weight

I had surgery on the 22nd and have lost 10 lbs..sigh... lord knows before the surgery 10 lbs would be a big deal...I know everyone is differant and I will NOT let it get to me..just would like to see more come off!!

Pamela, 10 lbs in in 9 days is AWESOME!! I've lost 17 in four weeks, and would have liked to have lost a bit more, but I'm grateful that I've lost this much. Just hang in there...you're just starting! If you're anything like I've been, your toughest time is yet to come. My hard time started at about two weeks out and has lasted (still going through it) through week four. If you find yourself discouraged and wondering what you did to your body, send me a message and I'll give you ideas of things to try that worked for me. Keep up the GREAT work!! God bless!! Brenda

Thanks hon..I guess I just feel as if I have been thru so much....lol..as if we all havent! What happened in your second week?

Hi Pamela! In my second week I started full liquids (puddings, yogurts, cream of wheat, etc) and have had trouble sometimes getting anything to go and stay down. It feels like it gets stuck in my chest and won't go down. I feel like I have heartburn and need to burp, but I can't burp without food (and snot-like stuff) coming up with it. I've come to recognize those feelings though and now I have a way that sometimes works to make the food go on down. I stretch as much as I can stretch and take several deep breaths and I can feel the food shift (sorta feels like something draining) and then most times I can get through it without losing the food. It's been a miserable process though. I talked to my surgeon this past week about the diet and exercise class I'm in in college and asked her to release me to be able to do most exercises. She says I can do most things, just not too much torso activity yet because at 4 weeks post-op we are at the height of scar tissue and swelling. She also said that through about week six (sometimes longer) most people will have some trouble with food staying down because of the swelling in our bellies. We just need to hang in there! I can say, that even through the roughest of times these past few weeks, I'm STILL so glad I had this surgery. As we all know, THIS TOO SHALL PASS whenever we're struggling. It won't last forever. Just remember that and you can get through it. As for the weight loss--it will come. I've reconciled myself with the fact that weight loss is weight loss, even if it's just a pound in a week sometimes. It's going to come off and we'll all feel sooooooo much healthier! Hang in there and don't give up!! God bless you!! Brenda

You have me beat Pamela! I had my surgery on August 14th and I am only down SIX pounds from the weight I was when I was admitted to the hospital! But I FEEL and KNOW I have lost weight.. I guess the scales are just not showing it. I gained FIFTEEN pounds of water weight in the hospital so I had to get that off first and it took a couple weeks. Don't fret! It WILL come off. Just be happy you didn't lose only SIX pounds like me! LOL Hugs, Marianne

LOL I guess I am lucky....but I have been someone that could lose pretty fast..till it slowwwwwwwwed down! I can just see as next year at this time looking good wondering what the hell we were thinking about!! Pamela

Exactly Pamela! The weight WILL come off no doubt about it. I'm trying not to think about it and just concentrate on getting my exercise, protein and fluid in every day. Then the rest will happen without even trying. -Marianne C.