Average weight loss per week post gastric bypass?

LJ1972
on 9/25/11 12:41 pm - FL
Everybody is different, and everybody has different lifestyles and routines, so there is no average.
I am 6wks out this Tuesday and as far as I know I have only lost 13lbs. I workout in the gym 45min - hour 5 nights a week with cardio and strength training, I walk a mile most days and I work my small "hobby" farm by myself.
Had measurements done and I have lost 14.5 inches (2.75-hips, 4-waist, 1.75 thigh, etc).

If I tried to compare my weightloss to some 'average' I would be more mental than I already am!!
waitingtoexhale69
on 9/26/11 2:39 am - IL
YES IT'S HARD TO LOOK AT THE SCALE AND SEE THAT IT'S NOT MOVING AS FAST AS YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO MOVE, I BELIEVE THE BEST THING TO DO IS FOLLOW YOUR MEAL PLAN AND CONCENTRATE ON OTHE ACTIVITIES OR HOBBIES, AS I WAS ALSO TOLD THE WEIGHT WILL COME OFF EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT EXERCISING LIKE YOU SHOULD.  EVERY BODY  BODY IS DIFFERENT AND BURNS FAT DIFFERENTLY AS WELL.  I ONLY WEIGH MYSELF ONCE A WEEK SO I DON'T GET FRUSTRATED.  IT WILL HAPPEN DIVERT YOUR ENERGIES ELSE WARE FOR NOW.
        
MarineMomX2
on 9/26/11 1:41 pm - Dallas, TX
I'm  almost 5 weeks out, and like you I questioned myself a couple of weeks ago.  Personally, I think my body took a couple of week vacation to just get used to the idea of what had happened to it and the weight loss was slow too.  Even after having an accident and messing up my knee 10 days ago I figured I would be doomed to not lose.  Couldn't have been more wrong. 

When I went in for my one month visit with my surgeon last Thursday I was kinda shocked that the scale was actually moving down!  Yayy!  And, as of today I'm 28.7lbs down since surgery.  It takes time and you're going through a lot that you and your body have to get used to.  Your meds change, your eating habits change, and you're learning a whole new way to eat. 

I'm at a place where I feel good about what I've done and I know I can make it work.  That's not to say it isn't work...it definately is, but I can see changes that will make it oh so worth it!

Give yourself time (doc said slow was good too) and understand yourself and your body, you can do it at your own pace...not what anyone else has done!

Nelda
"Suck it up...you're a Marine Mom"   Lets do this!!          
nuvizions
on 5/22/12 3:39 am - IA
I am 4 weeks out from RNY bypass surgery and have loss 48 lbs. I did have complications right after surgery that required nutrition tube for one week first 3 days nothing but ice chips. This may have accelerated the weight loss amount.
dirks34
on 1/2/13 4:14 am
RNY on 10/31/12

I had the surgery 9 weeks ago and have lost 56 lbs. I find some weeks I lose lots and other weeks just a few pounds.

I do have 155 lbs to lose total so 99 lbs to go. I would focus on the foods you are suppose to eat and not worry about

the scale.

ramsesleilapop
on 1/19/13 1:13 pm
Its been 2 and a 1/2 months since my surgery (10-31-12) and Ive lost 86 lbs. Just relax...there are weeks youll lose a lot and weeks it'll go slow. Just excercise and have fun.
Lori F.
on 1/20/13 12:52 am - St. Clair Shores, MI
RNY on 12/27/12

According to my surgeon, the following is the average he sees in his practice:

2 weeks - 5-10%
6 weeks - 10-15%
3 mos - 20-30%
6 mos - 45-55%
12 mos - 60-70%
18 mos - 75-85%

To find your percentage: [(pounds lost) / (excess body weight) x 100 = %

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Tab70
on 4/10/15 9:26 am
RNY on 03/24/15

Thank you!!! That is extremely helpful!!! My surgery date was 3-24-15, and I have also been very concerned about all of this. I fall exactly in this category, and it makes me feel so much better knowing that I'm doing exactly as I should be, HUGE relief!

HW 293, SW 280, CW 213, GW 145, M1(-21), M2(-12), M3(-9), M4(-7), M5(-7), M6(-6)

Isa16xoxo
on 4/28/15 1:15 pm

My surgery was 3/30/2015 and I've lost 26 pounds. I am staring the gym next week but I've felt like I havet lost one pound in the last week or more 

Katie K.
on 9/16/13 7:23 pm - Maitland, FL
RNY on 06/25/13
I just did the math and I've lost an average of 2.6 pounds per week since surgery. Some weeks I lost more, some weeks I gained. My highest weight was 284, and my surgery weight was 245. Today I'm 213.

    

    
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