no loss?

[Seela 1,187]

Hi, I was sleeved on Monday the 21st so its been 4 days, I'm doing everything right but I've actually gained a pound. This is so frustrating

[MichiganChic 3,262]

Way too soon to be frustrated, plenty of time for that We've all been there, and I understand that it just can't come off fast enough! But it's normal to gain a little in the beginning, it's just Water weight from the insult to your body from the surgery. Just follow your plan and the scale will drop. And - it's normal to not lose at all for periods of time, and it's normal to see a big drop for no apparent reason. Weight just doesn't come of in a predictable way, but I do think your body is shifting and adjusting all the time. Good luck.

[Arts137 1,811]

I gained 10 pounds in the hospital. My MD warned me (it was all Water weight). In two weeks I had just barely returned to pre-surgical weight. BUT, since then I lose slowly but consistantly!

Don't expect a sprint. Expect a long slow process (This is forever, remember -- your stomach will not grow back).

[RJ'S/beginning 5,358]

Hi, I was sleeved on Monday the 21st so its been 4 days, I'm doing everything right but I've actually gained a pound. This is so frustrating

Do me a favor...Don't fall into the trap of weighing yourself every single day....once a week, every two weeks, or like me every month and a half or longer....So frustrating to be glued to the scale..It does not tell the entire story....Michiganchick is right...good advice from her!!

[goirish78 100]

If only this were an exact science...so frustrating when we're doing all the things we need to but we don't see movement where we'd like to see it. You are on the right track and if you give your body some time to heal and right itself, you'll start seeing things move in the right direction. Also, I agree with RJ...I only weigh once a week...I find it too emotionally wracking to do it any more often than that, and I find my biggest losses are the week after I've had a weigh-in where I've maintained or only lost a little (I think it makes me work harder lol).

Hang in there and remember that you have all of us here to support you!!

[Seela 1,187]

I just don't know what I would do without this forum. I know you are all right. Thank you for the encouragement. Patients has never been one of my virtues!

[Bombs 353]

I just don't know what I would do without this forum. I know you are all right. Thank you for the encouragement. Patients has never been one of my virtues!

seela. You can do this. Focus on the healing and get your liquids on