Weight loss?

MrsD68
on 5/15/14 9:30 pm

I am post-op 1 month, surgery was 4/15. To date I have lost only 20#, but 9 inches off my waist. I feel a little frustrated that everyone seems to be dropping 30# in a very short period of time. I am tracking EVERYTHING, doing protein first. Trying to keep the calorie count lower, as suggested by one user (thank you).. I have not had my first post-op nutrition phone call yet.. so I am sure I will have lots to ask her about. I also had some Thyroid issues, that I was working on getting adjusted in the beginning as well. I just feel like maybe I am not doing something right?? 

        
CerealKiller Kat71
on 5/15/14 9:40 pm
RNY on 12/31/13

Twenty pounds in a month is A LOT OF WEIGHT!  Try not to compare your loss to others.  It isn't a competition and only serves to frustrate. Seems you're doing great to me!

"What you eat in private, you wear in public." --- Kat

MrsD68
on 5/17/14 3:51 am

Thank you for the encouragment...

        
Grim_Traveller
on 5/15/14 10:32 pm
RNY on 08/21/12

The most I ever lost in one month was 21 pounds, and I was a lot bigger than you.

6'3" tall, male.

Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.

M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.

karenp8
on 5/15/14 11:41 pm - Brighton, IL

My doctor says 3 to 5 pounds a week is normal weight loss so you are doing great!

   

       

gbsinsatx
on 5/16/14 12:14 am - San Antonio, TX

Please see my profile page if interested. I share my experience with weight loss surgery there.

Age at RNY: 55, Height: 5'4", Consultation Weight: 331 lbs-12/1/2009, RNY Surgery Weight: 281 lbs-3/22/2010, Goal Weight Reached: 141 lbs-6/23/2011, Lowest Weight: 126 lbs-12/11/2011

Current Age: 61, Current Weight: 161 lbs-5/20/2016Total Weight Loss Maintained: 170 lbs  

                                      

Toni4321
on 5/16/14 12:54 am

My surgery was the day after yours and I'm down 22 pounds.  We are about the same

White Dove
on 5/16/14 1:19 am - Warren, OH

It is not a race, but it is sort of like a race.  Some of the horses are faster when they come out of the gate.  Some start slower. 

This is what I was told to expect to lose when I had my surgery.  It has worked for many that I know.

Month 1 - 20 pounds

Month 2-6 - 10 pounds a month

Month 7-12 - 5 pounds a month

No matter how fast or slow you start out, the important thing is to keep going.  You want to finish the race, get to goal and learn how to keep the weight off long term.

I had surgery in 2007.  Right now it does not make any difference how much I weighed on any particular day in 2007, but it matters that I am maintaining my weight loss in 2014.  I do that by sticking to my new way of eating.

Real life begins where your comfort zone ends

angeep67
on 5/16/14 1:44 am - Decatur, AL
RNY on 04/28/14

I feel the same way with pre-op diet and i had surgery on April 28th i have only lost 22# i feel like im slow getting out of the gate. I cant exercise due to my knees problems. I cant do the protein they make so sick. I just don't know what to do.

Louise1974
on 5/16/14 2:19 am

I lost ELEVEN measly pounds my first month out.  And I was following every recommendation to the "T"  My husband lost more than me that month and all he did was cut out sugar.  Blah!  I called the stupid PA at the surgeon's office and she says (in a highly condescending voice) "well, all weight loss is good, after all when is the last time you lost 11 pounds in a month?"  And I said, "Last April when I went on Atkins, and I was eating 1000 calories more per day than I am now!"

I realized that if I focused only on the scale I would go insane.  So I threw the scale out and just concentrated on following my program, protein first.   10 months later I had managed to lose all the excess weight I wanted to (about 100 pounds) and 20 months later I am maintaining.  Just keep following the program you were given.  It will come. 

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