 100 days since surgery but I am down 100 lbs since July 5.

I think it’s important to remember that your body controls how fast you lose, but your mind and your choices control how much overall you lose and how much you keep off over time. And the more you lose the slower it goes- but when you do the right things it still goes in the right direction!

I had sleeve surgery 12/29 so I am about 7 weeks post op. I have lost 30lbs since surgery date. I feel like I should be losing more, even the dietitian agreed.

But so far I've been able to tolerate foods, I've never had dumping, I do need to get more protein and water in, but I feel good.

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I was just going to post something similar. I had my surgery almost two weeks ago, and I haven't lost as much as I thought. Still on the liquid diet for another couple of days. More of the weight I've lost is from the 2 week pre-op diet. I'm 20 pounds lighter than January 1st when I started the liquid diet, but about 13 of those pounds were before surgery. I was told this is normal, and to stay away from the scale. Keep doing what you need to do and eventually the weight will start dropping off. Stay encouraged! I am trying to do the same!

This is excellent. You’re not going to lose those huge amounts like they do on My 600lb life cause, you know, they weighed over 600 lbs which is considerably more than you. The general rule is the more you have to lose the faster you’ll lose at the beginning. The other is the closer you are too goal the more slowly you’ll lose. Plus post surgery you’re retaining quite a bit of fluid. Every pound lost is a win in my book.
And don’t worry if you stall in the next week or two & don’t lose anything. This is very normal. You’ll start to lose again after a week or so.
Congrats on your surgery.

I agree, 8lbs since surgery is around 1/2 lb per day. That is pretty good weight loss. There will be stalls (3 week stall) and times where the weight just falls off. Just stick with the plan that you have been given and the weight should continue to come off.

Very normal! I think first, we all lose at different paces. Someone who has more weight to lose, tend to lose quicker. Or more substantially in the beginning. Then factor in age, gender, surgery type...they all play a role.
I think that’s really good for post op! My surgeon says 8-10lbs a month for the first 6 months is pretty good. There will always be people who lose more and those that lose less than those averages.

Keep up the good work!!?

Yay! I’m so glad to have found this. I just had my sleeve done two days ago! It was not at all what I expected but I’m excited

I just had my sleeve on Thursday1/14! Came home the next day, yesterday afternoon. When I woke up from anesthesia I was like OMG what have I done?! Now that I’m home I’m feeling much better!!

Yay! I’m so glad to have found this. I just had my sleeve done two days ago! It was not at all what I expected but I’m excited

Yay! I’m so glad to have found this. I just had my sleeve done two days ago! It was not at all what I expected but I’m excited

Thanks everyone! I did the sleep study at home last night. God knows if I did it right, that was interesting! Going to see how that goes first. Let’s see what happens!