Ok. I know I'm just being impatient, but I was SOOO DISAPPOINTED this morning when I took my first post-op weight! Two days before surgery I was 217 lbs, nine days later 211.6! What the heck?! I was on yogurt and water the few days before surgery, and nothing but clears since. I was hoping for at least 10 lbs. anybody else going slow?

That's not really "slow". The majority of what you're losing in the first 1 - 2 weeks is just Fluid as your body tries to get sugars replaced, and as you begin to dehydrate to some degree. So basically what you're really saying is that you didn't lose as much fluid as you had hoped to.

Surely you can see how that would actually be a bad thing, right?

As for slow losing - lots of people lose slowly compared to others, and lots lose more quickly. There is a thread/forum for slow losers, but you really cannot classify yourself as such fewer than 2 weeks post-op. Just give it time and see what happens.

That is really good loss! You have to remember you are really very limited in your ability to exercize, and you can store fluids!

I gained weight after surgery. I was 229 the day of surgery and on Saturday I was 235. I only had Water and tea in the hospital and couldn't tolerate any Protein shakes or Jello.

That's really good weight loss at first. You had an IV, you have bloating, excess gas, swelling so you did great.

:-) just what I needed to hear! Thanks! I wasn't so impatient with the lap-band. I guess I figured at the time if it didn't work out I could just have I removed, and now to have done something so permanent, I feel like it better work! Lol

Im four days post op and ive lost 7 pounds. Everyone is different

I am 7 days postop and I think I only lost two pounds. I've decided to leave the scale alone. The only thing I can think is that I am retaining fluids. I am barely getting 400 calories. I am going to get more fluids in.