Can't help but feel Discouraged!

So I went today for my 2 week post op. Everything went well, so THEY say! I got on the scale and by both calculations my scale and the Drs. Scale... I lost 10lbs! I wasn't sure if my scale was accurate or not. But, I am toally friggin discouraged!!! I took a BIG SIGHH getting off the scale and the nurse practioner asked me what my problem was... ha ha. I told her, I was discouraged because it was ONLY 10lbs. She nearly decked me! And, boy... Did she lay into me!...She told me that I am doing everything perfectly and that I will be fine. She said that from the last "in office" visit I am down 20lbs and in range where I should be... I am actually on the high end!

But... Why do I feel so ugghhhh about everything!?!?! I know I am still healing, But... Come on... I want to have a "Normal" day again! I am really hard on myself... I know that! But, I am not as "happy" as I thought I would be.

Also, My Dr. is VERY strict. Which I like! But, again... I have ANOTHER week and a half on liquids! I am just about done with the liquid SH*T!!!! 

I guess all I can ask myself is, "DO I REGRET DOING THIS?" And the answer is "NO" I would do it again in a heart beat!

I just need to get over this hump!

Thanks for listening!!! 

I can relate.  I am the same way - very hard on myself.  I had my 2 wk post op visit today, too, and my weight loss was less than I thought it should be.  My surgeon, however, told me I was right on track.

I was also terribly sick of the liquid diet.  I think that's normal and healthy.  Give yourself a break and a bit more time to heal.

I moved on to pureed foods today and am now worried that I won't lose any weight if I eat like this.  I just traded one worry for another.  I can always find something to stress about.

I think the bottom line for me is the fact that this is 'normal'.  It's 'normal' post op experience.  Besides, I hope my old 'normal' way of eating will never return.

Stay focused on why you chose this and hang on for a bit longer.  You'll get through it!  

Vent anytime.

Kathleen 

Don't be discouraged... your doing great !!! 

My Corporal had the RNY surgery 2 years ago and he told me that he didn't lose all that much weight the first two weeks either.  He started feeling the same way but then, all of a sudden, he said it started falling off.  He said that the only exercise he was doing was just a LOT of walking.   Nothing too strenuous at first. But he stressed that the walking was what he felt was the key that got him really going with dropping it off. 

I had my surgery on 1-23 and I'm down 14 pounds, but I also got scolded by my surgeon because he knew that I was really pushing it. (I walk on my treadmill several times a day for 20 minutes at least each time)

By reading some of the posts I tend to wonder if the liquid diet doesn't make it slow going the first two or three weeks because the body thinks it is being starved and slows the metabolism in defense. (On top of working over time to try and heal)  My surgeon doesn't have us do the liquids as long as some thank god. 

You shouldn't be discouraged at all. Your doing good !!  And I think in another week or two you will start seeing a little quicker results.  But even with that, you will hit plateaus. My Cpl said that he noticed he would hit a plateau every few weeks which would last a week or more sometimes.  So we will all experience some good times and some slower times.

Keep your chin up... and keep forging ahead. 

Kim

You are doing great!  We set such high expectations for us to fulfill ... just be happy you lost 10 lbs ... that is almost a pound a day!! 

I started my liquid diet at 280 lbs .... day of surgery I was 271 lbs .... came home at 281 lbs ... now I am 266.4 lbs ... that is only almost 5 lbs since day of surgery.  So, I think you are right on track ... I think I am losing slower than most, but we all lose at a different pace.  Keep your head up, you are doing great!  

I think that kim is absoluty right the liquid diet tends to send the body into shock and for the week after sugery my body was messed up, but all seems good now. The days when I feel a little weak are the days when I'm loseing. Before sugery 343, SW 318, CW 301 I am 23 days out so 17 lbs isn"t bad and it seems to be going good now. jann

I am about 3 weeks post op and have lost a total of 34 pounds including the 17 on the 3 wk pre-op.  I think something that will make you all feel better as it has me is to take some measurements of  yourself.  I have been told that you may not be loosing pounds but you will be loosing inches.  I know when I left the hospital I was mad that I weighed more than when I went in, it took a while to get all the gas out from surgery.  I walk a lot during my days at work but I also try to walk on the treadmill with 2 pound hand weights for about 20-30 minutes once I get home. 
I too was tired of the liquid diet but they have us on it to allow our new "pouches" to heal.  Honestly when I was allowed to start eating soft foods I was scared and hardly ate anything.  I still drink a lot of my protein just to make sure I get my 80 grams in.

Good Luck to everyone I know there will be highs and lows in this journey but I am grateful to be experiencing it!!! 

Chrissy