Did you get on the scale today?

[Egan317 7]

Did you get on the scale today? I didn't! I am 12 days post op and down 20 pounds. My wife and kids say my face is very thin. So, I weighed myself yesterday and the scale hasn't moved in three days... Perhaps I'm being critical.

I'm eating 500 calories a day maybe and wonder if my bod went into starvation mode. If so, how could I jump start it again?

Have a great day everyone!

[amykins 202]

You are 12 days post op and have lost 20 pounds! Your body has not gone into starvation mode, it's just trying to catch up. Most people don't lose every day. I would lose for a couple of days, then hold for a couple days, then start losing again. Three months out, I still do that. Now when you start mushies at about 3 weeks, you may have a real stall as your body adjusts to having real food again. There;s still nothing you can do but wait it out and keep doing the right things. The weight loss will happen. You are too soon out for it not to happen.

[TheGamer 406]

Yup, you're doing just fine. As many of us here can attest, even if the scale isn't moving, we're still losing fat. My body likes to lose weight in 3 day increments. I'll lose a pound or more on one day, then nothing for two. Lose more, nothing for two more. It all results in less weight, though, so I can't complain

[nickyd73 10]

Yes I got on the scale today and it's still the same. I have been in a stall since Post Op Day 9 and today I am Post Op Day 29. I have lost a whopping 17 lbs since surgery

[Catherine Shinn Habhab 97]

do you guys weigh yourselves every day??!!

[Egan317 7]

I go every 3 to 4 days

[nickyd73 10]

I use to but not anymore. Now it's every 3 days or so.