Nine days out from surgery. I peed out All that excess fluid they pumped through me. Since surgery date, I'm down 27 pounds. I came home with an additional 16 pounds of fluids, so the rest is actual weight loss.

I got severely dehydrated after surgery, a week after. I could not get liquids down well, and I truly tried. I felt like I was going to die. I had my daughter take me to the ER and they gave me an IV. I felt 100% better once I got some liquids down me. Recenlty (3 years out) I over did myself in exercise and got dehydrated (in 5.5 million gallons of water---swimming 2 miles) and felt like I did when I got dehydrated after the surgery. I've kept the majority of the lost weight off since my surgery 3 years ago. But, it's still a struggle sometimes. However, I've started taking a simple little pill...a probiotic, and am losing weight effortlessly. With the probiotic, it is stabilizing my gut flora and I don't even think about food. Wish I had found this before the surgery. My daughter, who was nearly 500 pounds, came across the probiotic solution for herself, by accident and has dropped 130 pounds in 11 months with only using the one little probiotic pearl a day. The "honeymoon" period after the surgery last different lengths for different people. For me it was nearly a year. Disseminating between head hunger and stomach hunger can be a challenge to learn. Having weight loss surgery is like divorcing a dearly loved spouse, then living in the same household with that person. It's a grieving process. You wish you could eat what you used to, and some day you will be able to, but you may not want to any more.

I had to within 2 months. But is totally depends on how quickly you lose the weight.  I've been about the same size for 2 1/2 months now, but clothes are getting loser. I'm looking forward to having to get the next size down.  I did have to get a new swimsuit.  And, the clothes I held on to years ago for when I would "get back down into them", are too large now.  That's a shame, because I kept them because they were pretty and nice, but now they're too big.  Not remorseful for that, though. 

I used to eat eggs everyday for several years. I never had a cholesterol problem either.  However, since I had the VSG, I don't tolerate eggs well. Could just be one of those foods that doesn't agree with you since the surgery. 

I think when we feel like we've "stretched our stomach" shortly after surgery, it's just the fact that the swelling from the surgery is going down, so it's easier to fit more food in the stomach. Therefore, it is imperative to stick with the post-op instructions.  You cannot trust your feelings for now, and you've got to get the mind-set of changing your eating habits all together.  It was bad habits that got you to the point of surgery, so it takes time to break those bad habits.  The surgery wasn't magic.  It is a tool and tools have to be used according to instructions.  Follow the instructions, and for those times when you may plateau, (and I think everyone on here pretty much does from time to time), you keep following the instructions and you'll see sudden weight drops later on.  Don't get discouraged by the scale.  Learn to embrace the NSV (Non-scale victories) when the struggle makes you want to stop. 

If you'll look in very old cookbooks, like your grandmother would have used, you'll find information on how to do that and lots of other "lost" treasures on food preservation.

I had a three-week stall. I kept doing all the right things, but saw no results on the scale. All the sudden, 10 pounds gone,  finally.  When you feel like/think, nothing's going on, something's going on.  Just keep plugging along.  It will drop off, sometimes, suddenly.

Exciting day today. We went to a ship christening, and it happened to be on my birthday.  I thought it was so nice of the navy to put on such a party for my birthday!  Here are some pics of the event.  I actually was able to wear heels and walk around the shipyard for the event, something I couldn't have done with my pre-surgery weight.

I was hearing my friends say they lost 20 or 30 pounds the first month and I was so disappointed when I only lost 11 pounds that first month.  Since then, though, I've been losing and average of 1/2 pound a day and I'm three months out now.  I officially weigh weekly, and I'm finding a pattern of, the scale doesn't move one week, then suddenly, the next week, I've dropped 8 pounds.  This has been very consistent for me for the past 6 weeks.  It was very discouraging that first week, but I kept doing what they said to do, then the next week I saw the sudden drop.  It happened again the next two weeks, no loss, then sudden drop, and now a third set of no loss and a drop.  So, I guess this is how its going to work for me, at least for now.  Everyone is so different, so don't get discouraged, but Do keep on doing what you've been told works.  You'll see the results soon enough, but it can be quite discouraging.  I even kept my measurements, didn't see any loss, then suddenly I was down 10 inches on my waist and hips each.  You'll find your pattern and it will not be so down heartening. 

I've had many surgeries, but the bruising from this one was the very worst I have ever had. My whole abdomen was as purple as an eggplant for a few weeks.  It's finally cleared up, but it was evident that the surgeon was pretty rough on the innards. 

I know its part of the process, but it can be very frustrating and aggravating!  I have ALWAYS been a slow weight-loss loser.  That's why I opted for the surgery.  I don't know why I would have thought that would up the amps.  I've lost about 35 pounds in the nearly two months since my surgery, and I realize that's a good thing, but I see others (even those I work with) losing so much more so much more quickly.  When I was eating only 1200 calories a day, before surgery, I was maintaining my weight and had to get down to 1000 calories a day to lose even one pound a month.  Talk about SLOW metabolism. That's aggravating enough, but I find myself seeming to stall about every 3 weeks.  After that stall, suddenly the pounds drop off and I'll have a 5-8 pound loss all the sudden.  My clothes do tell another story and it's getting ridiculous to try to wear what I was wearing.  I'm having to do a lot of clothes shopping recently. It's all a mind-game I guess, but hard to chase the wagon, when you feel like you've fallen off.  I have no other choice, though. That's why I went for the surgery.  Still glad I did it and no regrets, though. 

I had that as well. I don't know what it was for me, but it went away after a week.  If I were concerned about something being abnormal, though, I would certainly contact my surgeon. However, from what I've seen here, you can expect some pains here and there, and I talk with a nurse/coach regularly who said your stomach will be tender for a while, so its normal to have pains from time to time when you eat.  Probably depends on what you're eating as well. I know some foods make mine hurt more than others.