SLOW or NO Weight Loss one month post-surgery

[Griffon 2]

Hello. I am a first-time poster who's searching for answers. I am almost 30 days post-sleeve surg and am not losing weight, despite limiting my calories to 700 and taking the Vitamins. The twenty pounds I lost occurred in the first two weeks and since then I've inexplicably gained three pounds. I use the Bariastic app to log every morsel and sip and try to hit the Water, Protein daily goals. I ate more and lost more doing Weight Watchers! I am not exercising much but shouldn't I lose even without the gym? Frustrating. The doctor says to just stick with it, but I sure would like some suggestions from the wisdom of this forum. Thanks for listening to me whine, everybody.

[Matt Z 4,138]

1 minute ago, Griffon said:

Hello. I am a first-time poster who's searching for answers. I am almost 30 days post-sleeve surg and am not losing weight, despite limiting my calories to 700 and taking the Vitamins. The twenty pounds I lost occurred in the first two weeks and since then I've inexplicably gained three pounds. I use the Bariastic app to log every morsel and sip and try to hit the Water, Protein daily goals. I ate more and lost more doing Weight Watchers! I am not exercising much but shouldn't I lose even without the gym? Frustrating. The doctor says to just stick with it, but I sure would like some suggestions from the wisdom of this forum. Thanks for listening to me whine, everybody.

Search the forum for "Stall". They are very common. Your body will stall often during weight loss as it adjusts itself, etc etc etc etc. So many posts about stalls.

[TakingABreak 2,733]

On 07/25/2018 at 07:43, Griffon said:

Hello. I am a first-time poster who's searching for answers. I am almost 30 days post-sleeve surg and am not losing weight, despite limiting my calories to 700 and taking the Vitamins. The twenty pounds I lost occurred in the first two weeks and since then I've inexplicably gained three pounds. I use the Bariastic app to log every morsel and sip and try to hit the Water, Protein daily goals. I ate more and lost more doing Weight Watchers! I am not exercising much but shouldn't I lose even without the gym? Frustrating. The doctor says to just stick with it, but I sure would like some suggestions from the wisdom of this forum. Thanks for listening to me whine, everybody.

Completely normal, as frustrating as it is. Keep to your plan and stay off the scale for now. Remember, you can still be loosing inches without seeing it reflect on the scale. If you haven’t taken your measurements, do it now. It will safe you from feeling a lot of defeat later when you stall. I’m 6 months post op and I stall almost every other week. Even after you loose a substantial amount of weight, stalls will be hard. It’s a part of the process. Just remember, they say it takes 12-18 months, and it can truly take that long. But I try and remember how long it would have taken me to loose 127lbs on my own, not 6 months, I can tell you that.
Hang in there!

[Creekimp13 5,838]

Eat more. Starvation level calories cause your body to halt weight loss to survive.

Sounds counter intuitive, I know, but the reason you lost more with weight watchers is that you were eating a more reasonable number of calories and not setting off physiological defense mechanisms that safeguard against starvation.

[Sosewsue61 3,185]

You can try upping calories to 900 for a few days, increase Water beyond the 64ozs, and sometimes it just takes more time. It's more like a long distance jog than the 50yd dash.

[Griffon 2]

Is it considered a 'stall' after only two weeks? I feel as if the first 20 lost was Water weight or something, and that I've never really gotten started with actual weight loss. Thanks for the responses.

[sillykitty 10,705]

I don't think losing 20 lbs since surgery is slow to no weight loss?

There is a physical limit to how much weight you can lose in an amount of time. You dropped 20 lbs, now your body is adjusting, and you will start losing again.

[QTRNY2018 23]

I had the exact same problem! I dropped 20 pounds in about 8 days and then stalled for two weeks.

I started walking more, moving more in general, and it started dropping again. But it was a frustrating two weeks! (Plus it was 100*+ outside!)

it’s a marathon for sure 🙂

[Griffon 2]

Thanks for the affirmation!

[TallyJeepGirl 5]

Griffon,

I am right there with you. I had my Gastric Sleeve 6/22/18 and I lost 15 lbs on the pre-op diet and then was 300 lbs day of surgery. I came home and I had gained to 309 from fluids because I was so sick from anesthesia and morphine. At my 2 weeks post op I weighed 285 (down 24 lbs.) I have been at 285 for 2 weeks. Yesterday I seen my surgeon for my 1 month appointment and he was very happy. He stated it is very normal for your body to stall like everyone is saying after a large amount of weight is lost right after surgery. Your body will stall and then acclimate and then begin to lose. I have not had any junk food or carbs, I am stickily eating Protein or Protein Shake with my Miralax and walking. He said I should start to see about 10-15 lbs a month after the initial weight loss. Believe it or not this morning I was 283. Best of luck and try not to get frustrated.