Weight issue
Healing should be your first priority at this point, not the scale.
Dawn
17+ years post op RNY. first year blog here or My LongTimer blog. Tummy Tuck Dr. Matic 2014 -Ohip funded panni Windsor WLS support group.message me anytime!
HW:290 LW:139 RW: 167 CW: 139
Good morning and congrats on your surgery.
This is not a race and your body will be reacting differently in the next few weeks/months...my advice would be take life one day at a time, follow your surgeons diet, get your water in and hide the scale for the first month or so. Some people weigh themselves too often and get discouraged.
This is just the stepping stone to a long process...well worth it, but it will take some time. Some people lose faster than others, but there is no set standard that you must or should be losing.
Good luck on your journey !
Tracy
on 1/29/12 8:53 am
I didn`t lose much the first three weeks home. The first week I lost the extra water weight from being in hospital. Then I wasn`t eating or drinking enough for my body to lose weight. I feel my body was in starvation mode due to the small amount of total calories I was consuming.
Since I was able to start eating more, the weight has finally started to drop.
Now, each of us is different. We each started at different weight, we each are at different stages of our lives, we may have certain medications that may not allow us to lose at a satisfying rate, we may have difficult metabolisms. All I know is that once the first three weeks was done, My body started responding.
Glad to hear that your bowels are functioning!!
Take care,
Judy