Is this a usual thing...

[lalajade 20]

During my 3 month presurgery program I lost 37lbs. Since surgery on 2/29, I've lost only 12 lbs. I thought I would have lost more than that post surgery. I am doing everything by the book. Lots of Protein, low carbs, tons of Water. Is this happening to others? Do u see a slower post op weight loss when u lose a decent amount before surgery?

[VSGAnn2014 12,992]

I dunno if I'd have lost more weight post-op if I hadn't lost any weight pre-op. It's hard to have WLS twice and try out two different approaches to compare them.

But seriously, who cares how fast you lose weight. I certainly didn't. FYI, my first month post-op I lost 10.4 pounds.

Nineteen months post-op, I've lost 100 pounds, now weigh 135 pounds, and am easily maintaining. That's truly all that matters to me.

[Christinamo7 4,041]

I had a year long wait before my surgery due to some unexplained bloodwork problems. So, I lost about 30 pounds. and I have lost 20 since surgery.

the thing is, if I hadn't had surgery I would have gained back what I lost sooner or later. if your BMI is lower you will loose pounds slower - but someone explained on another thread that it is better to go by percentage of weight lost.

I need from surgery to loose just over 100 pounds to loose all excess weight, which means after one month I've lost 20% - not too shabby! and the hope that when I finally get there I will be able to keep it off.

I was pretty discouraged during week 2, but then I found my balance. Now I am finding my way again.

[CarmCarm 5]

Lalajade, I am in the exact same boat as you. And, we have the same surgery date! I had a sleeve, how about you? I lost 15 lbs on the 2wk pre-op liquid diet and have lost 14 since surgery. I am also following the program by the book. I don't think it's that uncommon to slow your weight loss a bit post-op if you had a lot of success pre-op. My doctor was happy with my total weight loss since starting with him and told me not to worry. We'll see what he says at the 1 month post-op appt! Sometimes I get frustrated, especially since my husband, who had his sleeve done 4 days before me, is loosing a tremendous amount of weight. I've stopped weighing myself every day and have decided to just keep at it and it will happen. Other than some light walking, I'm not exercising yet and I expect that this will help my weight loss. I'm just waiting to have enough energy to get back to the gym!!

Keep at your program and the weight will come off! Good luck.

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[sbg224 318]

I always felt I was a slow loser. At my first post op I lost like 3 lbs, I was so upset. Doc said slow and steady. Here I am almost 8 months out and down 90lbs, it's amazing, and I love my sleeve. I seriously thought for the first 2-3 months I was going to be his first failure, good luck.

[tish67 11]

I dunno. Everyone is different.

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[farooforever 20]

I think my body went into shock the week after surgery because I couldn't get the scale to budge. So now... I'm only looking at about 17 lbs lost since the date of surgery (3 weeks out). I've seen other people losing more but I think a lot goes into it... I lost 10 lbs the week before surgery. I'm just trying to stick to the plan and not try to compare myself to other's weight loss. We all started out with different weights and doctors (and pre-op diets). Keep up the good work and just stay focused on hitting those goals

[Kindle 8,667]

I lost 22 pounds on my two week preop diet. Then it took 3 months to lose another 17 pounds after surgery. But Unlike so many others that whine about being "slow losers", I was thrilled. I'd lost 39 pounds for sh it's sake! How was that not awesome?!

You really need to embrace this as an entire new lifetime of weight loss/maintenance. You shouldn't have any time-related deadlines. Just keep on plan, listen to your body, make adjustments to your nutrition as needed, and enjoy the NSVs.

If you need numbers to concentrate on, make those numbers your Protein and Fluid goals. take your Vitamins. Use the next few months to learn new eating habits and coping mechanisms that will carry you through a lifetime of hardships to come. Don't worry what the scale says or especially what other people's scales say.