4 weeks out and haven't lost weight!

[EggWithLegs 23]

I haven't lost any weight since leaving the hospital! None! What's going on?

[Sabredy12 55]

Well lucky u cause I've put on 8lbs!!

[linda305 173]

Im in the same boat. I had surgery December 3 and only lost 8 pounds. I thought i was on my own.

[linda305 173]

I mean 9lbs

[gmanbat 5,889]

If I remember right my real weight loss didn't start to kick in until I was on solids. I think metabolisms have to be healed and normalized. Once you get things moving and your body heals it will get going. Remember, it's fat loss you want, not smaller numbers on a scale. Inches lost trumps weight loss.

Edited December 27, 2013 by gmanbat

[Jerzygurl 372]

Are you tracking everything you eat? Are you measuring? Getting in the prescribed amount of Protein and Water in-take?

Some people are slow losers which isn't a bad thing at all.

I'd prefer to lose inches than weight (luckily right now it's both) but I agree with Gmanbat--inches definitely trump the scale.

[linda305 173]

I weigh ny food but suck when it comes to my liquid intake. I lost 13 pounds during my 2 week pre op diet and only lost 9 after surgery. I thought i would if been down 20 pounds after surgery by now.

[linda305 173]

I weigh ny food but suck when it comes to my liquid intake. I lost 13 pounds during my 2 week pre op diet and only lost 9 after surgery. I thought i would if been down 20 pounds after surgery by now.

[Seela 1,187]

Same here.. I thought I would never lose but after a while it just started coming off. Since surgery I have AVERAGED about 3.3 lbs per week. Slower than some... great by me! Hang in there

[LuminousLife 145]

I haven't lost any weight since leaving the hospital! None! What's going on?

How far out are you?

[Jerzygurl 372]

I weigh ny food but suck when it comes to my liquid intake. I lost 13 pounds during my 2 week pre op diet and only lost 9 after surgery. I thought i would if been down 20 pounds after surgery by now.

My NUT told me, it is paramount to get your Water in because it helps breakdown the fat cells and shed the weight. I've made it so that I put liquid Protein in my Water, so I kill two birds with one stone.

Try to sip it all day long..and only stop when the required time before and after your meals.

It works for me. I start as soon as I wake up and sip all day..before you know it, you're over 64 oz.

Good Luck. If all else fails, call your doctor's office and asked to see the NUT, they may have some suggestions to get you moving. From what I've read here, for some, it just takes longer and then it starts to come off quickly.

Edited December 27, 2013 by Jerzygurl

[EggWithLegs 23]

One month out.

[newme101513 25]

it's normal i think - you have a ton of Water weight from the iv's you've been hooked up to. i remember being weighed before surgery then weighing myself when i got home and i was really upset. your body is going to be pretty swollen a little while after surgery so it's going to take a little bit of time for that to come off, and when it does, you will start to see the numbers getting lower and lower. also, not to be too gross, but once you start having regular bowel movements that will help too. i know i drop a little bit of weight after i go lol

Edited December 27, 2013 by newme101513

[EggWithLegs 23]

My Dr didn't give me very many post instructions. I'm on well chewed solids. I can eat almost anything. Still not losing any weight.

[EggWithLegs 23]

It's been a month, you'd think my hospital Water weight would be gone.