Me, too!

I am almost 7 weeks post op. I have lost 37 pounds so far. Last week I lost nothing. THIS week nothing! I'm retaining water- my feet a swelling some. I've examined my diet, and it LOOKS like I'm eating all the right stuff. Come on you post ops- what's going on? Every diet I've ever been on goes like this! I lose 30 or 40 pounds, then get stuck. Then discouraged- followed by depressed. Is this just a peculiarity of my system? Is ther hope! I hate to think I went through this surgery, and just lose 37 pounds. HELP!! Jeri

I am not post op, but let me tell you, this heat is murder for water retention. My doctor said that not only do I need to wear compression hose to get that nasty water out of my legs, but to beef up the protein--somehow more protein causes the body to release water too--according to him--but what does he know, he told me today the medication he prescribed today could cause my heart rate to lower, lower, lower--I asked what the symptoms of that was, and he said well, your heart would stop and you wouldn't be seeing me anymore. I still haven't seen his medical degree!

You got me beat by 5 lbs Jeri...im 7 weeks tomorrow...and like i said in my reply to Amy... this is normal. You are working out...gaining muscle and losing fat...and they are just cancelling each other out. It happened to me at weeks 3-4..and it drove me NUTS. ~Dawn Phillips