I'm 13 days post op. I am also at a stall for 4 days! I haven't moved 1 pound. It's so frustrating because I see so many people in the beginning drop a lot of pounds. My stall began on day 9 post op! Seems strange.

Anyhow, right now everything that I eat is basically a sugarfree item (I had tomato Soup that has some sugar I suppose). But my brain feels like mush and I am suddenly confused over things.....

In the future, will I ALWAYS have to go for the sugar free version of an item? For example; if I have a small tiny peice of cheesecake, will it always need to be sugar free, or will there be a time where I can have the leaded version?

Thanks

15 lbs in twelve days...is good. Keep it in perspective. When was the last time you lost that in such a short time? I have lost 60 in 80 days. Less than some, more than others. I haven't been this low in years, I'm grateful. Comparisons to other people when there are so many confounding variables will only make you frustrated.

15 lbs in twelve days...is good. Keep it in perspective. When was the last time you lost that in such a short time? I have lost 60 in 80 days. Less than some, more than others. I haven't been this low in years, I'm grateful. Comparisons to other people when there are so many confounding variables will only make you frustrated.

Sorry but did you misread what I wrote maybe or perhaps I'm not getting the vernacular? I lost 5 lbs in 14 days. I had hoped to have lost 20 lbs in 24 days or even have come close to it. But 5 lbs in 24 days after RNY seems hopeless for a MAJOR surgery. My trip comes 24 days after my RNY. Today I am 14 days post op with a 5 lb loss.

(15 lbs in 12 days.....??? uggg)

**Sounded to me that you lost 15 lbs in twelve days at the end of this "paragraph" and you are disappointed in that.

I lost 6 by the same point you are, but by the one month mark I lost 30. Its not always consistent. It doesn't mean it failed.

yeah I meant that I can't see losing 15 lbs in the next 12 days

I'd be happy to have lost 15 lbs by 1 month no less 30. I have always seen a trend though in heavier people losing more "pounds" in the beginning and I wonder if a lot of that is Fluid ORRR is it that a lot of heavy people are addicted to carbs and sweets, thus when you remove those carbs & sweets, the pounds come of quickly.

I still had expected to be down at least 15 lbs in 30 days...... But I really had wanted to hit -20 by the day of my trip.

It's frustrating because I have always been able to lose weight (and lots of it) without medical intervention. The problem for me was the Yo-Yo'ing and my diabetes. I had hoped the RNY was going to help me put an end to that.

I wonder if insulin resistence still remains???

It took a few weeks, but my A1c is now normal and I don't take anything right now for diabetes.

About larger people...the more you weigh, the more calories and nutrition you need to live.

One measurement they did on me at my heaviest weight was a body composition test, which indicated I needed, bare minimum 1900 calories daily to MAINTAIN my weight at the time with a sedentary lifestyle. If I exercised or had an active job I would need more. If I ate the same and was active, I'd lose weight.

Now someone who is 150 lbs MORE than me is going to need more calories and they require more calories to move their weight.

If both of us are getting the same 800 post op calories, Protein, and fat; and had similar activity levels for our size, who is going to lose more? The heavier person because they are burning more calories. At least that's how it was explained...

in a year from now, I better be skinny!!! And in 6 months from now, I better have at least lost 30 lbs!!! I dont think that's too much to ask for RNY

Debbie that's exactly true!!! As I was told the same. I kept

Fretting about loosing slow but I only have 80lbs. to loose start to finish. Wed I will be 9 weeks post op and as of tonight I have only lost 32.5lbs. As far as sugar goes... Since surgery I don't like anything sweet but before I was addicted to it!!! I plan on never going back to my addiction just on case !!!

Debbie that's exactly true!!! As I was told the same. I kept

Fretting about loosing slow but I only have 80lbs. to loose start to finish. Wed I will be 9 weeks post op and as of tonight I have only lost 32.5lbs. As far as sugar goes... Since surgery I don't like anything sweet but before I was addicted to it!!! I plan on never going back to my addiction just on case !!!

If you only have 80 lbs to lose then you are already very close to being half way at your goal and your only at 9 weeks. That is awesome!