A slow start.....

Ok....surgery was a week ago yesterday.  I feel physically amazing. I had the gas pains pretty bad but those are going away. I've never been on any pain meds since coming home and am able to get out of the house and walk, shop, etc.

I am getting in nearly 60oz of fluids and 60-65 of protein and 400-500 caloriesa day. But I have only lost 4 pounds since surgery. I know that they pump you full of fluids and you need to lose that, but seems like I should be losing more. I have been weighing daily and I didn't even lose an ounce from yesterday to today....what gives??

I was really expecting that I would lose more my first month and at this rate not so much. I did lose 10 pounds pre-op so I know that I should be happy with actually losing a combined 14 pounds in the last 4 weeks total.

HW 218
SW 208
Today 204

Any suggestions? Am I doing something wrong??

Amy you are doing everything right!  DO NOT OBSESS ON POUNDS LOST - remember that is what you did when you dieted before - break that habit - 14 pounds in 4 weeks is amazing!  Just keep working on getting your fluids and protein in - there are alot of things going on in your body right now that our systems need to adjust to.  BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY YOU WILL LOSE ALL THE POUNDS YOU NEED TO!  I am an example as well as many others here on the board. Congrats and your doing a great job! Keep Posting!

thinthing is right!!  I'm so excited to share in this exciting ride with you!!!

4 pounds in the first week is Awesome!!!  Those 4 pounds are just the beginning of this exciting journey!!!!  You need to post your progress in a journal, profile, or ticker so you can watch as the numbers climb and the scales come down.  It gets to be very exciting!!!

If you haven't already taken your measurments you need to do that.  Have you taken your before pictures?  It is so much fun to be able to visually see our success.

(((HUGS)))

First, you aren't doing anything wrong...except...weighing daily...HIDE the scale and just bring it out on Sunday for Sunday weigh in. If you can't keep off it, give it away. Lock it in a closet and give someone the key who will NOT give in to your pleas to give you the key back. In other words, STAY OFF THE SCALE!!!!, LOL

NOw, 4 lbs in ONE week is awesome. But you are gonna make yourself nuts if you watch the scale. Bani**** for the week.

Liz

Since when did you ever lose 14 lbs in 2 weeks, huh?
I lost a lb a day for 2 weeks, then only 4 lbs in the last 3 weeks. If I compared myself to others, I'd go NUTS.

Everybody's body reacts differently. Don't compare yourself~~ just do as the other posters have mentioned, follow your surgeon's guidance, and treat your body well.  I took Liz's suggestion (mostly) and only weigh myself 2x a week, for Sunday weigh in, and on Thursdays.

Congrats.
tracey

Your doing great.  You probably are still swollen and still have some water weight.  But most important is that we all lose differently ****ep telling myself).  As long as you are following the program, and it sure sounds like you are, you will lose.  Your body just has to adjust.  It will hang on every so often.  Just keep on, keeping on.  It will work.

Thank you everyone for your suggestions....I know that I shouldn't compare myself to others. I know that, I know that, I know that....but I still do. I know...yet another issue I need to tackle! I just need to keep telling myself that I am happy with 'me'!!

But as you have suggested I am putting the scale in the cupboard and won't get it out until Sunday.  I will let you all know what it says!!

Thanks again. It really is awesome to have people like you out there to be the voice of reason!

Amy, I'm 6 weeks out and have lost 15 lbs.  There's a lot of changes the body is going through, plus there's still me getting used to when I'm supposed to eat and take what.  Keep on getting in your protein, water, vitamins and food and relax.  You must be doing great because I'm doing great and Tracey's doing great and and and... all of us newbies wonder why we're not just melting off the fat and it's okay to lose slow.

Now, if you had started out at 350 lbs. you probably would have lost 30 already... would you rather be in that scenario just so you'd see weight loss??  I thought not. 

I weighed more right after my surgery because of the fluid and swelling.  I wore jeans to the hospital  Ha Ha!  I had to wear them out unzipped.  It really hasn't been that long for you, so you are doing great.   Do like Roz suggested, I wish I had taken lots of pictures along the way and measured.  It is so neat to see the journey that others have posted.

OH YEAH, ONE OTHER HUGE SUGGESTION:
Take your measurements.  Neck, upper chest, bewbies, waist, hips, upper arm, thigh, calf, etc.
Then take pictures.  I asked my dear friend who is also my massage therapist, to take my photos and measurements once a month when I come in for my monthly back realignment therapy.  The first two weeks I didn't lose weight were horrible, but then I went for my first monthly measurements.  I lost 18 inches, 4 and a half on my waist.  WOOHOO.  And I have photos to compare month to month....

So, there are other things to help you gauge if you're losing.... for example, are the backs of your earrings tight against your ears? (I wore the same earrings for 4 weeks, and THAT'S how I realized I was losing weight in my earlobes.