Hi everybody!

I have done the roux en Y on 12 November 2012 , I was 227 lb on the surgery day , I lost 11 lb in the first week after surgery , then 4.85 lb on the second week.

Then my weight loss started very slow as follows :

4 weeks from 26/11/12 up to 24/12/12 , I lost another 4.85 lb ,

then from 25/12/12 up till today ( almost 3 weeks ) , I lost another 3.8 lb.

Now I have a few of questions :

1- Do you consider this is a normal weight loss to lose average 1 lb weekly ?

2- Do you consider this as metabolic weight loss resistance ? where I have been on diet for more than 20 years lose and gain ( yoyo style ) ..

3- Should I follow a low calorie diet to achieve the weight loss faster ?

My surgeon used to tell me dont worry , you will make but slowly .

Is it any statistic about average weight loss after the Roux en y , that can tell me where I'm among these figures ?

The lower you get on the Bmi the slower it will get. I started off losing 1 l s a day for the first month..then it was about 5 lbs a week. ..then 2 -3 lbs. ...it has slowed down.

George. My surgery was on 11/19 and I am only down 32 pounds. I'm crawling along. Lowering you calories may just shove you into more of starvation mode. My dr told me 70 protein and 700-900 calories a day. I know I am just going to be a slow loser. And it is true the lower the staring weight/BMI the slower the weight comes off.

Hi everybody!

I have done the roux en Y on 12 November 2012 ' date=' I was 227 lb on the surgery day , I lost 11 lb in the first week after surgery , then 4.85 lb on the second week.

Then my weight loss started very slow as follows :

4 weeks from 26/11/12 up to 24/12/12 , I lost another 4.85 lb ,

then from 25/12/12 up till today ( almost 3 weeks ) , I lost another 3.8 lb.

Now I have a few of questions :

1- Do you consider this is a normal weight loss to lose average 1 lb weekly ?

2- Do you consider this as metabolic weight loss resistance ? where I have been on diet for more than 20 years lose and gain ( yoyo style ) ..

3- Should I follow a low calorie diet to achieve the weight loss faster ?

My surgeon used to tell me dont worry , you will make but slowly .

Is it any statistic about average weight loss after the Roux en y , that can tell me where I'm among these figures ?[/quote']

My dr set a 3 month post op expectation of 30% of your excess weight gone.

My dr set a 3 month post op expectation of 30% of your excess weight gone.

The natinal average is that you will lose 50 to 60 percent of your excess weight.

C

Well I didn't have surgery to get halfway there!! 50% of your excess weight gone is their 6 month expectation.

Well I didn't have surgery to get halfway there!! 50% of your excess weight gone is their 6 month expectation.

My surgeon told me that 60 perecent is how much the average person loses nationally.