Newbie...only 8 days post op and have questions

[healthyliving23 16]

Hello all, I'm not one to post things, but I love reading everyone's posts, recipes, emotional ups and downs and the whole nine yards. Anyway, as I said, only 8 days out and have only lost 5 lbs. is this normal? Since this is consuming me right now, I think I may be worrying to much OR does anyone think I'm doing something wrong? I don't have my one week appt until Friday. Any help at all would be so much appreciated. Thank you all for sharing your stories and successes. That is keeping me going!

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[Redmaxx 740]

It is normal. Your body stored a lot of fluids in the hospital. You will lost the weight, just give it time. Congratulations on the weight loss.

[healthyliving23 16]

Oh thank you for responding! Feeling a little alone right now and praying this works for me and I see some progress soon. Thanks again

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[Katrina Linda 1]

I'm 9 days post op and only lost a few pounds. But like what's been advised they pump your abdomen full of gas and inside will be extremely swollen for a few weeks. It will definitely start to drop off. Make sure you do measurements too. ????

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[AGreenEyedWolf 97]

I am also 8 days post op. I have lost 11 pounds... but... for the last 2 or 3 days I keep gaining and losing the same pound and a half over and over. I think it's going to be a little longer before we see much more significant weight loss... we have to recover from surgery completely and rid our bodies of all that excess Fluid and gas and get our bowels on a more normal schedule first :-)

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[sarahblu 179]

I felt the same way...it can be a challenge not watching the scale like a hawk! Just follow the plan and not beat yourself up along the way...it WILL come off! This isn't like every other diet you have been on. Just remember, you will hit some stalls along the way...totally normal but so annoying! Good luck on your journey!

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[healthyliving23 16]

Thank you for replying and all of your thoughts and advice! It's very helpful. Hoping once I'm recovered and healed, I start seeing more progress!

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[parrott06 18]

I had surgery 1/25 and I'm weighing tomorrow so I'll let you know how it goes. What you're describing sounds normal and if you didn't start off at a higher bmi the weight loss may be a little slower.

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[healthyliving23 16]

Thank You...yes, my BMI didn't make the cut alone so I had to have a sleep apnea test to get insurance to approve it and I barely qualified for that. Thankfully it all worked out and now looking forward to some

Weight loss

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[Angelinafvillalobos 1]

Hi,

I had my surgery 1/23 I'm feeling the same way, I only lost 10 pounds so far and looking forward to loss much more I hope!

[miss_malis 7]

I'm 7 days out and down 5lbs, which seems ok to me.

[KarenInOz 6]

I'm going to hold off weighing myself until my first drs appointment on 8/22/2017.....that will be 3 weeks post op [emoji4]