Question:
how fast after surgery does the weight drop off?

currently, i am 2 1/2 weeks post op, and have only lost a few pounds. (i had open rny) i have done everything the dr. has said, and i don't want to get discouraged.    — [Anonymous] (posted on October 13, 2001)

October 12, 2001
There are many variables and everyone looses differently. A lot has to do with your weight to begin with. I weighed 340 lbs on 06/11/01 when I had my OpenVBG. By 2 1/2 weeks I'd lost 18 lbs. It's been four months now, and I've lost 90 lbs as of yesterday.
   — Cathy J.

October 13, 2001
I am two months post op and down 50 pounds. I have eaten healthy choice and lean cuisine for lunches and tried to eat protein, although it's hard. Everyone loses differently, but don't worry - I know that's hard. When I had left the hospital I had retained so much fluid that I at one week post op I weighed exactly the same as before surgery..then two weeks later, down 21 pounds. Your body will lose at its own pace.
   — [Deactivated Member]

October 13, 2001
EVERYONE is DIFFERENT! Like Barb said, your starting weight matters, and how long you have been at the weight. I was told that sometimes when you have maintained that weight for like 10 years is tends to stick around longer. Example: I started at 370. The last 70 are pounds i gained 16 months before surgery. I lost that seventy in 2 months. I am at 293 now. I stayed at this weight for years, so it'll take longer. But when i get to like 250, I hope it will change. This is clearly here say, but for me it has proven to be true. Courtney, lap RNY July 23, 2001
   — Courtney W.