Early stall

[onmyway11 43]

I'm only 11 days out but this is my 5th day at the same weight. Today's weight was actually up a tad. I'm only consuming 300-400 calories. I'm getting about 30-40 grams of Protein and about 48oz Water. I'm trying to keep calm/not compare etc etc but I'm starting to think I should be doing something differently and that I'm wasting precious first weeks time! Do in need to chill or reevaluate? I was cruising in the beginning losing a pound or 2 a day. Sighhhh

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[Berry78 4,259]

Your body is trying to heal and needs to hold onto Water to do so. No worries! The early days are about healing from surgery and learning how to drink and eat. The true weight loss (fat loss) happens later.

Put away the scale! If you must have a record, do once weekly weigh ins. (And maybe let someone else do the record keeping!)

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[Travelher 915]

You need to chill and wait it out.

[2ndSpring 350]

Not to worry - this is very common. The liquid diet you were on pre-op did a great job of depleting your glycogen stores and now your body has to rebalance, especially its Fluid retention.

For these first few weeks, just focus on staying hydrated and get your shakes in when able, and don't worry about what the scale says. You are losing weight, its just being offset on the scale by Water retention and inflammation from the surgery.

[kdc82 4]

30-40 grams of Protein seems kind of low. Is that what your nutritionist recommended?

If you're not getting the full amount of Protein in daily then your body goes into starvation mode

[melliecat 55]

my dr wants 60-80 g of Protein and 50-68 oz Water. Make sure to check the paperwork the dr or nutritionist gave you to check on those amounts.

[onmyway11 43]

Yes my Protein is low because my surgeons office said in recovery mode to just do what you can. I'm supposed to just either eat mushy foods or drink Protein shakes every 2 hours and that's where I've been ending up. It's SO frustrating that the scale hasn't moved in 6 days when I see people saying they lost 30 lbs the first few weeks. I know this is a long road and I need to relax and not compare it's just so so hard!

I do feel like I drink more than I urinate out (TMI) but perhaps I am simply retaining Water??

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[kdc82 4]

I'm supposed to be on 60-70g of Protein a day. I noticed when I didn't hit that amount is when the stall happened.

[healthyliving23 16]

I am only 6 days post op and the Dr and nutritionist said to not worry about the Protein right now. Take time to heal and try to get the Fluid intake in. I think we're expecting to see results quickly, but we just went through surgery and can't be so hard on ourselves. It will come off...well, I keep telling myself that

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