RNY 12/8/08- when will I start losing weight?
I am on full liquids right now, and will be for another 3 weeks (2 weeks liquids pre-op, 4 weeks liquids post-op, then weeks 5-8 start incorporating pureed foods, etc. Seems like forever! I thought that after being on liquids for this long I would have lost a ton of weight (I lost 18 pounds in the 2 months before surgery) but I get on scale everyday & it's not moving- maybe 5 pounds since 12/8... is this normal???
LornaDoone,
It will come. Stop getting on the scale!!!!! Have someone take your measurements once a month - it is so much rewarding to see where you are losing weight. Everyone is different. They pump you full of fluids in the hospital, then there typically is a stall a couple of weeks out. Your body has gone through a major shock - give yourself time to heal and follow your doctor's plan.
good luck,
Jayne
It will come. Stop getting on the scale!!!!! Have someone take your measurements once a month - it is so much rewarding to see where you are losing weight. Everyone is different. They pump you full of fluids in the hospital, then there typically is a stall a couple of weeks out. Your body has gone through a major shock - give yourself time to heal and follow your doctor's plan.
good luck,
Jayne
Thanks Jayne,
I thought maybe this surgery wasn't working for me... I thought the "surgery fluids" would be gone by now. I will follow your advice, as you make a good point- not to get on the scale every day! Do you go to the Emerson Hospital support groups? Although my "groups" are in Winchester, I have also gone to some in Concord, as Dr. Shore was going to be my surgeon originally- now I hear that she is no longer doing WLS? She is a sweetheart... Again, thanks for your advice!
LD
I thought maybe this surgery wasn't working for me... I thought the "surgery fluids" would be gone by now. I will follow your advice, as you make a good point- not to get on the scale every day! Do you go to the Emerson Hospital support groups? Although my "groups" are in Winchester, I have also gone to some in Concord, as Dr. Shore was going to be my surgeon originally- now I hear that she is no longer doing WLS? She is a sweetheart... Again, thanks for your advice!
LD
Lorna...
the best piece of advice i can give you is to get off the scales. only weigh once a week and you will see a difference. i drove myself nuts weighing everyday, sometimes twice a day, and now its routine to weigh every monday. take your measurements and re-measure once a month as well..you will see the inches falling off. hang in there, everything is perfectly normal.
kim
the best piece of advice i can give you is to get off the scales. only weigh once a week and you will see a difference. i drove myself nuts weighing everyday, sometimes twice a day, and now its routine to weigh every monday. take your measurements and re-measure once a month as well..you will see the inches falling off. hang in there, everything is perfectly normal.
kim
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on 12/25/08 11:11 am - Togo
on 12/25/08 11:11 am - Togo
on the fifth day after i had the rny, while i was still in the hospital, i weighed myself and was devastated to find i had gained 3 pounds. gained after wls.
i found out later it was not unusual because there is swelling after wls.
those first 2-3 months i had problems but they all go away and the weight loss picks up and drops off. at the end of two years i had lost 130 pounds and was having abdominoplasty. my stomach that had been sticking waaaaaay out in front of me was flat as a board.
wls does work. i think you just off to a difficult start but it will get better. and it will work. rny is considered the 'gold' standard of wls.
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