Need encouragement

[laffypatty 47]

I'm really not trying to be the needy, whiney butt of the group, but I could seriously use some encouragement. I was sleeved on 9/16 an lost 11 pounds the first two weeks. Since then (last 12 days) the scales has not budged!! Surely this works. Surely when you have 80% of your stomach removed you lose weight. I'd like to know what you were eating and how many calories a day you were getting in your fourth week post-op. My surgery weight was 239. I'm at 228 today. Thanks for sharing your weight loss story with me. This stall is a real wench.

Edited October 10, 2013 by laffypatty

[denise633 86]

Once you are able to start taking in some calories the scale will start moving again....and even though the scale does not always move you are still losing inches

[laffypatty 47]

Thanks. I found this great recipe for egg salad made with Greek yogurt and avocado. I will make that for lunch. I really do need to eat more! I appreciate your response.

[denise633 86]

Hang in there it gets better....you will do just fine

[jatherley 126]

My doctor told me to eat more often. I'm 6 wks out and have lost 10lbs in the last 4 wks. She said if I could eat Protein more often then I would loose faster.

[ReDbEaN 654]

Are you getting in any of your Protein? And it will move Hun, it may take a little bit but it will...the others are right, when you eat more it will come off. Try not to be too discouraged...my scale hasn't moved in a week BUT I have lost inches...right now I'll take what I can get.

[laffypatty 47]

I'm getting most of my Protein, averaging about 70 grams per day. I force myself to drink a bottle of Isopure every day because that's 40 grams! This morning, I made my Syntrax Nectar shake with two scoops so I could both increase my calories AND my protein. It'll take me a while to finish it, but when I do, that'll be 240 calories and 42 grams of protein. I'll take it! :-)

[Arts137 1,811]

YOU WILL DO FINE. This is (sadly) not abnormal. Just follow your program!

[jamill527 118]

I had my surgery 9/10/13 and I'm having the same issue. I'm getting pretty emotional about it because I don't want to fail at this. My pre op weight was 297 and post op 270. I'm lost cause I been stuck at 270 for 2 weeks now.

[smorvant22 29]

i am 2 weeks post op and i'm hav ing a really hard time with my Protein and my Vitamins. they make me sick. like vomiting sick after i take them. for protein i found a liquid whey protein that my surgeon approved. it is by Twinlab. 2 tbls of this is 15g of protein! makes it super easy to meet your goals.

[Teachamy 1,042]

Is it mandatory for all of you to weigh yourself every week? I know myself too well, and I fear if I do that and see a stall, I will feel discouraged and upset. I plan to ask my NUT if I can just weigh in once a month at the center instead. I figure in the meantime I can just judge my progress by how I feel and how my clothes fit. At least, that's my hope.

[laffypatty 47]

Is it mandatory for all of you to weigh yourself every week? I know myself too well' date=' and I fear if I do that and see a stall, I will feel discouraged and upset. I plan to ask my NUT if I can just weigh in once a month at the center instead. I figure in the meantime I can just judge my progress by how I feel and how my clothes fit. At least, that's my hope.[/quote']

You see, that's part of my problem. I'm obsessed with the scale; I have been my entire life!!

[jamill527 118]

Is it mandatory for all of you to weigh yourself every week? I know myself too well' date=' and I fear if I do that and see a stall, I will feel discouraged and upset. I plan to ask my NUT if I can just weigh in once a month at the center instead. I figure in the meantime I can just judge my progress by how I feel and how my clothes fit. At least, that's my hope.[/quote'] it's not but I'm just anxious. I'm about to stop doing it every week cause the scale is the devil. I will say that I'm losing inches though cause my clothes are fitting a lot looser.

[BriDawn 79]

Welcome to the three week stall! I think the majority of us were all there with ya. I lost 15lbs the first two/three weeks and then lost nothing for about two weeks.

Your body is in shock, it's adjusting and healing. Just keep tracking and it will move, I promise!

[BuffBride 3]

I totally get how you feel. I was sleeved on 19th aug. I have been the same weight for over three weeks now. My portions are tiny compared to a normal portion. I am just worried I am eating too much during the day? I seem to be snacking a lot. I feel like I have failed already