First Two Weeks Post-Op

[MindiJean 93]

Do you recall how much weight you lost in the two weeks following your surgery?

I'm going to my first surgical follow-up on Monday, which will be 12 days post-op. I don't know what is expected?

[Cindy vsg 7]

I don't think you need to worry about what's expected. Each person and each experience is different. Some of us leave the hospital having gained from all the extra fluids and sometimes it takes the body a while to get rid if it. I think you should just concentrate on following your plan and your body will do what it's going to do. Don't worry about what others expect your results to be

All that being said, I lost 11 lbs in 12 days, then nothing for a week and it's been 2-3lbs since then. I'm 5 weeks out.

[TurnThePage 220]

The only thing that is expected is that you have done your best to work towards meeting your daily Protein and Water goals and taken good care of yourself.

Everything else will follow in due time, just stick with your program!

[CathyA 35]

I kinda get caught up in comparing myself too. Worrying that I am not losing enough and I'm only 12 days post op. When I weighed myself the day I was leaving the hospital I as 8 lbs heavier than post op weight of 291. I was devastated as no one mentioned this might happen due to the iv fluids. Was relieved at my first dr apt to see I was at 284. If you are getting your Protein and liquids in and doing what you are supposed to, don't hold yourself to comparisons. We are all different. We have enough pressure to lose weight, eat responsibly and do what our body needs.... give yourself a break!

[Fluffnomore 1,235]

I agree with the above posters. Please try hard not to worry. I have a dear friend who was sleeved in June and has only lost small amounts in the last two months. I'm guessing that I already weigh 10 pounds less than she does. Even though she started 10-20 pounds over where I did. And I'm only 5 weeks out…and overall she has lost about 45 pounds, which is nothing to sneeze at!

But here's the thing. Who knows why? Who knows if my weight loss will slow down dramatically shortly? (I'd be willing to bet it might.) So we have stopped discussing our weight with each other, and I figure as long as the scale is going down that's all good.

This is such a subjective thing. And there is really no rhyme or reason other than our individual bodies and circumstances.

I will say this: my first doctor visit after surgery (so, from a week pre-op to a week post-op) I was down 17 pounds. Then I had a 4-week post-op visit and I'd lost another 9 pounds at that point. Any way you look at it, it was a slowdown and included a week-long stall. But that 9 pounds was probably more representative or on the high side of what I can expect to lose week-by-week from now on. I just track everything religiously and weigh in regularly, and there's not much else I can do now.

Oh! I also expect to stall out shortly because I get to go back to exercising later this week, and I do a lot of working out with weights. But hopefully that will start to refine my body composition.