1 Week Out....I feel the same

So...I am 1 week and 1 day out...I feel...the same as I did before surgery minus the no appetite thing.  I mean, am I supposed to be able to SEE the difference?  Or will I not magically see or feel any different until I go to the doctor next week. Does it take 2 weeks?  3 weeks? HELPPPP!!! I am not really sure what's going on.  I am doing what I am supposed to do though.  Other than that, I feel fine..but sort of feel like maybe.. I dunno...maybe the weight is permanently attached. Lol.  Maybe if I go to sleep and wake up, I'll be 30 lbs lighter? Oh well.  Please give advice!

Give it time, your body has gone through a major change! Think of the shock it was in from the surgery alone. I felt the same way and cried the first whole week!  It WILL come off you will notice it slowly at first. (or I did) I have lost 170 lbs and still see myself as the way I was it really takes a picture to get my mind to really see Im not the same person, so I dont know when your mind catches up with your body!

Last night, Amy and I were talking about the same thing.  We felt the same way, and didn't even really look all that different to ourselves.  It has been 2years  and 75 pounds for me.  I have gone from a size 20 to about a a size 12 or 14, depending on the type of dress and the fit.  I am actually smaller than I was when I started to teach school almost 36 years ago.  I don;t feel different.  I still walk into the "fat girls" clothes and look around.  Or like last night, I was looking at my white blouses and selecting some for a trip.  They were  all 2X and 20 Ws.  They swallowed me.  I cannot wear them at all. 

It takes a while for your mind to catch up.  Clothes will look too small.  You will allow yourself too muich room on the pew at church.  You will start to "squeeze" past something to discover that there is 6 inches on either side of you.  But in your head, you won't realize it for a long time.

No, most likely you won't SEE the difference for a while.  Others will see it and comment on it.  Others will treat you differently, and you won't know why.  You may even get smarter, but other people's standards.  But don't worry, we have all been there before you and we are here with you now, while your head gets wrapped around the concept of your new body that is coming slowly.  You will most likely be the last to know.

I am so excited for you.  You are on a real journey.  Sit back and hold on to your hat.

Hey there!!!!  You will lose.  Have you measured yourself???  I found that I lost a lot of inches at first...more inches than weight at times.  The weight will come off.  Just do what your doctor said and things will happen. 

What you are feeling is normal.  You may soon go through extreme hunger which is "head hunger" as your brain is use to eating all the time.  This may change over time or it may not.  I still battle brain hunger.  Also when you go to the doctor you WILL have weight loss.  However, your body will fight to retain the weight and it will start retaining fluids.  This will happen probably three to six weeks out.  You may not see a weight loss for a week or more.  Mine lasted for ten days as I recall.  THEN suddenly you will not be able to stay out of the bathroom for a day or so as your body finally gives up the fluid.  You may experience a several pound loss in one or two day.

From that point on the journey will be from one plateau to the next i.e. losing and not losing for a few days.  Just keep with the program and keep doing as your doctor says.  It is not important how much you lose today, it how much you lose this week or this month.  If you keep with the program you will see a difference in the mirror even if your brain cannot accept it.  

Another thing your friends will probably notice before you do is that you need a new wardrobe, one that doesn't fall off of you.  One of the fortunate/unfortunate things about the journey you are now in is lots of new or different clothes.  Many on the board have clothes that will fit you as you shrink so let those needs be known.  However, as a man, I doubt I have clothes you would want but just in case I'm here for you.  

Glenn