Hi All

I'm just over 3 weeks post op and in the last 12 days, I've only lost 1kg. I was terribly discouraged about this and went to a bariatric dietician (I foolishly thought I could do this on my own - doh!) and I got some great guidance from her. She said to me after such a big weight loss pre & one week post op (12kgs), that it was only natural that my body has stalled. Yesterday, I had my post-op follow up with my doctor and I ran my concerns past him. He evaded my questions of "is it normal not to shift weight in 11 days" and "Am I doing something wrong" with a response of "it's hard to lose weight". No shit Sherlock!!!

Anyways, he contradicted everything the dietician told me, so I am completely and utterly bamboozled.

Currently, I am walking about 2-3km's every second day. I'm upping my Water intake as it's coming into summer where I am and hot as. I'm not consuming many sugary based products (ie Sustagens, Up & gos, juices, milk etc). To give you an idea, my Breakfast was/has been an egg of some sort or one of the high Protein systagens (given those up), maybe a cup of tea or coffee mid-morning, lunch is a mashed up blend of steamed vegies and tuna, afternoon tea is sipping away on my electrolyte drinks (sugar free) and then dinner is the same as lunch. If I get the sensation of hunger (could be gas too) later on, I'll crush up some ice and put a bit of cordial in it and work my way through that.

Since the dietician, I've started to have two cruskits crispbreads with a thin spread of hommus on one and a spread of feta on the other for morning tea or afternoon tea or lunch.

My calorie intake for the day is quite low, so I don't think I'm over consuming in that department.

I don't know what I'm doing wrong and why the weight isn't moving. I'm actually terrified now that it's not going to come off - that I've gone through all this and it won't work.

I'd love any guidance and advice from the guru's who've been there before me.

Thanks in advance.

Kindest regards

RozzieJ

I think it would be help you to keep a spreadsheet to keep track of Protein eaten and the number of ounces you drank. At the end of the day, it's easy to sum them up. The protein should come out to at least 60 grams. The liquids should be at least 64 ounces. I was sleeved on Sept. 26th. To get 60 grams of protein in, I need to have at least one Protein shake (21 grams) blended in unsweetened soymilk (7 grams of protein). Do you use these?

For liquids, anything 5 calories per cup or less is OK to drink.

The instructions given by our nutritionist is to eat protein first, vegetables second and, IF you still want the carbs, have some. I would knock off extra carbs and alcoholic drinks.

It's normal to go through a stall. Eating enough protein and drinking sufficient liquids sometimes gets the weight loss going again.

Best wishes.