Why isn’t the weight coming off

[KCKelley 0]

I had my surgery on November 15. I have only lost 6 pounds in 10 days and I’m strictly following my diet and exercising and drinking my Water and taking my Vitamins. Three days, nothing. I’m so frustrated and terrified I’m not going to lose this weight. Is this normal to go this slowly?

[afstud59 46]

Don't worry. I was the same way for a couple weeks on a liquid diet. All of a sudden it started working. Now I'm down 94 pounds since June!

[KT1981 294]

My surgeon's office said they don't even really start looking at losses until around 4 to 6 weeks post op because bodies are healing and sometimes people don't lose anything at first!

[Hop_Scotch 1,633]

You just need to read a lot of posts on bariatricpal forums regarding immediate post op weight loss, and you will see its quite common not to lose a lot of weight initially.

You are carrying a lot of excess Fluid for various reasons, one being inflammation, another hormones, etc etc..as time progresses the scale will drop.

You will need to also consider the stalls along the way, some people stall as they progress through the post op diet stages.

[Matt Z 4,140]

7 hours ago, KCKelley said:

I had my surgery on November 15. I have only lost 6 pounds in 10 days and I’m strictly following my diet and exercising and drinking my Water and taking my Vitamins. Three days, nothing. I’m so frustrated and terrified I’m not going to lose this weight. Is this normal to go this slowly?

Search for "Stall". And stop worrying about how much you have or haven't lost at only 2 weeks post op. Focus on healing first. Then, after 2 months, you can start to "worry" about weight/fat loss.

Seriously, if you are getting everything you are supposed to, are doing everything as instructed and are drinking plenty of Water. There is nothing to worry about this soon after surgery.

Just heal first.