Is There Such A Thing As Too Much Too Fast?

[KevinL 0]

Is there such a thing as too much too fast? I Started my pre op diet on Oct 12, 2012, my begin wieght was 337, yesterday was my 4 week post op mark, and I wieghed myself this morning and I am down to 278, if i am not mistaken thats 59lbs. Granted I was down to 309 the day of the surgery on Oct 22, 2012. but altogether it seems like its a lot of lbs to loose in a short amount of time. I beleave I will slow down as soon as I can start to eat better, but as it is now I am not holding down much, I can do a protien shake, it takes about an hour to get down, I can eat some soft foods like yogurt and apple sauce but only about three very small bites at a time, then i am done for hours.

I had my surgery done out of the US, for a couple reasons, first of all the bariatric surgen would not even talk to me because I take narcartics for pain, plus the local surgen wants 25K to 30K so I went out of the country (Mexico), The doctors and nurses were exeplery they were so nice and accomidating to our every need it seemed like, but the only problem is there is no follow up care which i would have thought that if you follow the diet like it says there should not be any problems, but to my surprise there are unforseen things that one just does not think about, like I think the doctor might have made my stomach pouch too small be cause it is really hard to keep anything down, but maybe this is the way its suppose to be, time will tell.

[Holly5.3 423]

It sounds like you're doing great! I was worried about sleeve size too-your sleeve is swollen (almost shut) after the surgery, only liquids can trickle down. It gets better little by llittke. I am 6 weeks post-op Thursday and I can eat an 8 oz yogurt or pudding, but only a few teaspoons of chicken or tuna-it's denser. Sit back and enjoy the pounds melting off! You've drastically reduced your fats, sugars abd calories so your body can burn the fat-it's a wonderful thing! I miss chewing crunchy foods the most, but I am down over 50 pounds since Pre-op diet in August, sooooo I can stand "missing the crunch!" good luck!

[scorpion509 107]

Kevin, yes your stomach is swollen very very much and it will be healing with time and you start to notice that you can drink much easy and by 2nd month you would be able to eat 6 oz of yogurt at once. Just be patient about weight loss I heard that man loosing faster then women. so keep it going. and I am sure that your body will slow down to adjust the new weight and after continue to loose again.

Good Luck.

[healthiermom 27]

are you vomiting at all?