Weight Loss after surgery

[Nickkibear24 33]

How long after surgery did you start to actually lose weight? I'm 10 days out and I don't feel as if I'm losing any at all. Please don't comment about how I didn't gain it overnight so I wont lose it overnight I know that. I am not really worried about losing I have this maybe slihtly unrealistic fear that its not working and I've gone though this for nothing.

[CowgirlJane 14,259]

your profile says you have lost 32 pounds - assume that was from the pre surgery diet?

I actually GAINED weight right after surgery because they pumped me full of Fluid. It was probably 8 days before i started seeing any "net" losses. I think I lost about 28# total in my first month but I had over 150# to lose.

Most people lose quite a bit the first 3 months, but it doesn't happen in a linear fashion... stops and starts and stalls and all.

[KindaFamiliar 3,867]

G'day Nickkibear..

To be honest with you, I'm almost six months out and I often don't feel as if I'm losing any.

I still see myself as the fat man I was before surgery, even tho I've lost over 100 pounds.

I think part of the problem is that we only see ourselves as we are, not as we were.

It's hard to put into words what I mean...

We see ourselves EVERY DAY. Because of this, we're less likely to notice changes. It's only when we get some perspective (photos side by side, pre-op Vs now) that we see where we're really at.

I know for myself that, no matter how big the changes in my clothes and my fitness etc, I still see the same old fat man every time I look in the mirror. (Admittedly, I am one of the larger members here and therefore have a long way to go.)

Just stick with it...

Do as your surgeon/nutritionist tells you...

And when the positive comments start to come (and they will come, I assure you), listen to them... Take note of them... Pay attention to them... And remember that they're from people who see you much, much differently to the way you see yourself..

Good luck...

Take care..

Kinda...

[brian1360 10]

It might because you're metabolism is slow at first being in a starvation mode.Once I was able to start eating in small amounts the weight has been coming off. You speedup you're metabolism by eating every 4 hours. I am at 9 weeks and I have lost 25lbs.My dr dietician shared this with me which I knew. I met with my general practitioner for my physical and my results where much better. At first I was exercising 2 times a week which I started 4 weeks ago. The first time I rode the exercise bike 30 minutes was really ruff. I know can do 45-60 minutes of bike and 45 minutes elliptical trainer. I feel so much better. Hang in there. My stepsister had the stomach bypass and told me it was 3 months and the weight started coming off.

[sb99132 2]

I had surgery 7/9/15 by that Saturday I've lost eight pounds by my two week check up was down 32 going on six weeks this Thursday at 55 right. Hoping for sixty by than