Newbie ~ 3 weeks postop

[nerak0127 0]

Hi, I had band surgery 3 weeks ago. I am in no pain and had no issues with gas. I started walking the day of my surgery. I am walking 2 miles a day and using some weights. I have had no issues with eating. I am eating Protein Shakes, yogurt, cheese stick, tuna, egg salad, chicken and mushy vegetables. I have not lost any weight in 2 weeks. I have lost 25 pounds. I lost 15 pounds in the 2 week liquid diet before surgery. I am feeling defeated. I won't get a fill until November 12th. There are no support group meetings in my area until Nov. 7th. Am I just over anxious?? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

[Bandista 7,466]

Defeated? Not at all! You have lost twenty-five pounds and have not even really begun yet. I have not had my surgery yet but my understanding is that the band has been installed then comes the adjustable part of your adjustable lapband, the fill. You are doing everything right, the Protein, the exercise. Your body is healing. The weight is going to come off but this is a time many people have a hard time with -- the in-between time. Keep up the good work and November 12 will be here before you know it. In about 5-6 weeks please remind me of all this when I am in this place! I hope I'm 25 down then. That's 25 you'll never see again.

[MrsFraga2016 72]

I am also in the same boat! I posted this same problem last week. I've tried increasing my calories to 1200 and cut my carbs and finally after 2 weeks of no weight loss finally i lost a pound as of this morning after doing this for 4 days. I am 20 days post op today.

Hang in there!

[ccjll 177]

I've done my share of yo-yo dieting, and your bodies are in confusion mode holding onto every lb it can - but you just wait, over the next few weeks, like a snap of a finger you will loose many lbs at one time... I know that it took me right at the 6-7 week mark on Jenny Craig without cheating at all the 1200 calorie diet and then boom - I went out to eat at a restaurant and was very good with my choices and I came home and lost like 3 lbs from leaving for dinner - swear, no lie. Then the weight just started melting off - but it took two months of HARD work to finally get at to this point. I'm getting banded tomorrow and keeping this in mind - hoping that I'll have 20lbs gone for Christmas and then 10lbs a month there after... I'm bound and determined! Keep the faith y'all!!!

[terrydumont46 1,954]

you are normal. you lost a good deal of weight and now your body is yelling no, it's in survival mode. keep doing what you are doing. start keeping a log of food you eat. the Protein and calories. don't forget the Protein Drink. at minimum it has 100 cal. add it to fat free milk and you have 210 calories. it really opened my eyes when i kept an exact log of food intake. even healthy food has calories. good luck

[kshannon 69]

Also start measuring yourself - it's more encouraging that way if you start seeing inches over the scale moving. I'm 4 weeks post-op & I measured myself before surgery. I'm losing inches but the scale keeps telling me the same 1-3 lbs over & over again. Remember that we just shocked our body with a liquid diet & surgery, now let's give our body a chance to heal. I have remind myself constantly "slow & steady wins the race". As fast as I want the weight to come off, we have remind ourselves that we didn't put this weight on overnight. So you need to Celebrate your 25 lbs lost, that is truly an achievement.

[jennybean 175]

I am the same. I am 4 weeks post op as of tomorrow and have only lost 15 pounds since pre-op. And none of that is in the last couple of weeks. They are not really expecting you to lose weight at this point. You are healing now. Once you start getting fills, it will be a different story!! Don't worry

[mwsing 6]

I get a fill nov12 too I are a sandwich today should I be able to? Guess I'm wide open

[jennyback 1]

My situation is similar. It helped to read all of this. I keep getting paranoid that I am never going to lose any weight no matter what I do. But I've lost almost 30 already and am not even 2 weeks post-op. Hungry!

[dmh102 51]

Just a thought do you all think the more weight you have to lose the faster it will come off at the beginning. Also, does anyone remember how long their stomach was swollen. I just feel like it has not gone down that much or am I in a hurry only 3 weeks in.

[Gary John 49]

Its been 18 days for me lost around 7 pounds give a take 1 or 2 either way, as far as eating my wife controls that feeds me Protein first then my vegetables around 4 oz a meal yes at times i get a little hungry, and at times if i eat any more i would threw it up. i found out once i am getting close i get the hiccups