Lapband to Sleeve.. not losing weight now

[yvonne74 73]

I had the lapband for 5 years and after complications, I had revision to sleeve (12/28/74). With the lapband I lost 80 pounds so it did help but now with sleeve I have lost only 9 pounds in a month. Yesterday was my 1 month check up (few days early) and both the Dr and myself were disappointed at the weightloss (1 pound in 2 wks)... I have been on the soft food stage and exercising as much as I can fit into my schedule. I do cardio throughout the day (kinder teacher so we dance and exercise to learning songs) and then walk 1-2 miles after school depending on when I can leave. Then go get my children from daycare, get home by 6pm, cook dinner, get bathes and kids ready for bed. Anyone else not losing much with sleeve after revision? Dr wants me to go back to drinking mainly Protein drinks in order to lose more weight. I have to lose more by end of May, beginning of June b/c that is when we plan on fixing my incisional hernia. (He wants 100 pounds lost before surgery).

[BandedBecks 26]

Are you getting enough sleep?

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[yvonne74 73]

5-6 hours a day

[JamieLogical 8,727]

Are you cleared for that much activity at less than a month out? That seems like a lot to be doing so soon. I wasn't cleared for anything more than 60 total minutes of "brisk walking" per day until I was 60 days post-op.

You mentioned your surgeon has you back on primarily Protein shakes. What were you eating before that?

[tamirn 90]

I heard with revisions it takes longer. I dont know why..

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It takes longer fot revisions to lose weight.

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[dodlbug 23]

I'm a month out and in the same predicament. Mine wasn't a revision, so I'm really discouraged. At two weeks the scale hadn't moved at all. The last two and a half weeks I've been going to the gym three times a week and I'm on soft Proteins. That's when the ten pounds have come off. Then again, I'm having issues with my gallbladder now, so...

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[yvonne74 73]

Dr had me on soft foods until my appt yesterday (just short 1 month out).. Yesterday, he said I should be jogging by now but my knees can't take it plus I have rhumatoid artheritis so I hurt even after brisk walking. I was mainly eating cheese, hummus, yugurts, etc..

[Travelher 915]

9 lbs a month is good. 1lb in two weeks is nothing to panic about if you eventually get a drop. I revised to rny and I was told it would be slower that newly wls folks. I'm losing faster than expected and they were shocked. My current rate is about 9lbs a month and I expect that to really slow very soon.

I think your dr may need to come on here and read the thousands of posts about the week 3 stall. That he told you to start jogging is absurd. Please check out dr. Matthew weiner on YouTube if you are looking for reasonable post op diet and exercise recommendations. He also talks about why people lose at different rates etc.

Edited January 26, 2017 by Travelher

[hmm33502 187]

It is a stall!!! That is the good news! 3 women in my family have been sleeved and all 3 have stalled 1-3 weeks out for 2-5 weeks! I was a revision from a band and I stalled at 1 week for 2 more weeks. I have since lost 10 lbs in 8 days once my stall stopped! Both sisters have been successful with the sleeve. 150 lbs and 70 lbs lost by each. You may double check and look at your calories. Once I started eating more Protein and veggies (I was on any an all foods at 3 weeks!) and exercising (which you are already doing!!) then I dropped it! Keep on going. If you are following what the dr says with food, Water, Protein, exercise, then you should be golden. Research the "3 week stall" because it is supposedly a thing. It has happened with 3 out of 3 sleeves in my house! Good luck! You have got this!

Banded 2010 weight:327

Sleeved 12/28/16 weight:253

CW: 230 GW: 155

Heather in Texas

[yvonne74 73]

Thank you! I went to see the nut and she did a weight analysis and says I gained 4 pounds of muscle since I last saw her at the end of Nov.. I'm hoping that between the muscle gain and this 3 wk stall thing, my scales start moving. My calories are around 500-800 calories a day. I know I shouldn't be stressing but I do, I really want to see some progress!