The stairsteps of weight loss POST surgery..

[Wayne Hunt 59]

Just went for my 8-week post op follow up visit, thought I might share with everyone pre-op, one of the weird things I didn't know pre-surgery...

Over the last several weeks, once the "new" wore off and I got back towards real food (mushy diet anyway), my weight loss went from 1-2 pounds a day, to 1-2 pounds a week. When I look at the graph on MyFitnesspal.com, you can clearly see that I went from "bounding down the steps" immediately post-op, to more of a "casual mosy" down the steps.

Now, 8 weeks out, I regularly go 5-8 days without losing a single ounce (according to the scale). Then, I wake up one morning and I've lost 3-4 pounds. Rinse, repeat. For example, on the 29th of May, I weighed in at 248.0 pounds. Great. I was really happy... Last Friday, the 6th, I weighed in at 248.0 pounds. Saturday morning, I woke up, took a shower, and weighed in at 244.9 pounds (-3.1), I confirmed it on the scale like 3 times just to be sure...

On Friday, during my follow-up, I spoke to my Nutritionist who says that going from "freefall weight loss to a gradual stair step weight loss" is actually normal and to be expected in most (but not all) cases...

This is something that was never really even addressed in the 6 months of pre-op "training", so after you get through surgery, if it starts happening to you, don't freak out like I did... Just remember -- just like Weight Watchers, Jenny, and every other "diet" -- as long as the scale is going in the right direction, that's all that counts...

Wayne

[MAJIQUE 36]

Thanks for this post. I am only starting week 4 post op and I have felt so " normal" through most of the recovery I am happy to be healing so well BUT I don't want my resilience to turn back into the old me. I am always great at things up front then the thrill wears off and I regress THEN I sabotage myself by giving up because I feel like what is the point. That can not happen here..... How do you stay motivated once the numbers slow down?