Not loosing.....

Hi I am hoping someone can ease my mind!

I had surgery on October 26th and gained 8lbs in the hospital. Since I have been out I lost that plus another 21. Since Saturday I have gained 1lb back and cant seem to get the weight going again!

Anyone else had this happen???

Christine

Hi Christine,

Yes - to all of it! I had my RNY the day after you and same thing.  Gained 8 lbs in the hospital from all the fluids they were pushing in me.  Since I have been home I have lost about 20 lbs.  But I am already at a little stall now too.  One day 195 and the next 196.  I have noticed that drinking lots of water or fluids does seem to help. 

I was reading some other posts on the main board about stalls and am going to try eating a little more today and making positive I get my water in.  Maybe that will kick start it. 

Good Luck and let me know if you think of anything!

Jeanne

Thanks Jeanne!!!

That is what I was thinking too...I know when i did weigh****chers the less i ate the less i lost so I added a Dannon Light Smoothie which has I think 6g of Protein and 2.5 of fat last night. I am having a hard time figuring out what to eat though!

I am doing a protein shake for breakfast with ff milk.
Typically for lunch I have a scrambled egg and a piece of string cheese
For dinner it just depends...tried tuna and it almost killed me. Yesterday I had some potatoes but I am trying to stay away from carbs. It sucks when you are eating like this and the weight goes nowhere LOL.

I have a lot more to loose then you... I started at 374 and got down to 326 for surgery. I am hovering at 305 or so now. God I would love to be below 300 by the end of the month!!! I have not been under 300 since I was in High School!

Thanks for the note...I will let you know what happens and please do the same!

 First let me start by congradulating you for what you have lost!!! Great Job!! I am not in s stall but I just wanted to share that I can't wait to be under 300 too!!! Gosh! I had gained 125lbs when I was pregnant! (10 years ago) so I went strsaght from 200 to 325 and never saw a number under 300 ever since!!! Keep me in the loop of your success! :)

G Rod

Hi I had surgery Oct 19/09 and gained 8lbs in the hospital , went home and in 2 1/2 weeks lost 26 lbs, in the 2 weeks after that GAINED 5lbs, going to my family Dr. tomorrow for my 6 week check up and praying I'm down. Everyone I have chatted with tells me it's a stall and my body  is trying to catch up. Will see what tomorrow brings.

I HAD MY SURGERY ON THE SAME DAY.  AT MY PRE OP TEST I WAS 300# AND 304# THE DAY I CAME HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL.  IT SEEMED LIKE I WAS LOSING PRETTY GOOD UP UNTIL MY 3RD WEEK.  SINCE THEN THE SCALE HAS SLOWED DOWN CONSIDERABLY, HOWEVER I DON'T THINK I HAVE GOTTEN ALL MY WATER/FLUIDS IN YET.  MY NUT. SAID I NEEDED ABOUT 60 GRAMS OF PROTEIN, AND I HOVER AROUND ABOUT THAT USUALLY, SOMETIMES MAKING IT AND SOMETIMES NOT.  I HAVE 'CHEATED' A FEW TIMES.  FRIED CHICKEN HERE AND A COOKIE THERE BUT ALL IN ALL I FOLLOW MY DIET WELL.  NO POTATOES, NO RICE, NO BREAD, NO PASTA, NO REFINED SUGARS.

EVERYDAY I JUST WORK HARDER TO GET MY FLUIDS IN AND HOPE IT HELPS.

Christine...you are absolutely gorgeous! Read back through my journals from when I had surgery. Stalling is normal....you have to eat! You need to be pushing for 100 grams of protein a day and lots of water...cheese, meat, crab legs, nuts, is how I made it through! It's a process ....do what you need to do and I promise the process will work!

Oh...NO cheating! You want something sweet...make a no carb cheesecake...you want fried....fry it in soy flour..... There are variations for everything you used to eat....You can do it!