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I am only 4 days post op but I have only lost one pound. I haven't ate anything off of my program. Just wondering if this is going to work for me?
Totally normal after any surgery. Your body has been under assault and it is freaking out. That, plus IV fluids and everything else. Relax and drink as much as you can and get your protein fluids in to help with healing. It took me about two weeks to start losing weight. It will happen.
High Wt 300 lbs. Pre-op Wt loss 34 lbs. 
Too early to start worrying! I do sympathize - I felt the same - lost almost not weight on the pre-surgery fasting - was discouraged arriving there and talking to other patients scheduled for surgery same day that they literally lost 3 times what I had even BEFOREHAND. After it took me close to a month, then I started losing steadily. To date, still around 45 lbs from goal but down 97 - had my surgery June/2019. Feel like a new woman! Energy levels are up, WAY WAY more active, and feel SO much better. Hang in and give yourself time!
I appreciate this advice - thank you!
I know the battle. I would consult with your doctor. If not your surgeon, with your regular doctor and have a full blood panel run - including Thyroid and all of it's parts T4 and all that. Also check vitamin levels. Your body will hold on to nutrition if you are lacking in key resources. Having said that, for me who is 10 years out and had a 40 pound (out of 140 pounds) re gain, psychologically and physically and everything else I needed to (at age 64) go slow and steady and figure out exactly what I need to eat to feel healthy, and what I need to do to lose weight and to keep it off. I can't look at huge poundage goals. It was/is too overwhelming for me. I made a goal of losing 20 pounds in a year, and secretly would have been thrilled to lose 10 ! I have just started month 14 and have lost 43 pounds. About 3 pounds a month. Some months 4, some 2. Our bodies change and we have to change our eating too.
I also really can relate to feeling like I didn't know what to eat or how, or what would work for ME. Spend some time getting to yourself again ! Much luck !!!
High Wt 300 lbs. Pre-op Wt loss 34 lbs. 
There are people who think it is a waste of money, but I had very good results with Nioxin. My hair was still thin and straight two years after surgery. My hairstylist recommended the Nioxin and it did help a lot.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
no - I just waited it out. I didn't lose all that much, though. I'm sure I was the only one who noticed...
That's good! Thanks! Did you start doing something different before your hair returned?
if you're not tracking your food intake anymore, start doing it again. You need to figure out what your current calorie range is and then cut back from there. White Dove is right - a 3500 deficit equals one pound - so you'd have to cut 500 calories a day to lose one lb a week. I personally can't sustain that low a level of calories (for me to cut 500 calories would be around 1000 a day, which I can't (or won't?) do for more than a few days), so I have to be content with losing a lot slower - like 1-2 lbs a MONTH. But you're starting at a higher weight that I am, so you may be able to cut 500 or more a day. But you first have to see where you're at NOW by tracking your food intake...
I worried about the same thing. I stalled for a few weeks, then started losing.
