Question:
Is 15 pounds 3 weeks post-op lap RNY "normal"?

I am 3 weeks post-op RNY and have only lost 15 pounds so far. Is this normal/average? I probably should not weigh myself everyday because I am also seeing up then down fluctuations.    — collinsmom (posted on June 10, 2008)

June 9, 2008
I am also 3 weeks post -op RNY and have only lost 15 pounds. It is very hard not to weigh yourself every day. I have been told that this is normal that the body has to get use to the new stomach. So I wait. I thought to myself, Boy I hope I didn't have this surgery to lose only 15 pounds!!!! But I know it has to come off it is just a matter of time. I am losing inches.
   — Rie73

June 10, 2008
You are doing great! Stop worrying. If you keep to the diet, exercise and drink loads of water, the pounds will start to roll off again. DON'T GET WEIGHED MORE THAN ONCE A WEEK, SAME TIME EACH WEEK. Stressing over weight can help hold on to the pounds. Lyn
   — SkinnyLynni2B

June 10, 2008
I am there too. 4 weeks, 17 lbs. and I am doing all the right things.
   — H.A.L.A B.

June 10, 2008
You all are doing great! Weighing every day is hard not to do. But you will be much happier and see the bigger picture if you do weigh once a week. Or at least every three days at the most. Remember, it takes a good year...If you lost 8.4 lbs a month over the next year. you will lose 100 lbs. You have lost 15 lbs in 3 weeks... Just keep doing what you are doing...because it's working! :)
   — .Anita R.

June 11, 2008
Someone at a support group we attend made a great statement. She said "look at the non-scale victories". The scale is not always the best indicator of how you are doing. But it seems like you are doing great.
   — Ira Sansolo

June 11, 2008
You are all doing great! DO NOT WEIGH MORE THAN ONCE A WEEK. I now weigh every Monday morning - same circumstances each time - and that helps a lot. Your body weight goes up and down all week - and that can be discouraging. I know it's hard to not weigh every day but you're messing with your head if you do that! Keep up the good work!
   — SLittle1

June 12, 2008
Why are we so hard headed????? We know we feel worse when we get on the scale, yet we continue to do it to our own detriment. I am 4 weeks out and have weighed once. I have decided that I have to be content with the knowledge that I am doing all I am supposed to be doing and that my clothes are getting bigger on me. What the scale would say should not matter. There is an obvious rearranging of the pounds going on with my body because my donation pile of clothes is 5 times more than the amount of clothes I have left to wear or get into over the next couple of months. There is water retention in the first week or two after surgery from swelling and the IV fluids and God forbid you get bloating for a menstrual cycle... there is a few pounds there. Don't get so caught up in the numbers. Trust yourself that you are doing your best and rest in knowing it will happen and you are getting healthier with each passing day. Don't be so hard on yourself. Find your victories in a looser fitting shirt, underwear that rest higher on my waist than they use to, a chair not cutting into your legs. For me a great victory is the thermostat on our home AC is now 2 degrees warmer than it was pre op and I am not sweating as much while at rest. STEP AWAY FROM THE SCALE AND ENJOY YOUR NEW FOUND FREEDOM!!!!!!!!
   — texast