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I was sleeved on last Friday 1/31st and I was wondering when should I expect to see the scale move post surgery. I have not weighed myself because I am only 4 days out and still feel a little bloated. However, do you think the scale will show some progress when I go to the doctor on Friday? I was a lap-band patient years ago but I don't recall much in the beginning. Your advice is greatly appreciated!

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Everyone is different. It took me over 2 weeks to lose the Water weight from the IVs. Relax and enjoy the journey.

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I was sleeved on 1/27 and so far have lost 11 lbs. I lost 17 before surgery so that is a total of 28 lbs in a month. Since 1/3/14 when i met with my surgeon for the first time, I was 308 and today I am happy to say I am 280!

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Everyone is different - I lost immediately, then stalled at 3 weeks. I know a couple of people that weighed more at the one week visit than they did right before surgery.

Your body is going to do what it's going to do - just be kind and gentle to your body. Follow your plan.

If I had to do it all over again, I'd lose the scale for the first few weeks after surgery. It saves your sanity.

Just remember - you didn't get to 224 pounds over night, don't expect to lose it overnight!

Best of luck to you.

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I had to go back to my doc in one week after surgery. I had lost 16 lbs! I must admit that I weigh too often now. I went from being obsessed with food to now being obsessed with the scale!

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There is no amount of advice about when to weigh that is going to stick for everybody. Everybody is gonna do what rocks their boat and settles their mind. I check every day as a incentive. And I use my own analogy about the result. If I lose, then I'm even more motivated to keep doing what I'm doing. If I stall or (the demon of all demons) gain, then I insert even more effort to double check everything and add in any adjustments I can to tweak the formula. I need the daily check to keep it number one priority. Others certainly may have other motivations to monitor their weight at longer intervals. Just go with what suits you.

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Thanks everyone for your feedback! I'm excited about my new journey and vow to take the good with the bad.

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I loss 25 lb in a week ... Now my weight has slowed down, now...

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You might go up and down. You will stall, you will jump for joy at each lb. lost. I would not see the scale move yet my pants were falling off. Bottom line, relax, eat right, exercise when you can, smile at your successes, keep the faith that it will get better, and enjoy your life. Positive high fives! Linda

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It took me one week to lose the surgery IV fluids weight, then I dropped 17 pounds real fast, the hit a plateau, which I am coming out of after two weeks.

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i didn't weigh for 2 weeks after surgery. The first time I weighed, I had lost 15 pounds. A, month post-op I lost 3 more pounds. Week 5, I lost 2 pounds, and week 6, I lost 1 pound. I am a slow loser, but I hope I start to see a little more lost per week. I will admit, my pants are falling off though! Every little change is a victory!

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I remember weighting myself on the fourth and I didnt lose anything, the 7th day I got back on and lost 13lb.

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Stats are in my signature. You can see it from your computer.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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