Whats Normal?

[chasitybeatty 1]

I'm 9 days post op. I had 7 days preop liquid diet. Preop lost 8lbs. Than the first 3 days post op lost 4lbs more! Total 12 lbs but I've stop losing the last 6 days Ill go up lbs and down a lb. So I really didn't think I should be having such problems this early out! I'm getting my Protein in? Maybe I need more Water? My husband keeps asking me how much did u lose today and I've gotta say nothing! And he reminds me we self paid for this! Nice! Lol

[frumpynomore 204]

I am 4 months out and often experience stalls. That is all it is! You will continue to lose weight...just give it time. Chart your food intake on myfitnesspal.com and you can visually see what you are eating and drinking and then you can adjust accordingly. It is still so soon since your surgery that you shouldn't worry about the pounds yet. Good luck on your journey....YOU WILL LOSE WITH TIME!

[chasitybeatty 1]

Tks I got on that's a cool app.

[PdxMan 4,292]

For starters, you are WAAAAY too early to be weighing every day and worrying about weight loss. Your body is still healing.

Let's take a look at this objectively. You just had 85% of your stomach removed. You are eating between 300-500 calories a day. What does it mean if you lose 1 or 2 pounds? That you lost fat? What about the swelling in your stomach and your incisions? That is basically Water and it is reducing ... right? What if you don't lose at all? Does this mean you are a failure and you won't lose any weight at all? What if you gain? Does this mean you are gaining fat?

Really?

It is so easy to get your head spinning around during these early days, but you have to remember your body is healing. It just went through major surgery. It is no longer being fed the way it was. There are some adjustments that it has to make. Give it room to do this without worrying. Again, you just had 85% of your stomach removed. You have read the postings on the forum. Do you really think you are not going to lose?

Stop weighing yourself. It does yourself no good and sound like it may be giving an unsupportive husband ammunition to help sabotage your self esteem. Just don't do it yourself. No good can come of it. Wait a couple weeks. Weigh yourself monthly. You will see losses and it will do wonders for your self esteem. (Plus disarm any non-supporters in your life) If people ask, "How much did you lose today?", tell them that you are not going to be a slave to scale and that you don't know. It is non of their business, anyway.