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Well here it is 1 month surgervarsary. I am disappointed in the weight lost, but I keep trying to remember slow and steady. I really thought it was going to be fast and furious, lol. I have read some posts on others peoples slow journey, so I will try my best to have patience, but it is so hard. I am probably eating 1/4 of the calories I used to, of course so much more Protein, Water, no white anything, why is the weight not falling off. See doc 9/9, lots of questions, NUT was not much help. By now if I was just on a regular diet, I would have so gone off of it, but having sleeve helps that and I am grateful for it, just wish weight loss was faster like I expected. Hope all doing well

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Patience is the key. Your body is still healing, and everyone responds to the surgery differently. Maybe your body just needs to hold on to more Water while it is healing. It also takes a while to figure out the new way of eating.

I agree that discussing it at your follow up doc visit is a great idea. Hope things pick up for you soon.

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You didn't mention how much you have lost for being one month out...maybe your expectations are too high?

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I was a slow loser on the beginning. Don't get discouraged. It will be ok. I am 12 weeks out and am now down 56lbs (including pre op diet) and losing quickly now. Maybe the slower loss will help with loose skin. Hang in there, it gets better.

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Thanks guys, I really do not know exact weight lost, as of last Thursday I was down 9lbs from surgery. I do not have a scale, as I do not want to get obsessed with weighing, but clothes feel about the same. Afraid if I get on scale and it's not down I will freak.

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My surgery anniversary is tomorrow and I am sooooo like you very disappointed. I have no scale , when I started the journey last November I was 273 . Pre surgery about 245 . So the surgeon on 8/10 I was 240. So my medical Dr. On 8/24 I was 232 . I go see my nut tomorrow . I see my clothes fitting different . I am walking every day 2 miles . But I swear when I look in the mirror I still see the 273 pound person! ????????! And I over think about everything I eat . To were I don't wanna eat.

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My surgiversary is also tommorrow ..Hw 363 Sw 340 Cw 319 I think mine is a little slow as well but can sure tell a difference ..first pic before second pic now

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I called my nutritionists today about my slow weight (1month) she said hide the scale!!!

It's all about healing and your body getting used to your new anatomy ... Focus on W.E.P.N.S

Water, excercise, Protein, nutrition and support

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. LeighaTR

        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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