No Weight Lost Since Dec. 27 Sleeve -- A Little Concerned

[happy1957 138]

Hi CC, First, welcome. second please except my apology in advance for being the world's worst typist. I was sleeved on. Dec 28th and know that I must weigh more since leaving the hospital. They took away my HCTZ and pumped me full of fluids. I also had some blood sugar issues while in the hospital and was given insulin. I could barely bend my fingers they looked like little sausages.

I vowed not to weigh myself until my first Dr's appointment on the 11th. Give your scale to a friend to hold on to and don' t drive yourself crazy.

Right now you need to heal, learn your new eating and drinking regiments and don't need the added stress of worrying about your weight. It will come off, I've been lurking in here a long time and haven't seen a single complaint of the weight not coming off.

There are complaints of stalls, but that happens with regular dieting. I only lost 5.8 lbs on my pre-op liquid diet. I read that some lose 15-20 lbs, but it was significant for me, a typical dieting and exercise program of 2 hours a day working out only brought me a 2 lb a week reward.

This is the rest of our healthier lives and we are a little older than most here, that changes the playing field. Wishing you the best of luck!

[Rev Me Up! 75]

Hi there-

Congrats on getting the surgery Water weight off. I remember one day during the first week, I went to the bathroom 7 times in one day - serious Water weight :-)

You would probably preserve your sanity a bit by not weighing yourself for the first month. Generally, people post a big loss the first 2 weeks, a smaller loss the third, and then hit a stall for a couple of weeks. It happens to everyone and you don't want to make yourself crazy over it.

Put the scale away :-) It's a very interesting ride from here on out...