Plateau has ended, but at what cost!

[Kimiky 5]

The last few days have been ROUGH! I am 27 post op and since Friday I have felt like Ive been run over by a truck! Between a weird pain about an inch below my sternum, to not being able to eat more than a bite or two, horrible nausea, and a constant headache, My body has somehow pushed through the last 2 week plataue since i started eating mushies and solids again. I lost 25 pounds the first week and a half then NOTHING! But since Friday, with feeling HORRIBLE, I have lost 4 more pounds. Im excited the scale has moved but goodness I don't like feeling like this at all!!!!

It started thursday night when I tried to chew one of my nasty Vitamins. They make me sick everytime I eat one, but this time the sick didn't go away. I felt a bit better friday during the day but then friday night It hit me hard! I didn't eat anything I shouldn't have, still mostly on mushy and soft food, and dont remember feeling like anything got stuck. I did sneeze really hard and felt a sharp pain in my lower abdomen but thats it.... Oh and I did take a sip of my husbands wine friday night before I realized it was a bubbly one, but it was a really little sip. Not sure whats going on, but will be calling the doc tomorrow if I am not feeling any better.

I will take any advice ya have of what might be going on, or suggestions of how to make it stop.

Today I was able to get down about 1/3 cup of chicken broth and a couple bites of shredded chicken, and have only drank about 2 bottles of Water because im having to sip a lot smaller than I have been... Yesterday I got NOTHING in, so maybe I'm on my way to recovery.

Any ideas?!?!

[Dave_NW 92]

Your doctor is the only one who can help diagnose whether you're having a problem with your band, and what to do about it. Good luck on that score.

I wanted to let you know about your weight loss right now. You are NOT on a plateau. When you're in the first few weeks post-op, and on a mostly liquid diet, your system is flushing Water weight. The large weight loss you've experienced is totally normal. But when you start eating "real" food again, your metabolism slows down, and processes that food in a different way than it does a liquid diet. When you're back fully on solids, your weight loss will be even slower - for a few weeks. But if you stick to your daily diet regimen and exercise plan, and let each day look like the day before, after a time your body will reset the metabolism set point, and your weight loss will continue. it isn't a plateau, it's your body adjusting to the changes in diet you're giving it.

A big thing you'll want to know and fully understand as you move forward on this journey: Weight loss is rarely linear or constant. Instead of picturing your weight loss as the side of a loading ramp, that slants downward steadily and smoothly, picture the side view of a staircase instead. You'll go along on the horizontal step for a bit, then suddenly drop down to the next lower step. You go along on that step for a bit, then drop down to the next lower step. The length of time on one step will vary, as will the height of the drop to the next lower step.

I have my diet and exercise plan set to lose two pounds a week, but that doesn't mean I lose a pound every three and a half days. It means on average, I'm losing two pounds a week. I've been losing about ten pounds a month, but I may go a couple of weeks without losing anything on the scale, then suddenly drop a pound a day for three or four days. It's not consistent, other than to continue moving downward.

So as you move forward in your journey, don't get frustrated if you go a week or two without losing anything on the scale. Keep focused and doing what you know you should, and the weight will drop off when it's ready. The biggest issue I've seen is people getting freaked out and start changing up their routine, without giving their bodies a chance to catch up to the steady changes we're pushing on it.

Good luck with your journey, and hope your doctor will tell you everything is okay with your band!

Dave

[Jachut 487]

My weight loss experience was exactly what Dave describes.

I hope you get this sorted with your doc, but it *could* simply be that you've irritated your stomach, particularly the stoma area and you're swollen and having difficulty eating. i'd go right back to liquids for a couple of days, its probably what your doc will tell you to do anyway.

[Kimiky 5]

My weight loss experience was exactly what Dave describes.

I hope you get this sorted with your doc, but it *could* simply be that you've irritated your stomach, particularly the stoma area and you're swollen and having difficulty eating. i'd go right back to liquids for a couple of days, its probably what your doc will tell you to do anyway.

Thanks guys for the great information... I went to the DR today because I wasnt feeling any better. They did an upper GI and said everything looks PERFECT. Said it might be my gal bladder and to go to ER if I had any more pain or call them in a couple days if nausea doesnt go away.. then jokingly said "you sure your not pregnant?" Of course after going through fertility treatments for 8 years and 15 years of trying, and adopting my son being newly married and hadnt had any luck, pregnancy seemed impossible. But because of my crazy obsessed mind when someone says that to me, I normally take a test, see that its negative so I wont obsess about it anymore... so thats what i did.. .come to find out I am PREGNANT! 6 weeks pregant actually which means I went through surgery pregnant.... Im in complete and total shock.... I have appt tomorrow with OBGYN and phone call waiting to talk to surgeon already in.. Guess my weightloss is on hold... WOW.. im in shock.

[Dave_NW 92]

Thanks guys for the great information... I went to the DR today because I wasnt feeling any better. They did an upper GI and said everything looks PERFECT. Said it might be my gal bladder and to go to ER if I had any more pain or call them in a couple days if nausea doesnt go away.. then jokingly said "you sure your not pregnant?" Of course after going through fertility treatments for 8 years and 15 years of trying, and adopting my son being newly married and hadnt had any luck, pregnancy seemed impossible. But because of my crazy obsessed mind when someone says that to me, I normally take a test, see that its negative so I wont obsess about it anymore... so thats what i did.. .come to find out I am PREGNANT! 6 weeks pregant actually which means I went through surgery pregnant.... Im in complete and total shock.... I have appt tomorrow with OBGYN and phone call waiting to talk to surgeon already in.. Guess my weightloss is on hold... WOW.. im in shock.

Oh, wow! That's great! And sure explains a lot. Good luck to you!

Dave

[katiejane 3]

congratulations

[klariade 7]

CONGRATS! I am curious though, did they do a pregnancy test pre-op? That's pretty standard procedure, as they won't operate if the test comes back positive because it is too dangerous. So unless you were "fixed" (which obviously you're not) they should've done a pregnancy test. If they didn't, I would be asking why because they are putting your baby at risk. Not trying to dampen your happy news, just wondering! Congrats again!

[cat lady 10]

What wonderful news! Congratulations. God sure does work in strange ways. Losing weight is important but nothing compared to the miracle of birth. Enjoy your new journey. My friend just had twins after being banded and did just find. They unfilled her band for her pregnancy and she did fine. Now 6 months after giving birth....they gave her a fill. Notihing is impossible.....just keep the faith. CAT