How long before you see a minus.......

[Shaunie 123]

Hi everyone, I'm 5 days post gastric bypass and have yet to see a change on the scale.

I understand its a process and I'm a pretty patient person but also excited to see numbers go down.

I'm on the liquid diet for 9 more days which is not the easiest but totally doable.

Just looking for some early success stories!!

Good luck everyone

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[Djmohr 6,965]

@@Shaunie

Not sure about you but I gained 11 pounds during that 3 days in the hospital. It is all the fluids they pumped into me.

I started to see a small change at 6 days and then wham. I swear there were days where I dropped between 3-5lbs a day. Keep in mind you usually get about a month to 6 weeks of that and then it slows to an much slower average. In the beginning I would lose about 3lbsper week and by the time I got to the end I was at an average of 1 lb per week.

Not sure which surgery you had, I had RNY so it was faster in the beginning than most sleeves but it all evens out in the end.

[Shaunie 123]

@@Djmohr, I did gain in the hospital about 7lbs. They prepare you for that. I'm just so excited to start this journey!! I had RnY also!! I coming up onmy 6th day so looking forward to it.

Thanks for your post.

Hoping to have a bowel movement soon maybe that will help lol

Congrats on your success

[stephwv 11]

I gained like 10lbs in the hospital, and my hands/face/abdomen were swollen huge. Think about all the air and fluids pumped into us, and all the trauma our bodies have endured already...I'm only on Day 5, but I'll try to be patient and just focus on healing. I think our bodies are marvels! Shaunie, you'll be dropping in no time!!!

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[Shaunie 123]

Thank you STEPHWV!! I'm being patient this is also my 5th day post op.

Good Luck!!

I have noticed today I'm a bit gittery is this normal I'm wondering?

[stephwv 11]

Gittery...I call it restlessness, and it seems to take over each evening. Honestly, I attributed it to my inner battle between post-op recovery and OCD, watching my hubby tend to the house, lol! [emoji6]

[KayleeZoe 12]

I didn't even bother to step on a scale until 10 or 11 days post op and was down 15 pounds by then. Just keep doing what you need to do to get in your Protein, liquids and Vitamins. The rest will take care of itself.

[Shaunie 123]

[GSleeve822 394]

Totally normal. You'll see some loss at about 2 weeks out, then have a stall at 3 weeks. Real weight loss happens after 6 weeks when your body is more healed. It's totally normal.

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[jesslo 3]

I had my surgery 12 days ago. I've already lost 20 lbs. It will start melting off.

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[SusieT 43]

I got very discouraged when I weighed exactly the same last Thursday as I did the previous Thursday, at my 10 day post op visit to remove my staples. The scale finally started moving after last weekend. Down 12 lbs from weight on day of surgery, down 22 from what they call my pre-op weight. . No one warned me that this stall might happen. Couldn't figure out how in the world when I am only ingesting about 550 cal/day!

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[inkdcosmoqueen 81]

Im 5 days post op and I barely stepped on the scale today and I weigh 268.. I was 286 the day of surgery.. Now everyone is different and to be honest, my tastebuds did not free with broth or sugar free Jello (pops got flavors I didn't like lol) so I'm literally just drinking Water and sugar free Popsicles.. I have no clue what else I can have until Tuesday when I can start the puréed diet of this journey.. Best of luck to you!! Don't get discouraged!

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[Shaunie 123]

@ inkdcosmoqueen that's awesome!!! Everyone is different!! Make sure you are getting in your Protein that will help even more. Great job!

@ susieT I'm going through something similar :-(

I'm 11days post op and the last 4 I haven't seen a number change :'(

Totally understand its a process but its what keeps us going!

You are giving me hope it should change soon. I only take in 500 to 550 calories and 70 to 80 g of Protein.

Come on weight loss! !!

Great job!

[stephwv 11]

@@Shaunie how're you coming along now? Hoping a week has made a difference for you!

[Shaunie 123]

@@stephwv I'm doing well!!! Tomorrow will be two weeks and I'm down 17lbs since a came home from hospital!

I'm having a hard time getting my bowels on a reg routine..

Any suggestions? ? I've been taking milk of magnesia :-(

How are you doing?