Slow weight loss

Marlene D.
on 9/28/14 10:59 pm

RNY on Sept 4. Highest weight 316. Surgery day wt 284, 3 1/2 weeks out today's weight 268. I feel I am losing weight very slow .2 .4 etc. I am doing everything I am suppose to do. Weight everything, the only thing is I can't see it taking 30 minutes to eat 3oz of food per meal, as much as I time my self it takes 15 to 20 minutes even if I chew chew chew! I worry I have stretched my pouch (crazy thought) by drinking water. I also walk a mile a day sometimes a little more. So why is my weight loss so slow. Can't say I am the most active person thought.

Marlene

Kate M.
on 9/28/14 11:07 pm
RNY on 08/08/14

I got mine done a month before you (Aug 8th). It does seem slow - it even seems slow now and I'm (almost) 50 pounds down. You haven't stretched your pouch or anything like that - right around two or three weeks we all stall - I don't think I lost any weight for almost two weeks, but it's been consistent since then. Just keep your head up and keep trudging along and you'll be fine. :)

Laura in Texas
on 9/28/14 11:17 pm

4.5 pounds a week is not slow. Just keep following your plan and you will be fine. Relax.

Laura in Texas

53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)

RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis

brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco

"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."

Heather B.
on 9/28/14 11:21 pm - Wyandotte, MI

Try to consider percentage of excess weight loss as opposed to pounds. So, for example,  if your ideal weight is 135 lbs (I am guessing)  that means your excess weight is 149 lbs. Divide 20/14= 13.4% 13% is pretty fantastic in less than a month. The average loss is only 60-80% of excess body weight in a year so, 13% in a month is great!! Your body is healing as well, you must give the tool time.

Heather B. 
VSG on 11/28/11
Revision to RNY on 04/28/14

        

Marlene D.
on 9/29/14 12:14 am

Heather B thanks for figuring that out for me! I guess i need to be patient with myself.

Marlene

karenp8
on 9/29/14 12:27 am - Brighton, IL

My surgeon says 3-5pounds per week is a good loss,and you have lost 4.5 pounds per week! You are doing great! You didn't put the weight on overnight and it won't come off that way either.

   

       

poet_kelly
on 9/29/14 3:26 am - OH

You can't stretch your pouch by drinking water.  and you've lose 16 lbs in 3.5 weeks.  That's not slow weight loss.  That's normal weight loss.

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NYMom222
on 9/29/14 6:02 am
RNY on 07/23/14

Yes that is normal weight loss. I know it's easy to become frustrated when you have read about people that lose 30-40 pounds the first month. I don't think that is most people. If it was that easy to stretch your pouch, there would be no point,we would all have stretched pouches. Good Luck!

Cynthia 5'11" RNY 7/23/2014

Goal reached 17 months. 220lb Weight Loss
Plastic Surgery Dr. Joseph Michaels - LBL and Hernia Repair 2/29/16, Arm Lift, BL, 5/2/16, Leg Lift 7/25/16

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brienicole
on 10/2/14 2:17 am
RNY on 06/30/14

I think your loss rate sound great! I remember and still am having stalls every few weeks, but the way I look at it is that yes, I may be loosing slower than the average, but maybe my skin wont be so deflated either? Try and see all the positive, like when was the last time you lost that much weight that fast etc... I know it is hard to not compare to others rates but we have to remember that its no how fast we get from A to B but that we get there! 

Brie (brienicole) Band to bypass revision on June 30th 2014 :) 

   

chulbert
on 10/2/14 9:26 am - Rochester, NY
RNY on 01/21/13

You've lost an average of 4.5 pounds per week -- that's not slow.

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