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Disgusted and embarrassed!

I had my gastric sleeve surgery approximately four weeks ago. I lost 15 lbs. pre-operation and 15 lbs. within one week after surgery. The scale has not moved since. I am sticking to my diet and protein and water intake and just in the last week and a half started exercising every single day for at least 1/2 hour. So in three weeks of eating less than ever, all the water and protein and exercise and nothing?! I know so many people that have had this done and they lost in excess of 50 lbs. in first couple of months. What could I be doing wrong?

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Increase the protien and calories and activity level when walking. Change things up on a regular basis.

You are doing NOTHING wrong. This is what happens to most everyone in the first couple of weeks. It's how your body adjusts to the trauma it has recently experienced. Someone posts this exact question everyday. Keep up the good work and I promise the scale will move!

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Thanks for the advice. I don't expect miracles, but for all the work I am really putting into it, I did expect to see more results.

I slowed down about 2-3 weeks after surgery, but then all of a sudden the weight started coming off again. Now I'm at almost 7 months after surgery and the weight loss is slowing down. I'm getting frustrated too! I'm doing everything right, following doctors orders to a "T". I'm going to try adding more time to my bike (stationary) riding see if that helps

Check out Butterthebean's profile. He has a link posted in his signature line that explains stalls. It's a great read.

I had my gastric sleeve surgery approximately four weeks ago. I lost 15 lbs. pre-operation and 15 lbs. within one week after surgery. The scale has not moved since. I am sticking to my diet and protein and water intake and just in the last week and a half started exercising every single day for at least 1/2 hour. So in three weeks of eating less than ever, all the water and protein and exercise and nothing?! I know so many people that have had this done and they lost in excess of 50 lbs. in first couple of months. What could I be doing wrong?

agree with other posters on a few things def check out butterthebeans profile and as teachamy said someone posts about this everyday! it happened to me too. i lost 13 lbs the first week post op and then stalled from week 2 until around my 2 month mark and then out of no where lost another 16. hang in there your body is in shock and needs time to adjust.

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I will look for it now. Thanks for responding. Although I wish I had more weight loss, it helps to know I'm not alone.

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