Hi Everyone

I had RNY on August 23rd and have only lost around 8 to 10 pounds. I hear all these stories of people losing quickly but it's not happening for me. Can anyone offer advice or have similar experience?

AnnMarie

I am sure you had some Fluid from surgery to lose first. I've also heard the heavier you are, the faster you lose weight. I've lost about 10 in addition to the 10 I had to lose of iv fluids. I am worried about the same thing though, especially bc I don't have any full sensation at all.

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@@AnnMarie23

It would be helpful to know your Water and Protein intake as well. As someone said, you actually gain weight in the hospital so you usually have to lose that first and then the rest starts to happen.

How are you doing on water and protein? Understanding that will help.

Water and protein are critical to weight loss but I suspect you simply had to lose all the fluids from surgery which is normal. It takes a week or so just for that to catch up and the rest should happen if you are on the plan.

Best of luck to you!

Hi Everyone

I had RNY on August 23rd and have only lost around 8 to 10 pounds. I hear all these stories of people losing quickly but it's not happening for me. Can anyone offer advice or have similar experience?

AnnMarie

Yep that's me sleeved 8/8 been stuck for 3 weeks now. I'm working out ,eating right, drinking my portein, and taking my supplements. It's hard wondering why it's not coming off but we all have our own journey and our bodies are different take 1 day at a time.

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Stalls are a normal, natural, and necessary part of the process of losing weight. We all experience stalls and just about everyone experiences a stall about three weeks after surgery.

Just follow your program. Focus on getting in all of your Protein and fluids. Take your Vitamins and supplements as directed. Exercise when cleared. Stay off the scale. And, Embrace the Stall

http://BariatricPal.com/index.php?/topic/351046-Embrace-the-Stall.

Remember this is a tool not a magic pill it takes time I'm 4 weeks out and only lost 18 pounds so far. And for three days I was the same number

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Unfortunately there are no mile markers along the route of this race. Your body makes the final decisions on how fast or slow the weight will come off. Just keep following your surgeon's instructions and you will get there eventually.

And for what it's worth - for every post out there from people who lose the weight quickly, there are probably an equal amount who lose slowly. The ones who lose slowly though might not post as much. But I guarantee that they're out there. I had my surgery at the exact same time as three of my classmates during my approval process. We were all on the same floor and even had the same surgeon. And guess what - all of us didn't lose the same amount of weight at the same time.

You're going to have stalls and maybe even some gains as you go along, and it's all very common. Hang in there and best of luck!

I am post op 8/19 surgery date I gained 23 pound after surgery from having 2 Ivs running in me. It took me 2 weeks exactly to lose that Water weight. I have now lost 18 pounds since then. I had seen people losing 14 pounds their first week. So I just assume it varies for everyone. I had to be readmitted for a twist in my intestine and then seen the doctor every week for seromas (Fluid under the skin) in several of my incisions and she says Im doing fine.. so dont base you on anyone else.. we will all vary.. you are losing so Congrats!!

I had the same problem and asked my surgeon if I should be worried and his exact words were if I'm not worried you don't worry. He said at 3 wks out our body is still healing and trying to figure things out.

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