Hey all,

Well I am eleven days post op and I was down 12lbs. Today I weighed myself and I am up one pound. Ugh!!! Is this normal? Have I reached my "plateau"? I am still on liquids, I have slowly introduced tomato Soup, and cream of asparagus soup. Do I go back to Clear Liquids? Or stay on the full liquids and just keep trudging through this? Any advice out there for frustrated me?

Hey all,

Well I am eleven days post op and I was down 12lbs. Today I weighed myself and I am up one pound. Ugh!!! Is this normal? Have I reached my "plateau"? I am still on liquids, I have slowly introduced tomato soup, and cream of asparagus soup. Do I go back to clear liquids? Or stay on the full liquids and just keep trudging through this? Any advice out there for frustrated me?

Don't beat yourself up your body is still in the healing stages, ups, downs, and plateaus are common...

This is a lifelong journey and the weight will come off following the advice of your doctor and nutiritionist. If their plans says to be on full liquids then stay with it unless they are making you sick. If that's the case contact them and ask....

At 8 months out i've had some stalls and some gains but the overall trend is downward, keep at it follow the plan work the sleeve and try to stay optimistic. Give it time your body is going through a lot of changes that pound plus some will be gone soon enough.

Thanks for the "pick me up". I needed some encouragement. I guess I am expecting too much to happen at once.

I am 16 days post op and my dr says that I am not in the weightloss stage of this lifelong lifestyle change. At this point its all about allowing the staple line to heal. In the course of the staple line healing we will of course drop weight. But during the first 6 weeks its all about healing and re-introducing our new stomachs to food. Once we learn what foods we can tolerate and exercising, the weight will begin to fall off.

My weight loss is a little freaky! I've tried to avoid the scale for a week, but always seem to wind up getting back on, just to make sure it's still working! For me, I lose 2-3 pounds, then bounce for a couple of days before I level off at the weight lost. It's been this way for me during the entire time. I've just come to accept that this is going to happen and in a few days the pounds are gone for good.

Hey all,

Well I am eleven days post op and I was down 12lbs. Today I weighed myself and I am up one pound. Ugh!!! Is this normal? Have I reached my "plateau"? I am still on liquids, I have slowly introduced tomato soup, and cream of asparagus soup. Do I go back to clear liquids? Or stay on the full liquids and just keep trudging through this? Any advice out there for frustrated me?

The same thing happened to me. I think it is all the sodium in the Soups we are eating. Makes you retain Water like crazy. Also, I have read on here that not getting plenty of fluids can slow the weight loss also. What I read said to get even more than the 64 oz referenced here so much. That's just about impossible for me right now, but when I can, I plan to drink a lot more.

Have you started loosing again? I am 3 weeks out and I have stayed the same and gained 2lbs over the course of this past week and a half also! SO I guess I was about 11 days post op when I hit this crazy stall too! Mine is still not moving and I am following the rules. Just wondered if you've had any luck in the past few days?

Hey all,

Well I am eleven days post op and I was down 12lbs. Today I weighed myself and I am up one pound. Ugh!!! Is this normal? Have I reached my "plateau"? I am still on liquids, I have slowly introduced tomato soup, and cream of asparagus soup. Do I go back to clear liquids? Or stay on the full liquids and just keep trudging through this? Any advice out there for frustrated me?

I was only 2 weeks out and stalled for 2 weeks! I am now almost 5 weeks post-op and beginning to slowly loose some weight. What I do notice is that I am loosing inches like crazy! It's not always about the pounds. A good friend of mine said to measure yourself and use that as a guide in addition to the scale. It helps you to realize that sometimes your body isn't dropping weight because you are sculpting and changing fat into muscle.

I will loose a pound and gain it back the next day. It sits with me for another day and then drops. It seems to be the way I am loosing right now. Although, I know that when i kick in my exercise plan, I will begin dropping weight much faster, but I really hope not too fast. I want to maintain my weight loss and most people seem to be better at doing that when their weight loss is slower.