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I am 2 weeks post op and I'm already at a stall!!!! How is this possible? I lost 12lbs my first week and 0 my 2nd. What am I doing wrong or is this normal?

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Thats normal. A lot of people hit a stall. I hit mine at about 2 1/2 weeks and it picked up again about a week or 2 later. Make sure your drinking your Water

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That's the thing, I have not been getting nearly as much Water as I am supposed to :-( if I increase my water intake, will that make a difference in my weightloss?

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You're doing fine...be patient. You're body just went thru MAJOR SURGERY.

Right now the scale is not your friend - I would suggest not weighing more than once per week. If you can handle it, I would not weigh again for another month. (I had my husband hide the scale and he brought it out once per week - it saved my sanity.)

Your body is trying to figure out what's going on - you just removed most of a major organ, you're not eating anything and you just went under anesthesia. Be gentle on yourself and your body. The weight will come off, I promise.

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@@sleeved215, you're going to be fine. Just continue to follow your doc/NUT orders - that's important and will lead to success.

I also suggest to walk as much as you are able - it will help with the healing process and burn calories.

Best of luck to you! You got this.

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I had ended up in emergency twice for dehydration. Thats the period I noticed the scale wasnt moving. When I upped my Water and getting my Protein in I noticed the scale moving in the right direction

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Seems water/protein is the common denominator in weight loss so from this point forward I will make sure I get my 64oz minimum of fluids and 60-80gms Protein and hopefully this time next week I can see a difference.

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Thanks for this post because I am 2 weeks and 3 days post op, lost 10 the first week, now its not moving. I keep thinking its not going to work for me either because I don't understand how I can be eating so little, and all good things, drinking so much walking everyday and the weight doesn't fly off! I really hope its just an adjustment period for my body because need to see result its depressing me!

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I definitely understand and hopefully we both can look back months from now and see the transition from where we are today to where we wanna be in the future. Best of luck to u, keep me posted!

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Good luck everyone but I know you'll b fine. I think we have gotten so used to trying diets and failing that when we hit a stall we think its happening all over again. But this time is different. U will lose the weight. Just have faith and do what drs and nut tell u and you will see. :)

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This was so refreshing to read. I am 2 weeks post op and was feeling a little down. Patience and faith this will work :) Good luck everyone :)

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