I lost 20 pounds between the week before surgery and 2 weeks after surgery. I'm 4 weeks out and have lost 3 pounds since last Tuesday. I'm wondering why the weight loss is slowing down. I'm still on liquids and my calories are the same. Am I eating too little. I figure my caloric intake is about 500-600 a day, some days less. Do I need to eat more to lose weight? I have heard that sometimes you can put your body into starvation mode. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy with the loss, just confused to why it is slowing down now. Any answers for me?

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I'm just bumping this back up to the first page to see if anybody has any replies.

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I fully believe that your body loses in cycles.......... the weeks you don't lose pounds you will lose inches. It takes a while for your body to catch up with itself! As for the three pounds in a few days.. could also be water.. when i don't drink enough water in a day my rings get tight and my feet swell. (and I know that the scale will reflect it too)

I actually gage my water intake with how easily my ring slips around my finger.

Anytime you drastically change your diet you'll hit a honeymoon weightloss, a lot of that was prob water-weight. Now your weightloss will taper down to a much more healthy 1-2 lbs per week.

Don't be too alarmed if you gain some of it back. I gained about 5 lbs before I started to find restriction. The fills can take awhile to get just right. Its a journey, not a race.

Thanks for the encouragement. I have been so confused about it because I haven't been eating anymore than I was to start with. Thankfully, my willpower has been incredible this far. I'm sure that I could eat more if I wanted. I'm worried that once I do start putting more calories in that my weight loss will surely stall. I hope not. When do you usually get your first fill?

Different surgeons have different first fill schedules, some fill at 4 weeks, some at 6 and a very few wait 8. Some surgeons believe that as long are you are not feeling like you are starving and you are losing 1-2lbs per week, that you do not need a fill.

Mellie, it sounds strange... but you are probably not getting enough calories.

Your body needs fuel, check with your Dr to see what they recommend at this stage. If I remember correctly, when I stayed between 1000-1200/day I was losing steady.

You should probably boost your protein intake as well, if you like the shakes try to find one that is high in protein but does not have too many calories.

All the best,

Karla

Thanks Karla. I will try that. I just bought some Isopure and it has 50 grams of protein. I've been drinking that for a couple of days now. I was down 6 pounds as of yesterday but this morning I was back up 2. I know I need to stay away from the scales. I see the doctor tomorrow so maybe he can tell me exactly what I need to be doing.

I think our bodies initally tries to adjust to the calorie ccut. Ive experienced this too. After a while the lbs go. The problem for me is the energy loss. my last fill my body slowed my metabolism to a halt. Its a struggle to get through a some what normal workout now and I get tired and sleepy a lot.

3 weeks 14 lbs and then 1 lb a week. After 2 weeks no loss following the initial drop