Question:
My doctor said you should lose about 15 pounds in the first 3 weeks?
Just wandering how other people are doing. I had lots of problems (lungs) on breathing machine in ICU for 1 week in the hosp for 10 days. I lost 62 lbs at my three week appt. — achambers (posted on May 30, 2011)
May 30, 2011
Hi... I can't remember how much weight I lost in the first 3 weeks but I
can tell you I also spend 6 days in the hospital most of it in ICU due to
congestive heart failure from fluid overload after surgery. I have been at
goal since last spring losing 80 lbs total! :) I had my surgery December
2009. I had been told the more you have to lose the larger the numbers in
the beginning.
— fortywhat2
May 30, 2011
I'm wondering if your surgeon said YOU should loose 15 pounds or everyone
should loose 15 pounds the first 3 weeks.
The amount of weight a person will loose depends on several
factors including how much you originly weighed, type of surgery, and
medical issues (pre and post surgery). My co-morb. were high blood
pressure and depression so I was pretty healthy for an obese person. I
weighed 253 to begin and @ my 2 week follow-up I weighed 198 (55 lb loss).
At my 6 week follow-up I weighed 183 pounds (70 lb loss).
— Caribou ME
May 30, 2011
After my surgery, I lost almost 40 pounds in about 2 weeks time. I had to
spend an extra day in ICU because of breathing problems and low oxygen
levels. Since November 15, 2011 I am now down 100 pounds and only 140 more
before I reach my goal and I am feeling great.
— cubdaddy
May 30, 2011
I lost approximately 25lbs by my 3wk appt. Due to internal leaking, they
had to re-operate the night before I was supposed to go home but I was only
in the hospital for an extra 2 days (5 days total). The rest was done
following the diet plan at home. It's been 4mnths now & I am down
81lbs (from 342lbs). I agree with the other 2 posts - everyone is
different & will lose weight at different rates.
— Tickie
May 30, 2011
My experience was a bit different. I gained 12 Lbs in the 1st month.
However abouyt 45 days later I started shedding some weight. I was a slow
looser in my 1st year, and I lost 102 Lbs only. The better news is I kept
all the weight off for over a decade.
— Dani96
May 31, 2011
Everybody is different and I don't know why your surgeon would even attach
a number to a time frame. It causes all sorts of head game reactions!
— Ruthie D.
May 31, 2011
I lost twenty pounds a month average for my first six months. Good luck to
you. My problem now is that I have lost too much. I america now down to 116
after gaining three pounds.
— Jim Christian
May 31, 2011
Hi I had my surgery May 2010, but I started losing around Jan. 2010, I
started at 439 now I am 242, I can see my neck bones and collar bone now
also ribs, I was in the hospital for almost 2 weeks due to I had a ventral
hernia that collapsed while I was in the hospital it happen 2 days after I
had my surgery, and yes I was in ICU too with a breathing machine, I had
the gastric bypass done, the hernia repair I had done when I lost enough
weight in Sept. 2010, I now hope to have my tummy tuck surgery soon. Maybe
in Aug or Sept. of this year 2011. Good Luck with your surgery. God Bless
too you.
— doodlebug125
May 31, 2011
Thanks everyone for your input makes me feel alot better.
— achambers
May 31, 2011
Saw my surgeon and he states iam right on track. The paper work I got
before surgery stated that you should lose at least 15 lbs at your 3 week
appt. Must of read it wrong. Thanks for your feedback.
— achambers
May 31, 2011
I WAS 508 DAY OF SURGERY-I LOST 35 LB THE FIRST 2 WEEKS
— boise1
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