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I had my one month check up with my surgeon and dietician. 

I had lost 18 lbs and thought that was too little.  They assured me their target zone for month one is 15-20 lbs.  Also, the surgeon said he wouldn't care if I had lost 0 pounds, because he pumps his patient so full of IV fluids for the entire hospital stay.  I knew that because at one week out, I was still 8 lbs up over my starting weight and had no ankle bones.

In terms of my getting very full before I finish my shakes or 1/3 of a cup of food, the surgeon and dietician had 2 different approaches.  The surgeon is looking out for the mechanical functioning of my new plumbing, and my pouch adapting to food.  The dietician is concerned about my nutritional intake.  I've decided to take a little of each approach and go from there.

I've graduated from the surgeon and see the bariatric physician from now on.

Karen

Congratulations on being a loser!

Although I had lost 18 lbs at my one month check and thought that was too little, they told me the target zone is 15-20.  The surgeon said he'd have been fine if I had lost zero, because he pumps his patients so full of IV fluids the entire hospital stay.  (No kidding; at 1 week out I was still up 8 lbs over my starting weight and I couldn't find my ankle bones for the life of me.)

Karen

Hey all! I'm just about a month out, and have had some ups and downs. Ok, mostly ups, I'll admit...but I stalled at three weeks, just as I'd read in the other forums has happened to a lot of people. I was following the program, getting all my protein and fluids in, but from January 6th, the scale didn't budge! I was stuck at 307 for what seemed like ages. My poor husbeast got the brunt of it, I'm afraid. "I'm not even eating enough to keep a bird alive! And half the time I'm vomiting up half of what I just ate anyway! I'm on the treadmill half an hour a day! How the hell can I NOT be losing weight?!?!?"

Then I got on the scale this morning...three more pounds gone! Happydance! I went downstairs dancing and whooping, and my hubby just laughed. "I guess the scale finally moved, huh?" was all he said.

So, the moral of the story is, don't sweat the stalls. Just make sure you're doing everything you're supposed to, and you'll lose, you will!

(PS, about the vomiting, I'm just having trouble eating too quickly/not chewing things enough now that I've moved on to "real" food, so I know I'm doing it to myself. Still working on getting that part down!)

Hey there everyone!  I haven't been on here since first having my surgery Dec 13th.  I'm 1 month 2 days post op.  It's been going pretty well.  All of my incisions are healed.  I was progressed to regular diet, minus pasta, rice, nuts, popcorn, and raw veggies.  I'm dying for a salad, so in looking forward to Feb 13th, 2 months, so I can add raw veggies in.  

The only pain I still have is in my lower left side.  It's like a burning, sharp, stinging pain. I get it when I laugh too hard, cough, bend too far, stretch to much, or even just sitting certain ways.  I still have to sleep on my back because of it.  I'm a belly sleeper.  The surgeon said its from where he cut some nerve endings.  I just had my 1 month appt with him and he said to give it another 1-2 weeks and it should go away permanently. 

So far I'm down 35lbs as of yesterday's apt.  

Enjoy your graduation more 'real' food!