Weight loss?
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??
on 5/15/14 9:40 pm
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
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.
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
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.