Is my weight loss too slow for 6 weeks post op?

[svhonda 1]

I had surgery on Aug 15th, so I will 6 weeks post op tomorrow. My weight on the morning of the surgery was 251.8lbs. Upon discharge from the hospital I weighed 256.7lbs and as of today I am 227.5 lbs. So starting from the day of surgery I have lost about 24 lbs. Do you think this is normal or is it too slow. I am following my surgeon's meal plan religiously and have been walking about 1.5 to 2 miles at least 5 times a week. Is there something else I am supposed to be doing to get these numbers going?

[BBdoodle 483]

It takes a while for your body to adjust plus you are still healing. Everyone loses at their own pace, follow your surgeons directions and you will do fine. I am a slow loser but what gets me going is exercise and my hear rate up to where I am sweating and really working out.

[kespy74 103]

WOW, I think 24 pounds in 6 weeks is amazing!! You are also gaining muscle from the walking as well. Kudos for doing so great! Good luck and Good loss!

[JustRick 8]

Just think this time last year of someone said you could lose 24 pounds in six weeks you would call them CRAZY..
Keep up the good work.
Rick

[srofe5 56]

I am real close to your stats. My sugery was August 22. Day of surgery I weighed 247 and now I weigh 227.6. So, 20 pounds in 4 weeks and 2 days. I think you are about normal. Pat yourself on the back and lift a sack of potatoes to really give you an idea how much weight you've lost. Congratulations on the weight loss.

[DLCoggin 1,788]

Your weight loss is just that - YOUR weight loss. It's never a good idea to compare your weight loss to anyone else's weight loss. The fact that your loss is different than mine (or anyone's) means absolutely nothing. Sometimes you'll lose quickly. Sometimes more slowly. Sometimes not at all. It doesn't matter. What matters is that regardless of what your weight is doing, your focus is always the same - follow the protocol as closely to the letter as you possibly can and just let your body find its own way in its own time.

Having said that, consider the fact that you're averaging a loss of four pounds a week. To help you put that in perspective, if you maintained that loss for one year, you'd lose over 200 pounds. So I'd say you're doing nothing short of amazing!!

You're gonna love the new you!!

[vicki s 146]

im almost 8 weeks and have only lost 22 lbs, so i feel your frustration, but we have to fucus on the long term...like dave said if we maintained our loss for 1 yr we would lose 200 lbs..WOW...i dont want to lose 200 lbs!!

[DLCoggin 1,788]

im almost 8 weeks and have only lost 22 lbs, so i feel your frustration, but we have to fucus on the long term...like dave said if we maintained our loss for 1 yr we would lose 200 lbs..WOW...i dont want to lose 200 lbs!!

Lol. Although it does happen, folks rarely lose too much weight. Your body will know when it's at the weight it wants to be at. At that point, your weight will stabilize and losing more becomes notably more difficult. Your mind is not always as reliable but I believe it pays to listen to your body.

[Nel 189]

I'm certainly not an expert on weight loss and the schedules, let me just say:

I've lost 105 in about 6 months. Not six months yet...Oct 1 is my six month anniversary. I worried about my weight loss constantly. I'd only lose 2 pounds in a week or I'd plateau for 3 weeks straight....it was so horribly up and down emotional crap.

But pretty much everyone in the April group has lost pretty much the same amount. From what I can tell most are at 100 pounds. We lost it at different times...some lost a ton in the beginning...others like me did it steady...This surgery WILL make you lose weight. Just follow the plan, listen to your body and relax. You will succeed. I'd failed with my weight for so long..I had SUCH a bad image of myself in my head...I just knew I'd fail at this too. I did. I KNEW I'd fail.

But I didn't. I followed the plan and it's all fine. You won't fail either.

Anyway...just my experience.