Hi, I’m new here and just had the gastric sleeve on Monday 2/4. I’m feeling great and pretty much back to normal. Just some slight pain where the pain pump was put in but nothing else. How was everyone else’s recovery? When did y’all start seeing significant weight loss?

I didn’t seem like I was losing until about 6 weeks out. The first month my body was adjusting to the shock of surgery and nothing really happened. After that I was pretty consistently losing 10 pounds a month.

7 hours ago, Megmartin87 said:

Hi, I’m new here and just had the gastric sleeve on Monday 2/4. I’m feeling great and pretty much back to normal. Just some slight pain where the pain pump was put in but nothing else. How was everyone else’s recovery? When did y’all start seeing significant weight loss?

Congratulations ? not everyone has such Quick smooth or pain free recovery (me) so be proud and amazed by your wonderful body!

I lost weight slowly but I learned it all adds up in the end if you stay the course.

Safe Journey ?

Edited February 9, 20197 yr by GreenTealael

Congratulations! It's great you are having a pain free recovery. Even though you feel great, follow your doctor's advice and don't try to rush your recovery. Remember you just had surgery and you body (especially your stomach) needs time to heal. Trust your doctor, you will lose the weight in the time that is right for your body.

It took about a week for me to start to see the scale move and then the pounds just seemed to melt off the first month (lost 30 pounds in month one). Then no weight loss for two weeks as my body adjusted to the change. I have started loosing again, but only a few pounds per week.

You may show a loss at 2 weeks if you have lost your surgical overhydration water weight, otherwise at a month or 6 weeks you should have a pleasant surprise coming! Everybody is different, but that is a good rule of thumb. And as you go further out there may be even more varience, I know an almost surgery day twin, lost only 38 pounds, then there are people like me who are in the 60s, same surgery , our bodies just reacted differently, she's lost less but went down 2 sizes, I've only gone down 1, I'm still a little envious but she started out at a different weight point than me, Its still okay, when all said and done!

I’ve lost roughly 40 lbs in 7 weeks . 32 since surgery . I dropped the 12lbs the 2 weeks after surgery but then it slowed a bit . Maybe 1-2 “lbs a week- there is a week 3 or 4 stall . Then it picks back up again .. just reached “onederland “?? stick to the program !