losing very slow
I am close to three weeks out and am not losing as fast as I hoped. I keep reminding myself that everyone is on their own time frame. There really isn't a "set" loss pattern, from what I have read. I lost 10 pounds the week before surgery, 5 pounds the first four days after surgery and in the past ten days I have only lost 4 pounds. I read some where that people who lose a lot of weight pre-op might not lose much in the beginning, and that seems to be the case with me. I am following all the rules, I am even up to 7 miles a day on my bike now. I am trying to focus on the fact that I need to just keep on doing what I am doing and the weight will eventually come off.
Hang in there!t will happen, just make sure that you are eating and getting enough protein. If you don't eat your body goes into starvation mode and tries to hold on to the fat. It sounds counter-intuitive, but you have to eat to lose.
Hey Gayle-
I have been in a stall for a week and half, but my surgeon warned me that I would stall and I see that at 2 - 3 weeks a lot on the boards that this is the first stall. My surgeon said that when we stall, our body is going to be losing inches. He was right, I checked my BP at Walmart and my arm fit into the cuff, it was hard to get in before.
Keep working on the water...just keep your water bottle with you at all times and sip, sip, sip. I bring mine walking (1 mile after every meal) and that's when I get the majority of mine in.
Pam 
Gayle, My first week post-op was the best. The second week I lost 5 lbs, the third week and fourth week only 2-3 lbs each. It's not what I was hoping for, but I'm following the "rules" (7-8 cups water, 90-100 g protein, 500-700 cal, and exercise every day). I think age also has some effect (older = slower?). Anyway, unlike pre-op, when the scale doesn't do what I want it to do, I can't just go off the diet. That is the "tool". I hope you can hang in there and keep working at being a loser!
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