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On 08/23/2022 at 10:48, I Am Enough! said:



How long does it take after surgery for weight to start coming off? I gained some during surgery and it's slowly coming back off. Down to 222.2 today. What have you seen so far?


For my own sanity, I’m not going to weigh myself at all. I’ll find out on Monday at my post op appointment. Just so the numbers are going down over time, I don’t care about the day to day.

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1 hour ago, LibbyAbby said:

I went into surgery having lost 9 lbs during the preop liquid diet. Then two days after surgery I had gained back 7. but today I am 4 days post op and I am back down the original 9 and have lost 2 more. I am having a hard time with eating. Or drinking rather. I have no desire to drink my Protein Shakes and they make me nauseous, so I am basically drinking Water and eating sugar free Jello. Yesterday I tried some Soup and got about 4 oz down. I'm just going to keep trying. everything tastes thick and gross to me. I feel like I should be doing better than this. Are others experiencing a complete lack of desire for foods? Does everything you eat just not taste good?

I was a bit hungry during the liquid stage. All the Protein Shakes tasted horrible to me, but I liked the Soups and the thin oatmeal, although I was a bit sick of oatmeal after a whole week.

Now that I can eat pureed foods I have to say that the single scrambled egg I had this morning was absolutely delicious and the Tomato Soup I had for lunch was not bad. So, no, not everything tastes bad. However, I don't always know when I'm hungry.

Like today at lunch, I still felt too full from the egg, so I didn't have anything. I didn't get hungry in the afternoon, but I felt more and more nauseous and finally thought it might be a good idea to have some Soup, which did make me less nauseous.

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How long does it take after surgery for weight to start coming off? I gained some during surgery and it's slowly coming back off. Down to 222.2 today. What have you seen so far?
The weight loss feel so slow for me. However, when I step back and think about it, it's a lot faster than I could lose on my own. I'm post op day 15 and I've lost 12 pounds since surgery.

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42 minutes ago, Sunnyer said:

You've lost 41 pounds in all. That is a lot. You're still losing, so you shouldn't feel bad.

Our bodies try to hold on to the weight, so the weight will come off in spurts and sometimes there will be stalls as well. The human body is complicated and I know how you feel.

I panicked on that one day post surgery when I gained weight, and when I was the same weight the day after as I'd been two days before, I wondered if I had stopped losing weight already, but then it started again. A good night's sleep is essential in weight loss, so you should try not to obsess over the numbers.

It is, and I'm not disregarding my overall weight loss. My post-surgery loss just has me discouraged at this point. 21 days in and I was hoping for more. The 2nd-week early stall was sooooo frustrating. I also compare myself hard by nature.

I am also taking a family trip to Disney World at the end of September, just hoping to be closer to that 200lb mark.

I am looking forward to having the ok from my doctor to start working out again, walking every day and not being able to really switch up my routine has me a little crazy.

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On 8/16/2022 at 8:20 PM, Sunnyer said:

I feel exactly the same way, most of the time. Like something is stuck in my chest. That is, when I don't feel nauseous, hungry or with heartburn. My stomach is this bloated, bruised and bloody mess.

I can't stomach the Protein Shakes and I'm not getting neatly the Protein I'm supposed to. I went home for lunch today and yesterday, because I couldn't eat anything in the cafeteria, and I really, really didn't want to go back to work in the afternoon. But I did, because I had to.

On the plus side, I'm getting enough liquids or close to what I'm supposed to, and I'm tolerating Tomato Soup and very thin oatmeal reasonably well. So that's something.

I feel this too. Yesterday was one week post op for me. I am so sad and depressed about eating Tomato Soup for every meal except grits in the morning. I start pureed diet tomorrow and I am not looking forward to that. I mentally cannot eat baby food and honestly I cant eat Tomato Soup for another meal.

anyone have advice on that?

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3 hours ago, I Am Enough! said:

How long does it take after surgery for weight to start coming off? I gained some during surgery and it's slowly coming back off. Down to 222.2 today. What have you seen so far?

I lost 11 pounds during my pre-op diet.

Gained 7 back after surgery. I knew this was fluids, Water and swelling but it still sucked to see the number go up.

After I got home from the hospital I've lost weight every single day (except today!) so I'm down a total of 21.4 pounds (9.7 of it post-op).

2 hours ago, LibbyAbby said:

Are others experiencing a complete lack of desire for foods? Does everything you eat just not taste good?

Same here! I am very rarely physically hungry (mentally, that's different!) and when I do eat things they are either: too sweet or just gross. I have to set timers to remind myself to eat otherwise I'd go all day without eating anything. The only things actually taste good to me are (all pureed): egg salad, the ricotta bake, runny sunnyside up eggs and Fairlife shakes. Yogurts and puddings all taste too sweet right now.

