Hey guys,

I had my surgery on June 22, 2016 and I used to be 250 pounds. I am now 185 pounds, meaning that I only lost 65 pounds. My goal weight is 150 but I feel like I should have reached that a while ago. Should I go in for additional surgery? Should I diet and exercise even harder? If anyone has any advice or can relate, please let me know.

If you are 100 pounds overweight, you are not really expected to lose 100lbs after surgery. Average loss is 65-75%. You've lost on the lower side of average.

If you want to continue losing weight, you'll have to track and count everything and see if there is something you can change.

Johnny if you are referring to my response to the person who is 10 days post op and discouraged by not losing a large amount weight yet I would like to inform you that I am a Registered Nurse of 40 years. This is a fact that I have known for a very long time due to my research but last week we had physician attend our support group and someone asked a similar question as the person that I responded to. The physician said this exact thing. Before you leave irate insults you should have common sense to research first and make sure that you aren't the stupid one.

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Furthermore, the person revealed that she was eating 400 calories per day and also exercising. The really low caloric intake and extreme exercise caused her Cortisol levels to increase. Cortisol is a hormone which causes fluid retention. She can shed water weight by eating a few more calories and exercise less. She also should monitor her salt intake because that also causes fluid retention. In the first two weeks most programs have us eating broths and creamy , of which both are high in salt.

On 9/29/2017 at 2:36 PM, janedb said:

I did start at a very low BMI, I had the surgery to deal with Barrett , so not for weight loss per say, but now I am sitting here think, what the heck is going on, I should not be in a stall so early?

Jane, I hope that my explanation and suggestion of how to shed the water will be of some help to you. You can ask your doctor if what I'm saying is true or you can research it on your own. Scientists have done many experiments and documentation on this phenomenon. So there is a lot of information to be had on this topic.

I have some medical experience myself, and yes what you are saying is, in fact, correct. People, when we use this site, we are not asking medical professionals for advise. We are seeking encouragement and support. Nasty comments are better left for Twitter.

Hey how are you doing ? My hw was 250. 244 when I saw my surgeon and now 4 months that later 190lbs. You have lost alot. But if I'm honest I won't be happy either. But the reality is that is alot of weight loss. So be proud. You say you eat decent. But what is daily eating like. Maybe someone may have suggestions of what you can remove or include to move things along.