Question:
How much weight can i exspect to loss the 1st week post op visit.

I go see my surgeon tomorrow and was wondering how much i should exspect to loss i dont want to get my hopes up...I had the RNY on the 11th of august....    — PoohGal_73 (posted on August 18, 2009)

August 18, 2009
It is different for everyone, some people actually have gained weight (water weight) but everyone is differnet. I actually lost 14 pounds the first week, but I think it all depends on the individual, I have heard of people losing more and of people losing less. Don't worry about it, I was shocked that I had lost that much, now (4 weeks post op)it has tapered off to about 6 pounds a week...... which is not bad either.
   — wendy-s

August 18, 2009
Your weight loss will depend on how much you have to lose to begin with. Typically, the higher your BMI at surgery, the faster your post-op weight loss will be. If you have 200 lbs to lose and I have 100 lbs to lose and we both have the same surgery on the same day, chances are, you will have lost about twice as much as me at your first appointment. However, by the time you have lost 1/2 of your weight (you still have 100lbs to lose), your weight loss will have slowed down to about the same lbs lost per week (on average) as the person needing to lose 100 lbs at the time of their surgery. The more you lose, the slower it will come off, in general.
   — rebalspirit

August 19, 2009
Be prepared to have not lost any weight at all, or to possibly have gained weight. We get all those liquids via IVs in the hospital, and then too, our bowels aren't working quite right just yet, and our bodies are still experiencing the shock of having had a major procedure done. In a week and a half, I had only lost 4 pounds, and was disappointed to the point of tears. We are all different, and we will lose differently. On a REALLY "up note" though, I am now 5 1/2 months out, and the scale this morning showed that I am down ONE HUNDRED POUNDS!!! 37 more pounds to go to reach my surgeon's goal, and 57 to reach MY goal! Yippeee!!
   — Erica Alikchihoo

August 19, 2009
When I came home from the hospital after having RNY on 7/7/09 I had actually gained 24 lbs. By the time I saw the dr. at 2 weeks out I had lost that 24lbs. plus 10 more.Now at 6 weeks out I have lost 27 lbs. since coming home and a total of 47 lb. since the 2 week pre liquid diet. Good luck! Keep me posted!
   — demolady1956

August 19, 2009
Everyone is different in the amount of weight they loose. I actually was full of fluid when I first came home. My feet were very swollen. But by the time I went back to the doctor I had lost 18 pounds. Dont worry any amount you loose is great!!! Good Luck,
   — DonnaRo

August 19, 2009
Thanks for all the advise everything went good at the surgeons today i lost 6pounds in one week which isnt bad...marcella
   — PoohGal_73