Weight Loss

[Carole61 2]

I need a lift! I had my surgery on August 1, 2015. To date I have lost 30 pounds. I have only lost 5 pounds so far this month. I am sad and frustrated.

[basketma 0]

I had my surgey oct 12 2014. I have lost 35 stinking lbs in a year. !! I feel so frustrated and a failure

[Proud2BMe 1,016]

I need a lift! I had my surgery on August 1, 2015. To date I have lost 30 pounds. I have only lost 5 pounds so far this month. I am sad and frustrated.

Did you do a pre-op diet? It seems the patients who have lost the most weight are the one who did a 2 week pre-op diet.

How many carbs are you eating in a day? Eating too many carbs will prevent you from losing weight.

[CowgirlJane 14,260]

Neither you of you shared enough info for me to give you targeted advice/feedback. The obvious is are you logging/tracking, following your program, are you active/exercising, getting plenty of Water etc etc etc.

Example, if you started low BMI, you won't lose as many pounds as someone who started very high BMI so it helps to know a bit more and you might get some tips that will help you.

[Proud2BMe 1,016]

I had my surgey oct 12 2014. I have lost 35 stinking lbs in a year. !! I feel so frustrated and a failure

Try speaking with your doctor. Most likely you are consuming too many carbs. Did you go on the pre-op diet and if so, for how long? From what I can tell the patients who lost the most weight went on a 2 week pre-op diet before surgery. I lost 25 lbs just on my pre-op diet alone. Now, when I hit a weight loss stall I immediately go back on the pre-op liquid diet until the pounds start dropping again.

[Carole61 2]

I am not eating too many carbs but I am not getting all of the required Protein. I did not have a pre-op diet. I see my doctor next week. I have blood work tomorrow to make sure I am taking enough Vitamins. I like the idea of going back to the liquid diet although it's probably not the healthiest solution.

[CowgirlJane 14,260]

@@Carole61 if you are low BMI, your losses are right on track. Don't compare yourself to high BMI people, or to men as circumstances lead to different results.

[Proud2BMe 1,016]

I am not eating too many carbs but I am not getting all of the required Protein. I did not have a pre-op diet. I see my doctor next week. I have blood work tomorrow to make sure I am taking enough Vitamins. I like the idea of going back to the liquid diet although it's probably not the healthiest solution.

Try logging your carbs. You may be surprised by how much you are truly eating.

The pre-op diet is not designed for long-term use. It's just to jump start the weight loss process and shrink the liver. Since your didn't do a pre-op diet you missed out on this.

Also, note that your exercise and activity level also plays a part.

(Note: My doctor said no more than 50 grams of carbs on the pre-op diet.)

Edited September 22, 2015 by Proud2BMe

[jhclikesshopping@gmail.com 285]

Watch you Water too... I can actually trace by weight stalls to the weeks/ days I was low on my fluids. also check when you period hits... I usually stall the week before my period.

[Bndtoslv 292]

I need a lift! I had my surgery on August 1, 2015. To date I have lost 30 pounds. I have only lost 5 pounds so far this month. I am sad and frustrated.

This sounds completely average. You are on-track.

[Gaelsmom 100]

#carole61. I had surgery two weeks after you. At a 2.5 week stall. Lost about the same, barely get in carbs and workout consistently. But as others have posted, my old clothes fit. I'm just hoping the scale catches up to that. I'm trying to not depend on the scale as my only source. It really screws with your head.

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

I am not eating too many carbs but I am not getting all of the required Protein. I did not have a pre-op diet. I see my doctor next week. I have blood work tomorrow to make sure I am taking enough Vitamins. I like the idea of going back to the liquid diet although it's probably not the healthiest solution.

If you aren't getting in enough protein that can play a large part in why you are losing. What was your weight when you started? What is a typical eating day for you?

[newbeginnings1965 48]

Sleeved on 7/29, close to your date. Lost 25 since surgery. Watch carbs, Protein, cals, and Fluid, it is just the rate my body has decided to lose. Had the 3 week stall, now losing 2-3 lbs a weeks.

[Whitney1968 54]

I am 4 1/2 weeks post-op and am teetering 28 lbs lost. I starve myself and gain a lb then lose a lb, then gain a lb, then lose. When does everyone get ata stabd still?

Also, I love the CupANoodles. Sometimes I cant just drink the broth. I sometimes eat half the noodles. Is that ok if I chew the soft noodles really good, do you think thats ok?

[majorsmama 91]

Sleeved on 7/29, close to your date. Lost 25 since surgery. Watch carbs, Protein, cals, and Fluid, it is just the rate my body has decided to lose. Had the 3 week stall, now losing 2-3 lbs a weeks.

I was sleeved the same day as you and have lost 27. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed.