is this typical?
I had my surgery 12 days ago and when I came home I was 10lbs heavier than when I went in. Took almost a week for that 10lbs to come off, but I've been losing 2lbs a day pretty much. I've lost 25 lbs in 10 days!! I keep thinking this can't be typical or is going to slow way down any day. So tell me is it typical? Also I start pureed foods on Tuesday and I imagine then once I'm taking in actual calories it'll slow way down too right?
HW: 265, surgery wt 245, post op wt 254. VSG: 3/3/15
Surely that isn't typical? That is an amazing loss in 10 days. I am just down to surgery weight today, maybe 1 lbs below. I also came out heavier with all the fluids, and looked pregnant with the bloating. 25 lbs.... You are off to a fantastic start!
I had the surgery on a Monday. Left the hospital EARLY on a Thursday. I lost 11 lbs.
At first, most of the weight gained and lost is water. You'll have weeks -- very soon, probably -- where you will lose nothing, or even gain a pound.
Follow your plan, and you'll do fine.
6'3" tall, male.
Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.
M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.
It is VERY typical to weigh more when you come home from the hospital than you did going in between all the swelling and fluids they pump in you. After a few days home with no IV and probably struggling to get your fluids a bit a lot of folks have a drop in weight. Good advice is to stay off the scale for a few weeks post op so you don't learn to focus there and the fluid retention doesn't freak you out. Also be advised that many folks do kind of a "reset" around the three week mark if they've lost a chunk by then and won't see the numbers going down for a bit. Also Very normal. Just keep on keeping on and you'll get through it. From personal experience, if you weigh only about once per week, it tends to hide the worst of the up and down stuff and allow you to focus on YOUR BEHAVIOR like you should be!
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