Hi, all. This is my first post and I'm just completing my first week post surgery. I may be a little unique in that I had sleeve surgery with a lower BMI--32. I've struggled with weight my entire life and always worked out...just can't keep it off. Always hungry and no diet ever seems to work. So I bit the bullet and paid for the surgery myself. It's been remarkably easy so far...I, candidly, am just not hungry. I'm losing about a lb a day, and I'm staying pretty strictly to the liquid diet. My general concern is that I really can't tell anything has happened to me except that I'm not hungry and I am losing weight (which I guess is the greatest outcome possible). I do fear the ease of this will make it very easy to go back to old habits. Anyone else out there with a similar experience?

I feel like my loss is slow also. My surgery date was 10/16/14 and I have lost 43 lbs. But I am not exercising like I should be. I need to make ME a priority.

My bmi in December of 2014 was 39.7 and my weight was 246 at 5'6" tall. My thyroid was WAYYY out of whack so I restarted meds and By The time I had my pre-op in February weight was 236 bmi of 38 and by the time I went in for surgery on March 2 weight was 224 bmi 36.1. A week later post of my weight was 233 bmi 35.9. I have not gotten on a scale since my post op appointment and I refuse to until my next appointment on April 1. I know the fact I have "less" to lose means it will go more slowly and I don't want to be discouraged. It's hard tho when you see the stories of people losing 10 lbs in a week and that isn't your story as well.

Hello all!!! I'm 9 months post op and hit my goal weight yesterday exactly on the day. 138 even. I'm not exercising nor following anything extreme except I do have a protein shake daily.

The initial weight loss was great. I stalled a lot and the last months have been slow. But like I said I have not been working out. I think if I stepped that up I would see more results in tone and shape than just a number.

It has definitely been a year like no other.

Hello all!!! I'm 9 months post op and hit my goal weight yesterday exactly on the day. 138 even. I'm not exercising nor following anything extreme except I do have a protein shake daily.

The initial weight loss was great. I stalled a lot and the last months have been slow. But like I said I have not been working out. I think if I stepped that up I would see more results in tone and shape than just a number.

It has definitely been a year like no other.

Congratulations Zane's mom.

Glad I found this. I am still working on getting scheduled for my gastric sleeve. My BMI is 32. I've heard over & over that ic can't be so but it is easy being under 5ft tall :-/. Any tips about post op recovery?

Glad I found this. I am still working on getting scheduled for my gastric sleeve. My BMI is 32. I've heard over & over that ic can't be so but it is easy being under 5ft tall :-/. Any tips about post op recovery?

I had a BMI of 30 on the day of my surgery, maybe even 29 with the pre op weight loss. I was just told that it actually makes recovery easier. I am now 2+ weeks post op and feel great! My weight loss isn't as fast as some others who have more to lose, but I expected that. This is a marathon, not a sprint. Slow and steady wins the race! Good luck with your decision and surgery if you choose to do so!

I am stuck on my weight haven't lost anything since three week.. anyone experiencing the same?

I haven't lost any in a week. ????. Im on week 3

Right there with you both @@surreal2014 and @@Tamsboyd. Glad to know it's not just me!

Edited April 2, 201511 yr by katyh2015

I'm not getting sleeved until May 11. I'm getting more and more nervous.

I'm not getting sleeved until May 11. I'm getting more and more nervous.

You will do great! Use the next month to research, shop, prepare, etc. It will be here before you know it!

Hi there everyone, I hope u all are doing well. I haven't posted in a while here but I just wanted to pass along some great info from my NUT. I have had some VERY slow weight loss. So I started tracking everything. My fitness pal for calories and food journal, heart rate monitor for exercise, polar loop for daily activity/calories burned. I gave it to my NUT, asked how I could be consuming 900-1000 calories a day, burning 400-600, and not be losing.

My NUT lectured me! My body is not a calorie counter, it's a chemistry lab! You see even though my calorie count was low, I wasn't making the best food choices. A bite of brownie here, a slice of bread there. Sugar here, carbs there.

On top of that I was doing lots of high intensity cardio. Run 3-4 miles then do weights. Or some kind of intense cardio for 40 - 50 min. Now running puts my heart rate into the 80% zone or more if I'm really going fast.

I was craving bad foods and sugar, I was super hungry and not losing weight.

Anyhoo... This is what I was told to do....

Protein first! (Duh) vegetables too.

No fruit for 4 weeks.

Start taking probiotic (I wasn't taking it)

stop counting calories.

No bites of anything. Just stop that now! No bread!!!

Eat more fats (healthy fats)

No more cardio - lifting weights only

She thinks I was having an overgrowth of yeast (because of the cravings and constant hunger, and lack of poo)

Also the intense cardio is stressing my body too much and I'm producing too much cortisol causing me to stall.

So now I lift weights, walk on the treadmill keeping my heart rate in the 60-75% range no higher. I'm keeping my sugar consumption to under 15 grams carbs are under 25 grams.

I'm pooing daily and the scale is moving again. Thank the lord!!! Oh and since I'm still tracking in my fitness pal I see that I'm actually eating more calories now 1200-1300 and burning less at the gym. But the scale is moving.

Boggles my mind!! But I just wanted to pass along this info. I know a lot of us lightweights are more prone to probably exercising too much like I was.

Edited April 6, 201511 yr by Noragretz

@@Noragretz what does your daily meal plan look like? Thanks for the info!

Hi katyh2015, unfortunately it's REALL Y boring!!

I have a hard boiled egg and 1/2 avocado for breakfast. Or hard boiled with homemade refried or whole pinto beans.

Mid morning is more protein (hard boiled egg, or chicken, or protein bar)

Lunch is more protein and vegetables (chicken or lean steak, whatever fresh or cooked vegetables, maybe the other half of avocado,

Mid afternoon snack is almonds and a baby bell, or protein bar (quest bar), or cottage cheese

Dinner again is more protein - (chicken, steak, pork) vegetables again.

Evening snack - almonds, meat, baby bell, or protein shake, or boiled egg, or cottage cheese.

Now I only eat 1 quest bar in a day. Sometimes I just eat half and eat the other half later. I will likely add a fruit back in at the end of my 4 weeks, but then again the weight is now melting off again - maybe I'll just wait.

I grilled up a whole bag of those chicken breast cutlets yesterday. That will last me a couple days. I cooked 5 of them in the crock pot with homemade salsa and had spicy shredded chicken. I rub olive oil on the meat before I cook it. And sometimes I put shredded cheese onto my vegetables (about 1 tablespoon)

I have just one crystal light caffeine pouch in the morning and water with stevia lemon drops the rest of the day.

I lost another pound from yesterday. I'm only 6.5 months out. I only lost 3lbs in December, 2 in Jan, 1-2 in Feb, and 1 in March before I started. I've now lost 6 pounds since speaking with my NUT in the middle of March. And like I said, I'm working out much less, and actually consuming more calories.

Edited April 4, 201511 yr by Noragretz