has this happened to anyone else?

[vicki s 146]

I am almost 5 weeks post op and I have only lost 17 lbs, 11 lbs initially, then a 10 day stall and now 6 lbs and at a stall again..I have looked around at others stats and everyone is dropping wt like crazy...Please dont tell me not to compare or to stay off the scale...I cant help it, and I think most of us do, it is only human nature.....I am eating mostly Protein, nothing I shouldnt, and walking a mile a day...I average between 600-800 cal a day...anyone have this happen to them..Please help me...thanks for your

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[Lori 19]

Vicki, I am 4weeks out . week 1 visit I was 4 pounds down and today 6 more pounds 10 pounds my doc said 15 to 20 pounds down at 6 weeks so I think your doing good.

[lisalisalisa 54]

Vicki, I would try to increase those calories. You and I had our surgery around the same time. My doctor told me to get myself up to 1200 calories as I can because I will stall if I don't. I have slowed way way down and am trying to increase the calories. If your body feels like it's starving then it will hang on to that weight as long as possible. I'm in the same boat so I feel your pain. I had made sure I was still having 2 shakes a day but I am going to try to get in 3. It's not easy but we need to work toward that. I will say, when I upped the calories to 800 (I was only getting in like 600) I did drop 2 pounds.

[SoccerMomma73 1,867]

So obviously you don't want to hear this but the truth is that you can't compare your loss to others. Well, I mean you can, but it will make you crazy. Everyone loses at their own rate. If you are following your program you will lose weight. You will! the body cannot survive off the amount of calories that we consume and not use the reserves (fat) for long. You are doing fine. The amount that you've lost in the time that you've lost it is totally and completely appropriate. You've got a long road to get to goal. I know it's hard, but try not to obsess about the number on the scale. Watch it, use it as a guide to make sure you're headed the right way, but try not to live and die by what the scale says each day. It will make you insane! Follow your plan, you will be fine.

[lisalisalisa 54]

Another point Vicki is that you were smaller than a lot of us are. The larger you are the faster you lose so the fact that you are that much smaller, pretty much ensures that you will not lose at the same rate as us bigger girls!

[SoccerMomma73 1,867]

Another point Vicki is that you were smaller than a lot of us are. The larger you are the faster you lose so the fact that you are that much smaller' date=' pretty much ensures that you will not lose at the same rate as us bigger girls![/quote']

True true true!!!

[vicki s 146]

Thanks everyone, I try not to stress, I was much bigger, I started at 289!...I had the band and lost 107 lbs, then it prolapsed and i gained 40 back, then I had the sleeve, and it never worked!! I think that fear is ingrained in me, I would hop on the scale and nothing! and everyone kept telling me the same things your all telling me now...and It never came off, I lost about what i lost now because I wasnt eating then either, It was the same exact post op diet that i am doing now...and as soon as that ended I started to gain, I so afraid it will be deja vue.....sp...........Im soooo scared...sorry.....dont mean to complain or whine...it is my insecurities... Thank you so much Lori, Lisa, Soccermomma, I appreciate each and everyone of you... :wub:

[vicki s 146]

Vicki, I am 4weeks out . week 1 visit I was 4 pounds down and today 6 more pounds 10 pounds my doc said 15 to 20 pounds down at 6 weeks so I think your doing good.

Lori, I appreciate your post, because you are about where i am and a small loss like me...not everyone has tickers, so it is hard to compare..thanks for sharing it makes me feel like I am normal..and maybe I will lose it after all...tysvm...

[vicki s 146]

Vicki, I would try to increase those calories. You and I had our surgery around the same time. My doctor told me to get myself up to 1200 calories as I can because I will stall if I don't. I have slowed way way down and am trying to increase the calories. If your body feels like it's starving then it will hang on to that weight as long as possible. I'm in the same boat so I feel your pain. I had made sure I was still having 2 shakes a day but I am going to try to get in 3. It's not easy but we need to work toward that. I will say, when I upped the calories to 800 (I was only getting in like 600) I did drop 2 pounds.

