I was banded less than a week ago and I've lost 16 pounds. Is this scary/normal? Should I be worried? I havent had much of an appetite and I've been trying to drink some protein but when I drink too much I want to puke. Should I call my doctor and voice my concerns? Or is this normal from being on liquids? Help a sista out.

Hi Bri!

Nope- I had the same thing happen. I was banded on the 13th and I lost 15 pounds in about a week. Now I've plateaued and have been stuck in the same weight area for a week. I'm hoping it will pick up again!!

I was banded over a year ago and the same thing happened to me I lost 16 lbs in a week. It as mainly water weight. The weight lost will eventually level off. Losing 1 to 2 lbs is the healthiest and the lapband doesn't produce those dramatic weightlosses as gastric bypass. The further you get in your weightloss journey the more your weightloss will be determined by working out and building muscle mass. Remember a lb of fat weighs as much as a lb of muscle the difference is a lb of muscle is denser. The more muscle you have the more calories you will naturally burn. Sorry about rambling about muscle, I am really getting into weightlifting.

Thanks! I'm just worried cause I am actually pretty muscular and im not sure if I'm losing muscle. I have noticed a dramatic change in my stomach area fat wise. So maybe I should just take it for what it is. I do need more vitamin intake though. I'm just not sure if I'm doing this right. Don't wanna mess up.

You are still on liquids; it is pretty normal. You will probably plateau for awhile, or lose slower once you start eating. Once you start excersing again, your clothes might get looser before you show scale loss! Good luck, Karen...We call that NSV, non-scale victories.

Wow, I have had the exact opposite! The day of my surgery I weighed myself before we left to the surgery center and I weighed 256, that after when we got home from I weighed myself again and I weighed 263. It took a week to lose those 7lbs I gained the day of surgery and I havent lost anymore. I hear all these people talk about losing a lot of weight their first couple of weeks after surgery and I have LOST NONE! I am 2 weeks out and feel VERY DISCOURAGED!

I read before you had some vomit issues even with drinking water. Did you over some that? and what was the deal

I read before you had some vomit issues even with drinking Water. Did you over some that? and what was the deal

Yes I did have some issues they stopped thankfully! Now I can keep stuff down. I've been eating creamy Soup and trying to drink Protein shakes. I've been eating very little. My body can not tell if I'm hungry or sore so it's hard because I know i should be consuming more protein.

I was told to get 6 8oz glasses of water a day and 70 grams of protein (half of your ideal weight). If you are doing that and tossing in a chewable vitamin it is all good!

I am only getting in 8 0z of fluid and a couple teaspoons of jello.??? day 7

I am day 14 and STILL behind on protein intake. It's hard for me to get down that much. In the morning now I make a heavier drink: 16 oz of skim lactaid (16g protein) milk and 2 scoops of protein powder. So in doing the math 16+26+26= 68g protein. I have yet to get the WHOLE thing down in a day, but it's getting closer each day. I found that making this ONE big drink is helping me get the protein in. When I was doing the smaller servings I couldn't get it down. Just keep working on it!