Hi Angie,

If you are not in pain, I don't think you messed anything up (but I'm not a doctor). You had surgery about 5 days before me and we lost about the same amount of weight in the first two weeks. I stopped losing weight about two and a half weeks out and actually gained a pound and a half, then bounced up and down on the scale with that same pound and a half for almost two weeks. I've read other accounts online where people didn't lose for three or four weeks after a big drop like we had.

I decided when it started depressing me, not to weigh myself everyday. I did try on clothes and that was exciting to see that things were loser and others things fit that had not previously.

Another thing I did was to try to increase my fluid and protein intake, but really I do not think this is what made the scale move again, I think my body was just ready to let go of a few more pounds. But by focussing on my protein and water (I was not meeting the goals for either by the way) it gave me something else to focus on besides the scale. I also think that down the line water and protein are the key for living healthy.

Definitely contact your surgeon's office and/or nutritionist. After my weight stall I've dropped an additional four pounds, but I think my body is gearing up to stall again (been at the same weight for a couple of days). I'll probably stop weighing myself daily again if I weigh the same thing tomorrow. My surgeon said this is absolutely normal last week when I had a follow-up visit and told me to stay off the scale (once a week if I had to).

Good luck!

Dee Dee

P.S. If you haven't already done so, you may want to post to the post-op forum to get more support and ideas.

Hey Dee Dee,

Thank you so much for the words of encouragement, I really needed it. I think you are right I need to lay off the scale and call my suregon's office. I also just started finally hitting my daily water intake too.

Thanks again and I will stay postive!!!

Angie