Okay, I am a little disappointed in the scale this week. I had huge losses the week before and after surgery. I had lost a total of 33lbs in those two weeks...today i went in just to weigh myself in and found that I only dropped 2lbs this week. I wasn't expecting another 20lbs loss this week, but I thought I'd hit somewhere between 5-10lbs...I've stayed on liquids and haven't cheated once, and for the entire week, I took in about 6500-7000 calories, which is just a bit more than i would have taken in in one day just a few weeks ago...I know a loss is a loss, but I was expecting a bit more bang for my buck this week.

The only thing that I can think of is that maybe I'm taking in too much sodium with some of the Soups I'm eating and I'm retaining Water...I'm certainly not taking in too many calories...I'm under 1200 calories everyday...

I just find it hard to believe I went from taking in 5000 calories a day before, to averaging about 1100 a day now, and only lost 2 lbs....It's gotta be water retention right?

I just needed to vent...little frustrating...I'm going to start hitting the gym today, and I'm going to check some of the soups and stuff I've been eating to see what kind of sodium content they have...Wish me luck

I understand your frustration! I get dissapointed if I don't loose more than 2 pounds. You are doing all the right things. I only lost 3.5 pounds the week after surgery. And not much the week or two after that. However, I lost 8 pounds the week after that. I think they put saline in the iv at the hospital. You are right it's probably water retention. Hope you get a bigger number next week. All the best!

It is probably not Water retention unless you are eating alot of salt.

Your weight loss will slow the first weeks after surgery-that is totally normal. Don't kill yourself trying to figure it out. Just have realistic expectations and don't get on the scale every day.

Your doctor or nutritionst should have prepared you for the first 6 weeks post op and told you not to expect significant weight loss until after you start getting fills.

There is a lot of great information on this site regarding "bandster hell" and post op weight loss, I would suggest checking it out so you can know what to realistically expect in the upcoming weeks and not get discouraged.

Just keep doing what you're doing and try to stay off the scale!!

Coloradobanding - Thanks for the reply:

I try not to get on the scale very often actually...as a matter of fact, the scale I have at home wont even weigh me yet....So I only weigh myself once a week or so...Even then I have to go to my dr. office to use their scale...

I checked the amount of sodium I was taking in and i have been taking in about 2-3 times the amount that i should be. Since I've been on mushies and liquids, I've been eating a lot of Potato Soup and mixing it in the blender...its very filling and tastes good...but its got over 1500mg of sodium per can, and I was eating 2 and sometimes 3 cans a day...According to what I've read online, you should be getting between 1500-2000 per day...so I have definitely been over-doing the sodium...I'll try to cut that out this week and see what happens...

I wasn't expecting huge loss again this week, but was expecting about a 5lbs loss this week based on the number of calories I took in...I used to eat about 5000 calories a day and I only took in about 6000 or 7000 for the whole week...