How Much Weight?

[fredpayne 1]

I think you guys are forgetting the fact I had this surgery TWO (2) years ago. And yes there were some very harsh words spoken, I even started a website about the Doc. I still feel he lied to me and I spent a buttload of money for nothing. (Except for losing 20 pounds)

[Rootman 1,101]

See I toldya, all over the board. If you lost ANYTHING the first week you're ahead.

[vikkic 11]

Thanks all,5 days out,stepped on scale, 6 pounds was dissapointed at first ,not sure why except maybe my emotions are all over the place anyways,but I know not to excpect anything and plan on hiding the scale for at least a month now.

[Izuri 428]

I think you guys are forgetting the fact I had this surgery TWO (2) years ago. And yes there were some very harsh words spoken, I even started a website about the Doc. I still feel he lied to me and I spent a buttload of money for nothing. (Except for losing 20 pounds)

20 pounds sounds very low to have a significant effect on your health. Have you thought about trying to continue losing weight and seeing if it makes more of a difference? And this seems like a strange thread to be posting your experience on this in. Did you mean to start this as a new topic? I feel like your concerns would be better answered/responded to that way.

[Izuri 428]

There is no set amount you 'should' or 'shouldn't' lose. Not in the first week. Not in the first month. Not in the first year. Your sleeve and your loss are individuals. Your loss week to week is made up by a number of factors, including but not limited to: Your starting weight, how much you eat, your metabolism, how tall you are, your gender, how much you move, whether your body is retaining Water, whether you're sleeping enough, whether it's that time of the month, how much Protein you got in, how many carbs you ate daily, whether your body feels like losing this week, whether you slept on the right side of the bed, whether you had tea or water....are you getting my point?

There are so many variables that are so different for each person that even if I told you I lost 30 pounds in the first week, it would not give you any clue how much you should lose, and in fact, would probably only make you feel bad because you didn't lose as much. But maybe I weighed 400 pounds and was loading up on 10 gallons of Water the week before and you weighed 190 and weren't retaining water to begin with.

My point being, a loss is a loss is a loss =) The weight will come off in time, and I'm planning to Celebrate every single pound that I lose because it's one less that is on my fat bum to lose the next week!

*Edited because I fail at spelling