Approximately how many pounds per week did everyone lose after the surgery?

Shrnkin Butterfly
on 3/2/19 11:37 pm
RNY on 02/19/19

Hi everyone. I know everyone is different but in your personal experiences, how many pounds per week were you losing? I lost only 15 ponds on Optifast and I'm down another 13 pounds since the day of surgery. Is this normal? Should I be losing more? Please share your experiences. Thanks!

KatieCJ
on 3/3/19 4:39 am

On average, I lost about 3lbs a week, but some weeks I lost 1 and other weeks I lost 5.

I just really tracked my monthly totals.

  • Surgery (RNY): February 27th 2018. HW: 350lbs SW: 318lbs CW: 141lbs
SweetRide1
on 3/3/19 5:05 am
RNY on 01/16/18

Same here. I was all over the place.

Don't forget, "only 15 lbs" is a lot of weight. Also, in the month or so after surgery, your body is in shock. It's trying to catch up. It doesn't know what it hit it. There is typically a stall at around 3 weeks and it is quite discouraging if you don't know it's going to happen.

Just remember, this is a marathon not a sprint. And yes, everybody is different. Everybody loses at different rates. What is normal? Normal is what is normal for you. :)

Referral - May 31/17; Orientation - June 15/17; First Appt Nurse - June 26/17; Bloodwork and ECG - June 27/17; Sleep Study - July 5/17; Dietician Appt - July 10/17; Counsellor Appt - July 10/17; Abdominal Ultrasound - July 10/17: Endoscopy/Colonoscopy - July 25/17; Second Dietician Appt - September 14/17; Internist Appt - October 2/17; Meet the Surgeon - November 21/17; Pre Surgery Nutrition Class - January 12/18; Surgery - January 16/18

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