Question:
I have not lost any weight in 21 days. I need help!

   — Jenny W. (posted on November 13, 2002)

November 13, 2002
Hi, looking at your bmi it appears you are a light weight. I had my surgery on 10/18 and the same thing happened..I too am a so called light weight w/ a BMI around 41. I cried and told my husband this wasnt going to work for me....I decided it had to, only MUCH slower as I have less to lose than some. I decided not to weigh myself frequently and just stick to the program. I walk everyday at lunch time and watch my food intake. I was having some problems getting in all the protein so I now dring a 1/2 a protein shake on the way to work (YUCK)..it give me 30 proteins and that seemed to help. I am just about a month out now and have lost 18 lbs. Not as much as some...but better than being stuck at 11lbs (at 10 days post op). Have faith and try not to weigh yourself so much. Lower your expectations cause it just doesnt come off as fast when your BMI is in our range. But have faith...it will come off..good luck and hang in there, I know how frustrating it can be.....aloha Keniki
   — Keniki B.

November 13, 2002
i was not losing any weight for a couple of months and every one keep telling me to drink water and that it was a platu but i was doing everything i needed to do so i requested an upper gi and it came back with a problem so i have to go on the 22nd to schedule onther surgery so i would ask you dr. for an upper gi to be safe, but you can try all the other stuff first. good luck
   — chrissy T.

November 13, 2002
Hear, hear to the slow losers......! I think we're all around the same BMI and seem to be running up against the same challenge! I'm about 6 weeks out and I have just stopped weighing myself PERIOD (the last time I did, I think I had lost 20 lbs or so....which didn't seem like much!)!! Keep the faith, keep drinking water, exercise, protein-protein-protein and let's bet that it'll eventually start falling off so fast that we'll trip over the pounds as they sliiiide off!
   — Karen K.

November 13, 2002
You are going to have plateaus - I do not know anyone who hasn't my last one lasted over a month.... Now I am back to losing like crazy again. I know it is not much comfort when you are the one looking at the scale, but STOP looking at the scale. As long as you are eating and drinking the way you should and exercising enough the weight will come off. Hang in there!
   — kultgirl

November 14, 2002
Jenni, you are experiencing your first plateau, which hits most of us at around 3 weeks post-op. They can last from a few weeks up to a month, then you will start dropping again. It will happen on and off over your journey. I have had times when I gain 2 pounds (how the hell does that happen??) and then a week later drop those 2 and 2 or 3 more, and times when I haven't lost anything for 3 weeks or more. Just do what your supposed to do-small quantities, protein first, exercise, lots of water, vitamins, watch the snacking and it will come off. Your just at the start of your journey-it will happen.
   — Cindy R.