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I stopped taking it after surgery too!

Took me 3 weeks before I felt comfortable sleeping on my stomach again. I started to sleep on my side with a pillow propped under me at about 1-2 weeks to slowly move back in the right direction.

I am down 42 lbs too but my 3 month mark was last week. I am losing slower than I would have anticipated (I started at 346 SW on 10.1) but still happy to be going in the right direction overall.

I am in the same boat as you and we are surgery twins - 10.1.19! I started out 50 lbs heavier than you though so am feeling even more of a failure. I lost 38 as of this morning since surgery. I am trying to convince myself of positives of slow weight loss but finding it hard and extremely frustrating too as I don’t want this to fail either. I have heard some success stories, even at slow pace that keep me going - like catwoman . We can support each other when venting needed as I totally understand. I know I have not been this weight in many years so that is a huge positive! My doc also said I am not eating enough either and I do find I stall out if I don’t track my food and watch I am not dipping to low.! Just seems so counterintuitive but everyone is different - right? We can do this! I went in for my labs this weekend and it looks like my iron is low ...wondering if that is not helping with anything either?

Thank you very much! The head games are for real and I will push through. This change is forever and I want it to be a success.

Thank you so much for this! I needed to hear this success story. You rock! Trying to think positive thoughts like “ slower may be better long term”...” maybe people won’t think I am dying because I am not losing weight so fast😀”...”maybe my body will have time to adjust and help with my saggy skin”... searching for all the positives so I don’t go off track. The good news is that I cannot eat to soothe myself like in the past. It is such a strange transition to have to finally face this issue and not have an easy way out. That I am thankful for, every day. Thanks again and congrats to you on your success! I cannot wait to be 20 months out and look back on this post and laugh at myself.

I was probably at 600-800 a day but after talking with the nutritionist I am now at 1000 (1200 for exercise days). This seemed to help for a few days and now I am stalled out again. I have lost .5 lbs in the last 7 days. Trying to increase me activity to give myself a boost and definitely have more energy.

I am about 2 1/2 months out and have lost 35lbs. 18 of the was lost by 2 weeks post op. I know I am not supposed to compare myself to others journey but it is becoming hard to not feel like a failure. If I didn’t start at such a high weight I don’t know if I would still feel the same. I did call the nutritionist and they just verified the basics...water, protein, exercise,etc.... and told me to track and maybe increase my food intake. Here are my stats: HW: 392 SW: 347 CW: 312 GW:180 I am trying to keep my mind from going to this negative place but getting so down on myself. In my head I would be below 300 by 3 months out and it looks like that is not going to happen. I have a conference and plane ride the first week in January that I was hoping to fit much better in plane seats for. Any one out there as heavy as me and lost this slow and still made it to goal? I love what this surgery has done for my ability to conquer my eating addiction but don’t understand why the weight is not falling off when I am eating so little. I just need to get over the pace this is happening for me and just know it WILL happen if I stay the course. It just makes it harder to beat the head games when success is so much slower than expected. I need to stay strong and need sone help!

I have a terrible time with my pills I crush too, so gross!!! I have found white chocolate pudding has covered to bitter taste better than anything and I have tried a lot of options. I also chase it right after with a calcium chew to cover it up even more. Good luck!

I was incredibly hungry myself after surgery for weeks until I could start to eat solid foods. It was frustrating but I promise you will feel the restriction once you can eat solids too. Just stick with the plan until then:)!

I am a month out too and one of mine had the glue disconnect and pull away part of the scab last week. It made it start to get really irritated, sore, and a little oozy. I called the doctor today and they told me to remove the glue since it was partly disconnecting and wash the incision with soap and water or hydrogen peroxide if I did not want to wash it. Overall needed to air it out so it could rescab again. I am hoping it looks much better in the morning but if not I have to go see them in the office just to be sure.

Me too 3 weeks and 2 days post op and I lost 13 lbs the first week but now only 2 more in the last 2 weeks. I join everyone in how frustrating that is. I keep on telling my husband...”how can I not be losing weight? I am not eating hardly anything. How is that even physically possible”. I am so very glad to see I am not alone. I have not been sleeping enough and am stressed to the max at work so I will try to get some sleep tonight and see if I can break this thing!

I am experiencing the same thing. Surgery on 10/1 and I have lost 14 lbs since then but been stalled the last 7 days. I am following all the guidelines too but weight not budging. I went up my 2 week post op apt yesterday and they told me to get off the scale for this first 2 months because I should not be focused on weight loss at this stage yet. This first few months should be about progressing through the diet phases to get back to solids, getting familiar with what foods you can tolerate now post opp, and healing. I don’t like this answer because I currently weigh everyday because it makes me keep myself accountable. Trying to make this mental shift for my own sanity though because I want this to be successful. I do still feel like I am losing inches even though the scale I s not budging. Are you measuring?

My team outlines that if you can finish the shake within an hour you should count as a meal. If you are sipping throughout the day it is just a snack. I know all programs are different but this is the guideline I go with. I usually have my shake as breakfast too so I can start with a blast of protien and easy way to start the day too. I am 2 weeks post op today also!

Thank you Panda! You just made me feel so much better and I needed it. I have lost 13 lbs since surgery but literally only 1 lb lost in the last 7 days. Seems not possible but trying to stay the course. I know we have different programs but how many calories are you eating right now? I started to introduce purées the last few days and wondering if that increase in calories is causing this or not? I went from 400-500 to 600-800 calories when I started this next stage but wondering if that is too much? I cannot believe I am asking if 800 calories is too much - seriously! 😀