JillBengt

My starting weight was 269. I lost 18 pounds in two-weeks on the 800 calorie pre-op liquid diet. I am now at 251. The strange thing is, despite getting only 300 to 500 calories a day the first two days after surgery and then back to 800 yesterday, I haven't lost anything more. This happened to my friend as well. She and I are doing this together although she is 2 weeks ahead of me. Until she started eating mushy foods, she didn't lose anything. The first week of mushy foods she lost 7 pounds. We theorized that the body just needs more calories. If you eat too little, your body rebels and holds on to everything. My doctor requires all his patients to stick to 10 days of liquids after the surgery. It is weird when I hear all these other lap banders from the 13th already eating. Maybe that is why they are losing already and I am not. Oh well, it will happen!

Good luck today. I am off to my first sporting event. Jill