Losing weight post PS

Hey everyone..

I am not sure what to do or to even be concerned... It been 4 weeks since my surgery.. I have lost 6 pounds already.. no working out.. I am eating like crazy.. any ideas? water weight from surgery??? 1st week 1 pound, 2nd week 1 pound then last week 4 pounds.. I am not trying to lose weight. just trying to heal


Michelle

 Dont' worry..it will come back! ;0)

I kinda wi****ook greater advantage of it, instead of eating like crazy!  

I think plastics and healing must speed up your metabolism.

I cant even tell where its coming off of? Where will it end up?

I just want to get back into exercise. When your appetite was crazy did u still track your food?

Michelle,
You're one of the lucky ones!
I, also lost weight like crazy and ate like a pig post plastics!  For some of us, plastic surgery will increase your metabolism for a month or two - just be careful not to get into bad habits that will be hard to break later!
You do need to increase your protein intake to heal, bu****ch out for those simple carbs!

What are the nutrition requirements post PS needed to promote healing?  I'm still dealing w/that bounceback weght.  Just when I think I have it beat....like this morning.  Gosh

Dr S just advises his patients to increase their protein and their calories, but he doesn't give you an amount.  He wants you also to drink your 2 Liters of water a day.  I increased my protein to 120 gms a day and my calories to 1800.  I still lost weight and felt I was eating all of the time!

Prior to PS did have ever have any bounceback?

Not yet.. but I am only 19 mos post RNY

I have been eating over 100 grams of protein and 100 fl oz water per my PS request.. I thought it was odd to be losing when I feel like I have been eating alot.. I just thought maybe it was water weight?? but 4 weeks post seems like a stretch.. I am not really complaining too much but I had a low blood sugar incident a couple of hours after eating grilled chicken on a small tortilla.. I started shaking uncontrollably.. Istarted eating peanut butter with a few crackers.. in about 20 min felt better but scared to death because my DH had already left for work..

As long as I dont go under 165, I'll be okay with it.. I eat a lot of egg whites, veggies, whey protein, greek yogurt, grilled/baked chicken.. beef jerky too.
 
I will keep the simple carbs at bay... thanks for letting me know that this metabolism thing will slow down

 Hi michelle,

Dr. Sauceda took six pounds of skin off me during surgery.  When I got home two weeks later I was down six pounds on the scale.  I'm down another 4-5 pounds now, depending on sodium intake etc.

I'm trying very hard to maintain my weight lss since surgery.  This weight feels much better to me.  I hope that my metabolism has gone back to normal so that how I'm eating will work for me.  I seem to be hungry more often than pre- op but try to make good choices.