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A few days before my Gastric Bypass surgery I weighed in at 306. Then I did a liquid diet for 2 days and got down to 300. When I weighed myself at the hospital after surgery I was 318 !! Now back at home I am 311 but have been this weight for the last few days. Why is that? I am drinking liquids... Am I just broken now after my sleeve to bypass revision? Is this it? Starting to kind of freak out in my mind.

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You were pumped full of fluids in the hospital. Be patient, it will happen.

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ok I'll try! 😬

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Same thing happened to me. I didn’t start seeing results for 2 weeks. Just focus on getting your fluids in and following your doctor’s instructions. Your body went through trama and needs time to recover. Good luck.

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At one of my pre op appointments the nurse told me to throw away my scale and not step on it for that very reason.

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Once the swelling goes down, you will see more weight loss.

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8 hours ago, froufrou said:

I can confirm that my weight is dropping off! :D

Well done!

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9 hours ago, froufrou said:

I can confirm that my weight is dropping off! :D

Me too surgery twin! Yay!

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Aaaaaaand it's come to an abrupt halt again. Have not lost a single pound for the last 4 days. This is going to be a very very slow weight loss if it continues like this.

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14 minutes ago, froufrou said:

Aaaaaaand it's come to an abrupt halt again. Have not lost a single pound for the last 4 days. This is going to be a very very slow weight loss if it continues like this.

ah - the "three-week stall", right on schedule! Search for it. Happens to almost everyone.

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2 hours ago, froufrou said:

Aaaaaaand it's come to an abrupt halt again. Have not lost a single pound for the last 4 days. This is going to be a very very slow weight loss if it continues like this.

Same here - I have lost nothing in 5 days now. In fact, I've gained 2 lbs from 5 days ago. I knew I would be a slow loser, but this is a little frustrating so early on (15 days out).

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13 hours ago, catwoman7 said:

ah - the "three-week stall", right on schedule! Search for it. Happens to almost everyone.

Oh yes, I forgot that one haha. Didn't happen to me last time because of my sleeve leak. Glad to see I'm 'normal'! lol

Thank you for reminding me :)

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There is a lot of swelling and tissue trauma after surgery. Once this goes down, you will see that scale go down, too. Once a started losing again, the weight was coming off at 1 pound per day. WOW! I thought I was going to be one of those super-losers!

But now I am at the 3 week stall. It is so good to know that this is common. Just gotta keep doing the right things and be patient. :) It will come off when it's ready.

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