Hello,

I had surgery 10/15 and lost 20 pounds in 2 weeks. It's going to be 1 month since surgery and I haven't lost any weight. I am eating small portions excerising 4 to 5 times a week. I just want to know if it's normal? Will I begin losing weight again? I'm not even snacking. Any advice would be great.

Thanks

M:smile:

How many calories / day? It is helpful for some of us to journal everything we eat. That way, we can go back and review at the end of the week (or whatever) exactly how many calories we're having. It's easy to lose track or underestimate the calories.

Or it could be that you're not eating enough, and your body is trying to go into "starvation mode".

Whatever the case, this is something you need to discuss with your surgeon.

Here are my thoughts on this topic: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f178/wondering-why-you-hit-plateau-regain-about-2-3-weeks-post-op-my-theory-80621/

If you lost 20lb in 2 weeks you can bet your bottom dollar it was a lot of water. You simply do not lose fat that fast. So following that, your body rebalances and rehydrates itself and you appear not to lose weight. But you probably are losing fat - and that's the kind of weight loss you want.

I just had a long talk w/my surgeon about this today. I'm up a little from my post op week 2 low. He told me that he feels he's setting me up for long term success...no GERD, no PB'ing, slime, no esophageal spasms, etc. He said in his experience that it's best to fill me SLOW (and the fees have been covered by cost of surgery so he's not milking it for money) at about 1.5 cc's every 4-6 weeks. He said it may take 6 months or more for me to start really feeling it but that I'll "slide" into it instead of being plunged and that while some do well with that (and he'd do that if I wanted), that slow and steady does the best for most patients. SO

I'm going to trust him and not worry about it. I'm not losing, YET, and that's apparently ok. I will! If I'd been in a big rush, I'd have gotten bypass. I'll hang in there on his schedule.

Gaz,

I was banded 2 days before you!

I had some great initial weight loss (15 pounds right away), and then my weight stagnated around the time I progressed to mushies....I even went up a few pounds too :thumbdown:

Now that I've been on real food for a while, the scale finally decided to move down again.

I'm done 18 pounds since my surgery and am totally happy with my progression.

I'd love to lose weight at a quicker speed, but slow and steady is much better for my overall health and for my sensitive skin.

Thanks for all the advice. I started losing weight again, down 3 more lbs.