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Hi all..

So weight at surgery date 331...Sept 1st.

Now I am 287...does this seem about normal..I expected more be honest...

just wondering what the consenus is .

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Everyone losses at their own rate. At 4 months post-op I was down 50 lbs, but I had a little less to lose. Still my weight loss felt slow. The only thing the doctor was worried about was whether I was happy and healthy while losing.

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Sounds better than me. 310 at start on Sept 13, now im 287. 23lbs in 8 weeks (2 months!). What a crock of **** this procedure is, for me at least! Ive been the same damn weight for the last 3 weeks, then 2 weeks prior, i was the same damn weight for 3 weeks. Only reason i lost weight was because straight outta surg (iv probably) and i got sick and couldnt eat another week. But being not sick, eating right, exercise ever single day...nothing. You have no idea how disappointed i am at this procedure in me. Its not like its been 10lbs a month either. Like i said, it was 10lbs loss in 1 week from sickness, 9lbs first week out...and thats it. Im so disgusted.

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Amburmist, that's 3 pounds per week -- in 50 weeks, that 150 pounds. Plus whatever you lost in the 2 week pre-surgery liquid period.

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Amburmist, that's 3 pounds per week -- in 50 weeks, that 150 pounds. Plus whatever you lost in the 2 week pre-surgery liquid period.


Apple, the problem is that it wasn't 3lbs a week. It was 9lbs the week after surgery and 11lbs after 1 week of having the stomach flu. That's it. Otherwise, week after week the scale remains the same. If it WERE 3lbs a week, do u know how happy I'd be? That would be wonderful!! But it's not. Remove the 1 week of me in the bathroom and not eating anything period and I'd have only lost 9lbs in 23 weeks, which would piss me off even more.
So I have no idea why my body is just holding on to the weight but it's ridiculous, especially when I always thought losing weight was simple biology/math: calories in vs calories out. Obviously it isn't because im only eating 600 cals a day, certainly not enough for a 300lb woman to maintain her current weight.

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The scale doesn't show everything. I constantly measure myself, because when I hit a plateau I'm still loosing inches.

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My dietitian said that a great result is to lose around 30% of your excess body weight in the first three months. So subtract your goal weight from your highest weight and work out 30% of that figure. However that's the bench mark for a fantastic result there will be a lot of variations of that some higher some lower and as long as you are losing its a good thing [emoji3]

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On 11/11/2017 at 5:36 PM, Mr Edwards said:

Hi all..

So weight at surgery date 331...Sept 1st.

Now I am 287...does this seem about normal..I expected more be honest...

just wondering what the consenus is .

Yes it sounds very normal, and maybe better than a lot of us actually! Wow great job! I know for me I’m only a month out but I’ve only lost 15 lbs in 4 weeks. So I think your doing fantastic for losing 44 lbs in just a couple months! Great work. Remember slow & STEADY weight loss is good! Keep up the hard work!👌🏼

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22 hours ago, Amburmist said:

Sounds better than me. 310 at start on Sept 13, now im 287. 23lbs in 8 weeks (2 months!). What a crock of **** this procedure is, for me at least! Ive been the same damn weight for the last 3 weeks, then 2 weeks prior, i was the same damn weight for 3 weeks. Only reason i lost weight was because straight outta surg (iv probably) and i got sick and couldnt eat another week. But being not sick, eating right, exercise ever single day...nothing. You have no idea how disappointed i am at this procedure in me. Its not like its been 10lbs a month either. Like i said, it was 10lbs loss in 1 week from sickness, 9lbs first week out...and thats it. Im so disgusted.

Oh my goodness I’m so sorry. It sounds like you’ve really been through a lot! That must be awfully difficult. I hope you feel better very soon.

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19 hours ago, Amburmist said:


Apple, the problem is that it wasn't 3lbs a week. It was 9lbs the week after surgery and 11lbs after 1 week of having the stomach flu. That's it. Otherwise, week after week the scale remains the same. If it WERE 3lbs a week, do u know how happy I'd be? That would be wonderful!! But it's not. Remove the 1 week of me in the bathroom and not eating anything period and I'd have only lost 9lbs in 23 weeks, which would piss me off even more.
So I have no idea why my body is just holding on to the weight but it's ridiculous, especially when I always thought losing weight was simple biology/math: calories in vs calories out. Obviously it isn't because im only eating 600 cals a day, certainly not enough for a 300lb woman to maintain her current weight.

So, it actually is 3# a week, average. Sounds like you lost a bunch of weight because you were sick, and Water loss verses true weight loss got masked. Look to long term averages, is my recommendation.

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