Got my surgery date: October 22, 2018....and now the wait... Would love to gather a cohort here to go through this with!!!

I had my VGS surgery on 10/26. I have not lost any weight for 13 days. I am just starting soft foods and I try to eat between 5-6 meals a day and I have about 2 oz at each meal. Am I eating too much?

Lol I noticed I don't have to hold myself in to zip my coat up LOL

Weirdly, I can fit into a sweater a size down, but the yoga pants I’ve been wearing for ages are still tight, they feel tighter than they were before. ?‍♀️. I’m about 30# down since starting my pre-op liquid diet.

1 hour ago, pdamoci said:

I had my VGS surgery on 10/26. I have not lost any weight for 13 days. I am just starting soft foods and I try to eat between 5-6 meals a day and I have about 2 oz at each meal. Am I eating too much?

More likely you aren't eating enough and your body thinks you're starving. What are you eating? How much water are you drinking? Are you constipated? (I know, so nosy.)

1 hour ago, pdamoci said:

I had my VGS surgery on 10/26. I have not lost any weight for 13 days. I am just starting soft foods and I try to eat between 5-6 meals a day and I have about 2 oz at each meal. Am I eating too much?

Every doctor has their own food progression plan for their patients so I'm not sure if you are eating too much or not but I do know you are not alone in the stall. My surgery date was 10/29 and I haven't lost any weight in 8 days and I'm only down 8lbs since the 29th. It's frustrating especially since my program seems to be one of the stricter ones. (I only get three small meals - 2 oz. - per day and three 8oz. Protein shakes) but I keep telling myself there is no turning back now and eating like this, there's no way this stall can last forever. I asked our nurse about it and she said for the first 4-6 weeks, the body is focused on healing more than weight loss and things will pick back up. I hope she's right and not just trying to appease me for the time being.

Every doctor has their own food progression plan for their patients so I'm not sure if you are eating too much or not but I do know you are not alone in the stall. My surgery date was 10/29 and I haven't lost any weight in 8 days and I'm only down 8lbs since the 29th. It's frustrating especially since my program seems to be one of the stricter ones. (I only get three small meals - 2 oz. - per day and three 8oz. Protein shakes) but I keep telling myself there is no turning back now and eating like this, there's no way this stall can last forever. I asked our nurse about it and she said for the first 4-6 weeks, the body is focused on healing more than weight loss and things will pick back up. I hope she's right and not just trying to appease me for the time being.

We had our surgery the same day. I only lost 10 lbs since surgery. I gained 2 lbs and haven't lost anymore since last week. I'm going to try to weigh myself every Sunday now and not every day. I'm still on stage 2 liquid diet until Dec 4th

On 11/15/2018 at 16:25, pdamoci said:

I had my VGS surgery on 10/26. I have not lost any weight for 13 days. I am just starting soft foods and I try to eat between 5-6 meals a day and I have about 2 oz at each meal. Am I eating too much?

If you are following your Dr’s plan I’m sure you are fine and not overeating. It is very confusing in the beginning transitioning but as long as you aren’t hurting you are probably eating the right amount. I’ve noticed with each new stage of adding more food in the more weight I drop. I think the first few weeks of healing is so different for everyone.

I had my surgery on October 25 and I went to the dr to get my staples out on 31 and I was down 14 pounds and 9 now at a stall not losing anything

How is everyone doing? I was sleeved on the 17th, and feel like I haven't had surgery!!! I was notified that I'm producing acid in my sleeve lining. Which feels like hunger pain. I just knew I had a failed surgery. Luickly It's apart of the healing process, and heard most surgeons prescribe antiacid for two months to avoid this. I was prescribed antiacid which has helped a lot. If you are feeling "hunger" please speak to ur doc and looking taking acid reducer for relief. .. Pepcid D and Gavisco worked as well.

Also..if there any Maryland DC fellow sleevers, I'm looking for a workout buddy!

Anyone else having gum probs? My teeth are normally fairly healthy and all of a sudden my gums are bleeding like I’ve never seen a toothbrush in my life. :(. Starting to see gaps between my teeth at the gum line. And I’m only 2.5 weeks out. Tried to do some searching for other posts, but my search of “gums” all came back with chewing gum questions.

Anyone else having gum probs? My teeth are normally fairly healthy and all of a sudden my gums are bleeding like I’ve never seen a toothbrush in my life. . Starting to see gaps between my teeth at the gum line. And I’m only 2.5 weeks out. Tried to do some searching for other posts, but my search of “gums” all came back with chewing gum questions.

https://www.barilife.com/blog/secret-complication-after-bariatric-surgery-2/

October 17 was my date! Back to work after a week! That week was tough but now... almost four weeks later... so glad I took this step towards better health

I had a big scale victory this morning! 26 days out and I am seeing a substantial weight loss. I have found that I need to increase my calories when my body starts stalling. That seems to be my body but it may not work for everyone. The hard part is I never feel like eating.

My next goal is to hit the 50 lb mark by 6 weeks. It may be a stretch but it won’t crush me if I don’t make it.

On 11/16/2018 at 08:35, JessaK said:

I had a big scale victory this morning! 26 days out and I am seeing a substantial weight loss. I have found that I need to increase my calories when my body starts stalling. That seems to be my body but it may not work for everyone. The hard part is I never feel like eating.

My next goal is to hit the 50 lb mark by 6 weeks. It may be a stretch but it won’t crush me if I don’t make it.

Wow! That is so great!!! Congrats and keep us posted!

I’m relieved to hear that I’m not the only one going through a frustrating stall so soon after surgery. I’ve been a little hard on myself because the scale hasn’t moved in 10+ days. My pcp took me off my thyroid medicine and I swear that has a big part in it because I’ve been feeling sluggish and a bit depressed. I wasn’t ready to be off my thyroid med yet, and it makes me angry. My numbers were low normal (just like when I was started on on my med). I get to have my thyroid levels retested on December 24th. So fingers crossed for good news