Hey everyone, I'm Jaterika I'm very new to this but find it very comforting to see everyone with the same common goal and worries as I am. I go in today for my first follow up appt. I haven't weighed myself since Sunday but hopefully I only hear good things. I wish everyone luck on their great journey

Welcome! These first few weeks/months post-op will require a lot of patience and adaptation. If you run into any snags, feel free to post here with specific questions, worries, accomplishments, or anything else you want to share. One thing I'll warn you about right now is the dreaded "week 3 stall". Since you are 5 days out, within the next two weeks or so, you probably will see a stall or major slow-down on the scale. It's very very common. Most people's bodies go into a kind of "self preservation" mode after the trauma of the surgery and the initial rapid weight loss. So if you see the scale stop moving for a week or two, DON'T PANIC. Keep following your nutrition plan and walking as much as possible and drinking all your water and the scale will eventually start to move again.

Thank you so much for that because that's all I see from a lot of people is the stall that's why I'm not weighing myself and it is absolutely killing me deep down lol.

3rd day post op and doing ok. If only I could pass gas I will be golden

That's how I felt but take milk of magnesia that's what I had wen I got home and it worked wonders lol but it gets better