Hi all! I just got sleeved on 4/30! I had a gastric band in June of 2012, had a band revision in March 2013, band removal in Feb of 2014 and finally sleeved on 4/30. My starting weight with band was 317lbs. My weight before sleeve was 274. Pre op got me down to 264 and today I am 263! I thought that 5 days post op would have showed a little more in the scale but I guess not. Is this normal?

Wow, you've been thru the gauntlet. My guess is you're still getting rid of the fluids from the surgery. Give it a few more days......you'll see a significant drop. Doing some walking may spur on the losses.

Totally normal! My first month I was a little taken back since I only had a 13 pound loss. My nutritionist said it was due to the large amount of weight I dropped during my pre-op. My body was hitting a plateau and holding on to everything for dear life. The second month, it was 25 pounds for a total 38!! Not bad for 2 months. Just stick with it and it'll happen!

Thanks for the encouragement!!!! Just the all fluid diet getting to me. Not hungry just bored!! I am pretty active, I coach figure skating and plan on returning to the ice today. Hopefully getting back to normal will trigger everything!!!

good luck to you. you story with the band sounds like mine. i was banded in 2006, revised in 2007 and had it removed in 2009. im debating on getting the sleeve. I go back and forth with it.....

Thanks for the encouragement!!!! Just the all Fluid diet getting to me. Not hungry just bored!! I am pretty active, I coach figure skating and plan on returning to the ice today. Hopefully getting back to normal will trigger everything!!!

Well I am only 5 days post op so I am no expert yet. I read all the stories about going from a band to sleeve is not as successful and it kind of took the wind out of my sails. The recovery is harder but nothing you can't deal with. I am going to go back to work today. When I had the band Iost 100lbs in 8.5 months and was soooooo happy until I got really sick. I am praying to get the same results with this!

Hi All!!

Update on my progress

Highest weight 274

Surgery weight 265

Current weight 243

I am a day shy of three weeks post op and doing well!