AshBro

It has been 15 days since I had my sleeve. At first I was happy with the weight loss, but it has been a week since I have lost anything and actually i have gained 2 pounds. Everyone I know that had this surgery said the weight just melts off of you but I am not seeing this... am i doing something wrong? Also, I have found that my experience with the sleeve is vastly different than how others have experienced. For example, my surgeon told me that I would only be able to eat a bite of banana and I would be full. Well... I ate half the banana and chewed my bites up really really well but i could have kept going. I only stopped for safety concerns. I don’t seem to have the restriction that everyone else has. I’m not saying that i don’t have ANY restriction. Just saying that it is a lot less than other people’s. I was really scared about having this surgery because of the lifelong change, but the main motivation was to feel better. However, if I am not going to lose the weight like I am supposed to it is goung to make me really discouraged. I was told I would around 30 pounds the first month by my surgeon. I am starting week 3 and have only lost 11. Someone please enlighten me... what am i doing wrong?

I was not “refuting” the advice. I was just explaining what I was told by a surgeon who has told the same thing to hundreds of other people who have taken his advice and had the results he promised. Also, you all act as if I am consuming nothing but carbs. At this point, I am only two weeks postop. I am lucky to get even 600 calories in a day, and in two weeks have had one banana. A typical day for me is a protein shake and two eggs in a 24 hour period. Hence, why I am wondering why I am still not losing any weight. I haven’t lost on ZERO carbs, and I haven’t lost on minimal carbs. Therefore, I was reaching out for possible reasons. I am well educated on nutrition and although my surgeon wants 100 carbs, a more realistic number for me is 50- but I haven’t even been getting that much of them. The only carbs I have consumed consist of the foods I have tested for tolerance while advancing my diet such as the banana which took two days to eat. I want some carbs because I need vegetables and fruit. Why? Because I want my vitamins and nutrients to come from SOME natural sources rather than 100% supplements. Regardless of the very few carbs I consume, it would seem to me that cutting my diet down from around 3200 calories a day to about 600-700 would produce some weight loss. I guess time will tell. If nothing else, I am scheduled for another checkup on the 28th and will consult them about what is going on.

Hello Introvert, I am only eating Bananas because my surgeon told me to. It is part of my post-op diet progress during week two. And I’ve only had one. I am supposed to be getting 70-100 grams of protein a day as well as about 100 carbs from fruits and vegetables and at least 64 ounces of fluid. I believe my surgeon has placed these expectations on me because that is what is the norm for his patients. He has been doing this for 15 years and it is his primary focus unlike other surgeons who do it as more of a side thing. I hope I lose more than one pound a month or I will seriously regret having it done as the whole reason was to get it off quick because I have extreme back and leg issues. Otherwise, I probably could have managed it on my own without having 80% of my stomach removed 😐. Congratulations on your 100 pound weightloss. That is a great accomplishment. I hope I can come back here and say the same one day. Thank you for replying.