Vicki, I would try to increase those calories. You and I had our surgery around the same time. My doctor told me to get myself up to 1200 calories as I can because I will stall if I don't. I have slowed way way down and am trying to increase the calories. If your body feels like it's starving then it will hang on to that weight as long as possible. I'm in the same boat so I feel your pain. I had made sure I was still having 2 shakes a day but I am going to try to get in 3. It's not easy but we need to work toward that. I will say, when I upped the calories to 800 (I was only getting in like 600) I did drop 2 pounds.

Thanks Lisa, I did think about it, and I have upped my calories the last week off and on ...we are close in surgery dates too..you are doing awesome...! xxxx

[lisalisalisa 54]

My weight loss includes a ten day pre-op liquid diet so I'm doing ten days less awesome than it looks lol. I thought of you as I forced myself to eat another small meal tonight. Man, I feel like I could explode lol. I have to get these calories up too!

[vicki s 146]

LOL Lisa....me too, I am snacking away, one thing after another, not too hard if i just do lots of little Snacks like i did pre op hehehehe

[SoccerMomma73 1,867]

Thanks everyone' date=' I try not to stress, I was much bigger, I started at 289!...I had the band and lost 107 lbs, then it prolapsed and i gained 40 back, then I had the sleeve, and it never worked!! I think that fear is ingrained in me, I would hop on the scale and nothing! and everyone kept telling me the same things your all telling me now...and It never came off, I lost about what i lost now because I wasnt eating then either, It was the same exact post op diet that i am doing now...and as soon as that ended I started to gain, I so afraid it will be deja vue.....sp...........Im soooo scared...sorry.....dont mean to complain or whine...it is my insecurities... Thank you so much Lori, Lisa, Soccermomma, I appreciate each and everyone of you... :wub: [/quote']

I feel your pain! I was a failed band, got from 295 to just above 200 then started having band issues, eventual prolapse and removal. I was back to 255 when I finally had my RNY....I'm back, almost to 200.... Been 200.6 for a couple weeks now....and really have to chew myself out not to have the 'dammit you're a failure' thoughts. I was warned pre-op that revisions tend to lose slower. While I have continued to lose, many of my fellow February friends around here have lost way more than me, a few are even at goal!!!! But there are some of us still hanging in the 50-60 pounds lost area. And that's okay! We may be slower, but we'll get there! It's not a race to the finish line. The prize isn't for who gets there quickest, the prize is your health and happiness and it doesn't matter how long it takes, as long as you get there.

HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 200.6

[renjames 30]

I am almost 5 weeks post op and I have only lost 17 lbs' date=' 11 lbs initially, then a 10 day stall and now 6 lbs and at a stall again..I have looked around at others stats and everyone is dropping wt like crazy...Please dont tell me not to compare or to stay off the scale...I cant help it, and I think most of us do, it is only human nature.....I am eating mostly Protein, nothing I shouldnt, and walking a mile a day...I average between 600-800 cal a day...anyone have this happen to them..Please help me...thanks for your

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Hi Vicks. I see you mainly eating Protein, make sure you have some veggies in another meal as I learnt that no enough of the right carbs your body will stop loosing to protect itself. Found this tip in the Atkins edit.

[Lori 19]

My daughter had RNY 14 months ago she lost 130 pounds so far and she is still loosing ! I think slower might be better cause this is something you want to do forever ! My brother in law lost weight super fast when he had RNY and as soon as he got to goal weight he stopped extersising and went back to old ways and gained his weight back . My goal is to live till I'm 85 so I don't care how fast I loose just as long as I can maintain a healthy weight the rest of my life.

[renjames 30]

My daughter had RNY 14 months ago she lost 130 pounds so far and she is still loosing ! I think slower might be better cause this is something you want to do forever ! My brother in law lost weight super fast when he had RNY and as soon as he got to goal weight he stopped extersising and went back to old ways and gained his weight back . My goal is to live till I'm 85 so I don't care how fast I loose just as long as I can maintain a healthy weight the rest of my life.

Exactly lori. I agree it's the rest of your life. Is brotherinlaw have a revision done?