For those sleeved on or around 7/29/15

[JensLapBand86 11]

(My screen name says lapband cause that was the original plan. But I was sleeved 7/29/15)

So I'm 3.5 weeks post op like you!!! I was 219 day of surgery. 201.6 today. I also have been fluctuating 1-2lbs this week. Weird. I have cheated on a couple carbs! Oops. Send me a private message. Let's be friends!!!

[Shinnystar 15]

I was sleeved on 7/31/15 and so far I've lost 20 lbs. Starting to walk longer and adding weight lifting workout this week, so let's see how that affects the whole weight loss process.

[mdslc 44]

I was sleeved on 7/13 and also stalled, please know this is quite normal. If you do a search for 3-week stall you should find all kinds of results. My doc explained it this way, the first few weeks you will drop about 10% of your weight and then stall. This is due for two reasons, first your body is burning all simple carbs you have stored up in your body and allows your body to go into ketosis, which is where your body starts burning stored fat instead of calories, because we are hardly eating. Second, your organs need to shrink because they are enlarged. The single reason we are on a pre-op diet is to shrink our enlarged fat covered liver. When we lose weight quickly the organs need time to recover. That's at least what I was told.

Just as a side not, After I broke through my 3-week stall I dropped another 10lbs in 5 days, stick to the plan and stay away from carbs, caffeine, soda etc and it will work. I am 6 weeks 1 day out today and have lost 51lbs since surgery with a stall of 2 weeks.

[my_new_lifetime 64]

Sleeved on 7/28 and lost 26.8 since then. Down to 219.2. I have been exercising a lot for the past two weeks though.

Edited August 25, 2015 by my_new_lifetime

[Invictus 56]

I barely have enough energy to get through the day, how do you have enough extra to exercise??

[EboneAngl 4]

@@my_new_lifetime I'm hoping to get cleared for exercise tomorrow

[dlmacarthur 10]

I was sleeved on the 29th. I'm down 31 pounds, but only 14 of those since the actual surgery date, most was from pre-op. I have been +/- 1lb for the last 2 weeks with 0 movement on the scale. One day I finally dropped 2.5 pounds but then gained it back the next day. I know a stall is normal but I have been getting very depressed about how long mine has been going on and the fact I only lost 14 after surgery when so many people have been losing significantly more. Again, I know everyone is different and stalls are normal, but that doesn't make it any less difficult emotionally & mentally.

[majorsmama 91]

I was sleeved on the 29th. I'm down 31 pounds, but only 14 of those since the actual surgery date, most was from pre-op. I have been +/- 1lb for the last 2 weeks with 0 movement on the scale. One day I finally dropped 2.5 pounds but then gained it back the next day. I know a stall is normal but I have been getting very depressed about how long mine has been going on and the fact I only lost 14 after surgery when so many people have been losing significantly more. Again, I know everyone is different and stalls are normal, but that doesn't make it any less difficult emotionally & mentally.

This is 100% the situation I'm in right now. The scale moved a little today so that made me feel a little better, but I'm still at less than 16 lbs lost in what will be 4 weeks tomorrow. 16lbs in 4 weeks is great under normal circumstances, but seeing as how 14 of it was in the first 2 weeks.... it doesn't sound so great. This process is such a mind %#$+.

[newbeginnings1965 48]

Sleeved 7/29. Sw 245. Day of surgery 237. Today 217. Lost 8.5 lbs week 1. 5.5 week 2, 3.5 week 3, and 2.5 week 4. I went about 10 days losing 1 lbs at the end of week 2 and early week 3. I increased my calories from 600 to 800 to try to get the weight to move. It moved alittle, but i think it is really slow.

[Jim in Utah 25]

Sleeved on 7-23, and I have lost 29 lbs since then. I also lost 15 on the pre op diet so 44 lbs total.

[jenn_mtl 0]

Sleeved 7/30/2015. It's been exactly 4 weeks and I've lost 23#

[Kisha Fields 0]

I got the sleeve on 7/21. I was 318 before the surgery, 308 at the time of the surgery, and 284 two weeks after surgery. I find that it's best not to weigh your self all the time, so I only weigh myself at my check ups. Plus I'm trying to gain a little muscle so I won't have too much loose skin. The muscle will fill up some of the skin in my arms in return add a little weight on the scale.

[IncredibleShrinkingMan 437]

HW (2013): 314 (may have been higher because it was after exercise and before eating when I drew that top reading)

SW (7/17): 286 (started pre-op diet the next day)

VSG (8/6): 266 (gained 8 lbs of Fluid in the hospital which went off almost immediately the next day)

Visit (8/19): 248 (two-week post-op visit)

Today: 242 (three weeks out)

[Amber7373 0]

I was sleeved on 7/28 and lost 17lbs in the first 2 weeks. I have been stalled out for the last 2 weeks. I'm sure the stall will break soon... hopefully.

[my_new_lifetime 64]

I barely have enough energy to get through the day, how do you have enough extra to exercise??

I have been pushing myself. I have different friends and relatives who meet with me on different days to do different activities. I push myself even when I am tired and piece I am out and about I feel better.