My sleeve is a failure.

Thank you all for your replies. I have contated my surgeon, but he is in Argentina at the moment, so will get back to me when he arrives.

I need to start a food diary, you guys are right. I definitely want to show some evidence to back up what I am saying. I will start today.

As for what I am eating, a typical day goes something like this:

breakfast: protein shake with skim milk and a banana blended in (or other fruit in the fridge that needs to be used before it rots!)

cup of tea, skim milk, no sugar ( I am English, I have to have milk in it!)
or diluted juice

lunch:  olive ciabatta sandwich with turkey and cheese and lettuce, tomatoes, etc (i can eat about 4 or 5 small bites before husband cleans up the rest)
water or green tea

snack: banana, handful of nuts, few saltines, something like that

dinner: tuna steak, green beans, boiled baby potatoes (and ketchup, hah yum)
water or green tea

I drink water and green tea all day, I try to get a glass of milk in sometimes for the protein. Sometimes crystal light if I can get my mum to send me some from the American shops. :)

That's about an average day's food. I haven't been counting calories, but I intend to from now. I need to be aiming for 1000 as you guys said, and maybe I am not reaching that. Hm, I have to pay more attention.

Thank you again for your replies, you're all very kind. I am going to go check out thedailyplate now while I wait for my surgeon to contact me.

Hi Lolly,

Most of us here are on a high protein low carb diet. Bananas are very high calorie/ hi carb fruit. All fruit is high in sugar. That could be stalling weight loss. Dunno if you were on liquids and how long but I was not even allowed to eat solids until my 4th week. At 4 weeks out, I had lost less than 12 pounds including my pre op liquid phase of a couple of days.. I was a revision. As the other poster said, it appeared you had already lost weight pre op and three pounds since according to your scale which would be 19 pounds total if your weight calculator was correct. That is VERY significant weight loss and must be counted in your totals. If this is not accurate, let us know.

First off, you started with a low BMI. If you lost 19 pounds already, your BMI may already be below 30. It is a lot harder to lose when you have 25-35 pounds to go.
Although your surgeon may endorse the diet you are following post op, maybe changing it out, getting more protein and less carbs may be of benefit?

Babs

how much quantity, like if you eat steak, can you eat 5-20 bites or eat a 1 lb steak and potatoes, there would be way at 2 month you'd be able to consume a mass amount.

how much quantity ?????????that tells us if sleeve was even done,,,
sorry, but I feel bad for you, and just wonder did he remove enough tummy so you get full fast , are you eatting less, much less now than before surgery.
c

I have to agree with Babs... that one day's worth of food seems awfully high in carbs... If you're going to start counting calories, then count carbs too. I'm not saying that's necessarily the answer - but it will be a really good starting point for you to start measuring your intake (calories/fat/carbs) and then see if you can jumpstart the weight loss by modifying what you're eating. Don't worry about the milk in your tea. It's the bread and potatoes and fruit...

Yeah, I see a lot of carbs too. Carbs increase your water weight. (It's more complicated than that, if you are interested in a more scientific explanation.)

Also, a lot of little "extras" that add up. Adding milk to things, adding a banana to things. You may be doing more calories than you think.

May be the odd man out here but I have gone through this before and wouldn’t panic just yet. Everybody is different and going to react to the surgery and new diet differently. I have had three WLS and each time I had almost 100 lbs to lose. With the first surgery I was young and the weight fell off, with relatively ease. The second surgery was not easy in fact it took almost three years to get to goal with a number of ups and downs (granted it was a band and getting fills was an issue.) But even with restriction weight loss was slower. Now with the sleeve my most recent surgery and I pray my last, I lost an initial 10lbs after surgery which was water weight then stalled for months basically. But the moral of the story is this after my body adjusted I started losing weight.  I’m pregnant now and still continued to lose weight through my first trimester and am now almost done with my second trimester and have not gained a pound. It’s hard to see people losing so much so fast in the first few months I know but try not to get too discouraged. I think that sometimes eating too few calories stalls weight loss because our body and those survival mechanisms kick in and say we went form feast to famine (calorie wise) so we better hold on to every bit of energy we get. I don’t lose weight eating the low calorie diet that most surgeons recommend. I don’t know how many calories/protein I eat a day I don’t track any of that. I make healthy decisions most of the time and focus on good stuff first.    Wow that ended up being long, sorry.   Lauren

seems impossible. I'd wonder if he removed any tummy, there is just no way to lose only 3 lbs in 2 months, I was 190 , lower bmi and still dumped 25 the first month, and I eat like crap today and still shed 3-5 lbs per month, in my 4th month, but am 10 lbs to goal.
did he do the surgery, just sounds like you didn't have it done, the sleeve works, do you get full fast ???????can you eat the same amount of food as you did pre op ???????? those details are important, please add to your original post.
Thank you,
c

 Hi Lolly,

I've always gotten mad about people telling me that fruit has too many carbs.  Yeah, I know.  I'll probably get hate mail for this, but whatever.  Fruit is part of a healthy diet.  If you were eating 1500 calories a day and 500 calories were high-carb fruit...I'd say that might be it.  If your calories are in range along with your protein and fluids, then only your doctor or nutritionist would be able to help you.

It sounds to me like you're doing a great job and just need to speak to a professional.

Well fruit does have too many carbs. That doesn't mean it's Satan's food. It just means you should avoid a lot of fruit for a while when you are an early out.

We aren't going to eat this way forever ...

To answer the questions:

I can eat SO MUCH LESS than before the "surgery" (as we are calling it now, apparently). I eat two or three mouthfuls of anything bread or ricey and I feel like my chestbone is going to explode thorugh my chest. Softer foods, obviously I can eat more of. But I'm pretty sure something was done to my tummy, so that theory goes out the window I think. :)

As for carbs, I will keep an eye on them, but I agree with the above poster who mentioned fruit being an important part of a healthy diet. I don't chomp on bananas every day all day, but I will have a bit of fruit if I am craving something sweetish or need a quick and easy snack. It has to be healthier than a factory-produced "health bar" or something if you ask me! But obviously something to keep in mind.

For now I suppose I will keep doing what I'm doing, but keep a journal and watch my carbs. I've emailed my surgeon so we'll see what he has to say soon enough. Thank you again!