I know I shouldn't complain because I'm feeling great and hitting my Protein and Water goals every day since I got home from the hospital, even tolerating soft Proteins really well. If it weren't for the incisions and the lack of hunger, I'd almost forget I had anything done.
But man, I would check my scale for bad batteries if I hadn't just changed them. My preop diet was a very exciting time as I was dropping weight like crazy. 15 lbs in 14 days! I was 238.8 on February 7, and the day before I went to the hospital, February 20, I weighed in at 223.4.
I stayed off the scale after getting home because I knew I had IV fluids and all of that to flush out of my system. But I weighed myself today, 10 days post-op, and I'm down exactly 1 pound at 222.4. Color me underwhelmed.
I know it's probably just an early appearance of the "3 week stall." Logically, I understand all the reasons for it to happen. But it doesn't stop me from wanting to kick something, specifically, my scale. My body will never miss an opportunity to mess with my head.
Anybody else have a slower start after surgery than you were expecting? How long did it take to pick up the pace?
I was over 400 lbs on surgery day, and I am in a couple Facebook groups and there were plenty that were saying their first they were down an average of 15 or so lbs. All of these were different starting weights and such. I was underwhelmed as well. My first week I was down 4.1 lbs. In the two weeks pre-op I had lost over 17 lbs. It did start to speed up some in the following weeks. But it was something I struggled with because it has changed so much in my life. I hope all is well with you and you are getting closer to the loss you would like. Also, take pics and do your measurements. In my first month down I was down about 15 inches so that did help my mind.
Off to a slow start after surgery. Anyone else?
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