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4 days post op! Not losing a lot of weight am concerned did anyone else have this problem.



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Is this a serious question?

There's no way you can accurately determine your rate of weight loss after a whopping four days post-surgery. Your body underwent trauma and it's normal to hold onto fluids before dropping pounds.

For now, stay off the scale until four weeks post-op. The first month is notorious for stalls, plateaus, and weird changes.

Also, weight loss after bariatric surgery doesn't happen in a predictable, linear pattern. You lose a few pounds, hold onto pounds, and sometimes stall and plateau before you start losing more weight. In other words, you won't post a daily loss. Weight loss starts and stops and resumes.

I lost an average of about 6 pounds per month after weight loss surgery. However, I'm pleased with the overall outcome: I've lost 100 pounds and have been keeping it off so far.

Good luck to you. :)

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Is this a serious question?
There's no way you can accurately determine your rate of weight loss after a whopping four days post-surgery. Your body underwent trauma and it's normal to hold onto fluids before dropping pounds.
For now, stay off the scale until four weeks post-op. The first month is notorious for stalls, plateaus, and weird changes.
Also, weight loss after bariatric surgery doesn't happen in a predictable, linear pattern. You lose a few pounds, hold onto pounds, and sometimes stall and plateau before you start losing more weight. In other words, you won't post a daily loss. Weight loss starts and stops and resumes.
I lost an average of about 6 pounds per month after weight loss surgery. However, I'm pleased with the overall outcome: I've lost 100 pounds and have been keeping it off so far.
Good luck to you. [emoji4]


I meant pre op [emoji58] sorry


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I'm still pre-op, not even to the diet two weeks before surgery yet. However, while people do lose weight on the liquid diet, I wouldn't worry about it if you don't lose a lot now. If it were easy for you to drop weight, you wouldn't be having this surgery! Trust that if you follow the recommendations from your doctor and nutritionist, it'll work in the long run (and not that long). There are probably thousands of posts on this site that demonstrate exactly that.

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2 hours ago, Mary0110 said:

I meant pre op [emoji58] sorry

Thanks for providing this clarification. :)

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How long have you been on the preop diet?

The main thing is to keep in contact with your surgeon's office about it in case they want you to make changes.

Good luck!

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Not sure if that question was meant for me, but I've had the surgery and I've been losing about a pound a day since. Stay calm and keep to the plan . . . it will work.

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Sounds like you are doing really well 1955. I have never lost weight at the rate but weight loss different for everyone. Mary 0110 Did you have your surgery?

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Mountaingal, thank you. My loss has slowed a bit, though I'm still in the first month post-op. I also just noticed which forum I'm in--I had the sleeve, so that may make a difference, too, as well as my rather high initial weight. We're all different and lose at different rates, but the truth is that if we each follow the guidelines we're given, we'll lose weight. This part can be tough, but the long-range goal of keeping the weight off and changing our habits forever--now, that's a challenge!

Good luck, all.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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