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I was sleeved on August 6th. Surgery went fairly well, no big complications. I went to the doctor for my 1st post op appt since the surgery last Thursday and she released me to soft foods, eating 3 meals per day and a couple of Snacks. I have been getting in all my Protein. I am walking about a mile everyday and doing some light exercises to get my heart rate going. I have lost 31 lbs which includes the weight I lost during my pre-op liquid diet. I am going on day 8 and haven't lost any more pounds. Any ideas? Has anyone else experienced that? I appreciate the feedback. Thank you!

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Go to the subforum for stalls.....

http://www.bariatricpal.com/forum/1102-dont-sweat-the-stall-stuff-new/

Or just use the search function and you will find that EVERYONE experiences this and there are hundreds of posts about stalls.

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LOL ...

All is normal.

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What are you doing wrong?

--weighing yourself too frequently

--not being patient

--having unrealistic expectations that you will lose consistently and at incredibly fast rates

Seriously -- follow your program, have faith, be patient, and all will be well. And yes, check out the subforum for stalls -- you will see that first of all, you are not in a stall, and second, you have lots of company in terms of people who don't really know what to expect and get freaked out and impatient in the beginning. Good luck! ^_^

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Thanks for the site Kindle. And yep you are all right I'm not sure what to expect because this is all new...

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I am ten days out and noticed where one day it said I lost nothing and then the next day I was down 2 lbs. just remember you are still recovering and are probably still swollen don't be so hard on yourself.

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I had surgery on August 5th and I'm only down 10 lbs. scale hasn;t moved in a week. I'm eating so little, it's frustrating. But I'm going to start walking more this weekend, even though I have no energy.

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It's ok....all is good! The body is in shock. It'll all work out...I went thru a slow down..everyone does. It's a process. .hang in there. I'm 7 wks out an I don't even worry about it anymore. The inches are dropping all the time. I've been using the ketone stix. ..that's Wat I gauge by. So far I burn large. ..an by the end of the wk it shows up on scale...I just took out a ton of clothes out of closet an drawers. ..ur days coming! Don't worry..it works!

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I had surgery on August 5th and I'm only down 10 lbs. scale hasn;t moved in a week. I'm eating so little, it's frustrating. But I'm going to start walking more this weekend, even though I have no energy.

Ur body is using all ur cal to heal an in turn it'll turn to wats stored. I didn't push myself a whole lot if it's just half block or around the block. Listen to ur body. We hen I had a burst of energy I took advantage of it an cleaned or swept around the house. I didn't go out bc I was afraid of starting to feel bad a bc afraid I wouldn't b able to get home but I did wrk around the house then I could rest when I had to. I'm 7 wks out n still have a energy issue...by tee it's nothing new for me. Get it Protein in first an Vitamins an Water..I'm noticing a lil more then usual energy increasing an torts been almost 2 months..still eating less then 700 cal daily but that's fine with me. food isn't my friend anymore. ..I eat enough to live now. Luvn it!! You will do great!! :)

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Thanks so much for your feedback! I am looking forward to start losing again. :-)

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OMGoodness I hate auto correct! ! Lol...I hope u could understand what I meant to say! Haha..

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My doctor told me to get up to 1200 calories and I would lose more weight. She said my body was in starvation mode and wanted to hold onto the fat because it thinks I'll need it to survive. Try and see if adding a few more calories helps.

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