Question:
Help! I am only 17 days Post Op from lap RNY and have

already been plateaued for a week. I am getting in between 70 and 80 grams of protein a day, mostly from protein drinks. I have lost 28 pounds including the weight lost pre-surgery. Isn't it to early to be plateaued!    — ktb (posted on April 16, 2009)

April 16, 2009
I plateaued 9 days 3 weeks out from surgery. Just keep on getting your protein in, exercising and it restarts. Frustrating though isn't it. What I did to help my head was look at how few calories I was taking in (averaging about 410/day) and realized there was no way I wasn't burning fat even if the scales didn't budge. I am not looking forward to the next plateau. I know it will happen, but I hate the idea. I didn't get to 354 pounds overnight and it won't go away overnight so I keep telling myself to stick with the eating plan, the exercise and it will happen. Hang in there. Kevin
   — hapkidodoc

April 16, 2009
My doctor's answer was that I needed the protein drinks a lot right now to continue healing. I had my surgery April 1st and I really haven't felt much of anything, very little fullness, etc. I look at those two tablespoons of food per meal and realize that it will come off somewhere, there's no intake. Hang in there - we need to get healed up first. Then you can increase your exercise and that will make a difference. We're all in this together. Carol
   — CarolH1953