I was sleeved on August 15th. My preop diet - I only list 5 lbs, drinking about 709 calories in protein shakes. One week after surgery I was down 10 lbs. Great huh? Since then, I have been on about 700 calories, 70 grams of protein approximately, and the scale hasn't budged. Simple math would tell me I should have lost at least 5 lbs. Has anyone else run into this and if so, was it just temporary? I have been walking but not doing real strenuous exercises yet, til I see the surgeon next week. Help! It's discouraging to think of what I have went through to lose weight, something as drastic as removing 80 percent of my stomach, and yet the weight isn't falling off.

I agree with okelly- there are ways to get in the protein, although I think 800 calories a day is low and might not help with weight loss, if your body thinks it starving. Sometimes you have to try and increase a little-play with it a bit and see if that helps the weight loss.

Okelly - what vitamins are you taking that you only have to take once a day? Mine are 4 times a day which is hard because I forget to take a lot of the times later in the day.

The name is BariActiv. Each month 3 bottles are delivered to me and together they make up all the required vitamins: iron, calcium, folate, etc. there's also a nasal B-12 spray once a week. The vitamins I take in the am, and the calcium + is 2x a day so I take it when I go to bed too. There's a company that sends them Pro Care or something? I'll check on it, but my insurance covers it.

My toughest battle is staying at 800 calories. My nutritionist said 800 is not detrimental but since I work out consistently, if I'm hungry I should feel free to eat more, up to 1,200 a day. I just can't bear that although there have been days when that happens, usually if I am out of town or not at home where I can usually control what food is available to me. Overall my calories are somewhere between 800 and 1000. I just feel like I am working so hard that if I'm going to suffer, I might as well go all the way out and get the weight off sooner rather than later. But part of me does wonder if this is indicative of the old mentality. Maybe I need to change to a mentality reflective of long-term lifestyle change rather than pressure to do so much so fast.

Sigh. But I have this fear that I need to make the most out of the first 10 to 12 months, when the weight is supposed to really come off the most. After that I am afraid my body will get used to the small intake and just maintain it as normal. So losing as much as I can at first seems important.