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10 hours ago, suzecate said:

It’s 2 a.m. and can’t sleep. I had unexpected complications with BP (top number over 200 in post-op) and 15 hours later it’s in the safe zone but being controlled by medicine. Pain has been unusual, too. I got up and walked in place with a walker a half hour ago for the first time. I have on calf squeezers and they gave me a blood thinner. Tomorrow more ambulation. Scared about handling 2 flights of stairs in ny townhome today or tomorrow (depending how the day goes).

Surgeon said he was pleased with the operation. I had robots and 4 incisions.

Pictured is my bari-moose.

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How are you feeling? Better I hope.

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4 hours ago, I Am Enough! said:

How long does it take after surgery for weight to start coming off? I gained some during surgery and it's slowly coming back off. Down to 222.2 today. What have you seen so far?

Day of surgery I was at 350, day I came home I was at 354 from swelling and Fluid. Today, 6 days out I am at 340.6.

I lost 22 the month before surgery

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1 hour ago, SuziDavis said:

How are you feeling? Better I hope.

I’m going to have to be in the hospital a 2nd night because of the BP, which puts me in the 1% here at Sharp who need that post-sleeve. It was over 200 yesterday… today medicated in the 150s. Pain was also high yesterday but manageable today. I’ve been getting up and walking every half hour at most. Getting up and down are the hardest parts. They transitioned me off IV BP meds and onto oral meds recently in anticipation of going home tomorrow.

Mostly I’m worried how I’ll handle the 2 flights of stairs in my townhome tomorrow.

My daughter (almost 18) is home taking care of the dog.

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7 hours ago, LibbyAbby said:

I went into surgery having lost 9 lbs during the preop liquid diet. Then two days after surgery I had gained back 7. but today I am 4 days post op and I am back down the original 9 and have lost 2 more. I am having a hard time with eating. Or drinking rather. I have no desire to drink my Protein Shakes and they make me nauseous, so I am basically drinking Water and eating sugar free Jello. Yesterday I tried some Soup and got about 4 oz down. I'm just going to keep trying. everything tastes thick and gross to me. I feel like I should be doing better than this. Are others experiencing a complete lack of desire for foods? Does everything you eat just not taste good?

Ask your team for nausea meds. The one's that melt under your tongue! That is the one thing that has helped me the most. I hope you get to feeling better soon 😊

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6 hours ago, SHORTY_ said:

I'm curious about everyone's response to this as well.

I lost about 9 lbs the first week.

0 in the 2nd week. 3lbs in the 3rd week and just began my 4th.

I was laying in bed super discouraged & couldn't fall asleep because I was running through everything I've consumed and my physical activity in the last 3 weeks and just feel like I should be further along.

I know mentally we're not supposed to compare ourselves to others because we each have unique circumstances and physiology. But it can be frustrating when you hear how others seem to immediately melt away their pounds.

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On 08/23/2022 at 17:27, suzecate said:






I’m going to have to be in the hospital a 2nd night because of the BP, which puts me in the 1% here at Sharp who need that post-sleeve. It was over 200 yesterday… today medicated in the 150s. Pain was also high yesterday but manageable today. I’ve been getting up and walking every half hour at most. Getting up and down are the hardest parts. They transitioned me off IV BP meds and onto oral meds recently in anticipation of going home tomorrow.




Mostly I’m worried how I’ll handle the 2 flights of stairs in my townhome tomorrow.




My daughter (almost 18) is home taking care of the dog.


Aww. I’m sorry to hear that. It will get better. Fingers crossed for a good day tomorrow

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6 hours ago, Sunnyer said:

I was weighed pre surgery on August 5th, and I was 110 kg or 242 pounds. I had lost three kilos or 6.6 pounds before surgery. I weighed myself again the day after surgery, and I was still 110 kilos.

The day after that I was 109 kilos, down 2.2 pounds, and the next two days 108,1 and 107.7. So I started losing weight on day two after surgery, and since then I've lost weight every day except for day 7 after surgery when I gained 0.4 kilos (almost a pound) and on day 8th I weighed the same as on day 6.

Other than that, I've lost weight every day and today I've lost a little more than 7 kilos after the surgery, ten kilos in all or 22 pounds.

That sounds like a strong and healthy rate of loss. Supposedly if we eat a Soup with lots of sodium that an really impact the Water weight we see. I'm thinking of not weighing myself every day because I'll mentally torture myself. I want to focus on how strong do I feel today? Can I sit up better today? What can I do today that was a challenge yesterday? 😊

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6 hours ago, Denise7M7 said:

For my own sanity, I’m not going to weigh myself at all. I’ll find out on Monday at my post op appointment. Just so the numbers are going down over time, I don’t care about the day to day.

I whole heartedly agree. 🥰

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4 minutes ago, I Am Enough! said:

I know mentally we're not supposed to compare ourselves to others because we each have unique circumstances and physiology. But it can be frustrating when you hear how others seem to immediately melt away their pounds.

Exactly! I totally agree. Hows the saying go "we're all in the same storm different boats" or something like that. Doesn't mean I'm not side eyeing those other boats 👀😂

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