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Frustrated scale stall 3 weeks post op VSG



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I am extremely frustrated of the lack of weight loss since surgery. I have been following the diet per my surgeon and walking 4 to 5 days a week for a 1/2 hour. I have been struggling with Protein and Water to get my daily goals and still on the puréed stage until 4/22. Eating has been a struggle. I know I should not weigh myself daily but it is hard not to. I find myself crying daily because I’m trying so hard. How can I get through his phase without feeling so discouraged? Has this happened to anyone else and how did you work through it?

HW: 273

SW: 242

CW: 231

VSG Date: 4/18/18

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Please put the scale away
It seems to do more harm that good for you at this point instead try to focus on meeting your nutrition goals and only get weighed at appointments.
I'm finding that mental health is equally as important during this journey



HW 270
SW 238
CW 188
VSG 11/7
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I think you just hit the dreaded three-week stall early. It isn't pleasant. Try to be patient. :)

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I'm with Tealael. Put the scale away. I only weigh once a week, and that seems to be good for me. Are you getting your heart rate up when you walk? I started out walking, but I wasn't really getting my heart rate up, so I switched to using cardio equipment, and I know I'm getting my heart rate up now, and that helps with seeing movement in the scale. I know that getting your Water and Protein in is difficult. It still is for me some days (I'm almost 8 weeks post op), but I make myself get the amounts recommended by my physician, which is 64oz of water and 80g of protein daily. If you increase your heart rate while you exercise and you meet your protein and water requirements, I'm sure that the scale will start moving more. Best of luck to you!

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I’m also stalled and haven’t lost for two weeks. The NUT said I needed to up my calorie intake to over 700 calories a day. It is a struggle and I guess in my mind I thought the weight would miraculously drop off every day, but it stops while our bodies regroup. You are definitely not alone!

HW 217
Sw 207
CW 193

Lost the 14 lbs the first 2 weeks and not 1 lb since


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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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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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