Question:
I am now 4 weeks post op and havnt lost any weight in the last 2 weeks
Is this normal? I am getting in atleast 5 meals aday per my sergeon. I have lost 26 lbs and i just want to know if i am doing anything wrong. I start LA Fitness this weekend. I drink TONS of water (also is it normal to be able to gulp?...like only 3 sips=1 gulp) and i get alot of protein! What could i be doing wrong? — sandrac131 (posted on December 20, 2002)
December 19, 2002
Heya hun.. dont be discouraged.. your body is still adjusting to the new
you.. also.. as someone told me(cause i was upset about the same exact
thing) everyone loses differently.. and that is 26 lbs.. that are gone
forever..have you ever lost 26lbs in a month before surgery..??.. i thought
i was the one that wls just was not gonna work for..lol.. but now i am
almost 6weeks post op.. and i have lost 39lbs.. when i was at 3wks.. i had
lost only 20lbs.. and that was all in the first wk.. scale didnt move till
my one month app..so..give it time and relax..sounds like you are doing
everything ok.. *huggles and bb*..
— johanna F.
December 19, 2002
I was also a lightweight and the same thing happened to me. I lost 20
pounds then NOTHING for 3 weeks. I thought that was it for me. I was
devastated. Then when the weight started coming off again I went down 2
sizes overnight! My advice would be to keep doing what you are doing. The
weight will eventually come off. Even with that little delay, I still hit
my top goal at 7 mos and my current weight at 10 1/2 mos. The other thing
is to make sure you are taking your measurements. Sometimes the scale
doesn't move but you are still losing inches. If I had know that I could
have saved myself a lot of grief. I even had one lady at my surgeon's
office tell me that I couldn't be going thru a plateau that early. Bull
hockey! From what I've seen on here it's pretty common to have an early
plateau while your body catches up with itself. Don't worry, the weight
loss isn't over!
— ctyst
December 20, 2002
An early platue is sooooooooooooooooooo common. I didn't lose from about
week 3 to like week 6. I am down 120 pounds!
— cindy Q.
December 20, 2002
An early platue is sooooooooooooooooooo common. I didn't lose from about
week 3 to like week 6. I am down 120 pounds!
— cindy Q.
December 20, 2002
hi there sandra :) dont panic, what you are going through is so normal.
your body needs time to heal and get used to the new swing of things. your
ganna be suprised as the days, weeks ,months pass at the new you emerging.
try to make sure you eat enough , get your protein and water in and try not
to live on the scale, you will be just fine!!! best of luck to you ! :)
— carrie M.
December 21, 2002
I was so proud of my self at my 2 week checkup down 20 lbs. the booom!
plateu for 2 weeks. You would not have believed the stream of "f"
words when I kept weighing in and the scale was the same every dog gone
day. (as in I can't believe I had this f-ing surgery and lost 20 f-ing
pounds and can't eat anything but f-ing liquids etc for 2 straight weeks I
went thru it, then boom one day I was down 4 pounds, then more and a new
platue every few weeks. now at 3 months I am down 49 pounds and with a
wierd loss pattern, I think of plateau a week then drop several pounds,
repeat. Good luck , feel better soon.
— **willow**
December 21, 2002
Feel free to read my profile - it records this very frustration! I've been
on a plateau 3/4 of the time, but still lost 115 in 4 1/2 months!
— jen41766
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