Question:
I am 17 day's Post-op, and I only lost weight the fist week, and now I have not lost

any more???? I am on a liquid diet per my Doctor. I just don't get it! I hear peoples stories every day about how the weight just keeps coming of them. In the first 6 day's I lost about 14/15 pounds, and then about 3/4 more a few day's latter, but have not lost anymore in the last 7/8 day's?!?!?! Any reason why this may be? Thanks in advance    — [Anonymous] (posted on June 11, 2001)

June 11, 2001
Hi...relax...All of us who have had this surgery do lose the weight ..I am 5 months postop, down 75 lbs(in 30 years I have never lost weight)...It just keeps coming off...(1)You will lose weight!...(2)You have got to give your body a break..it just had major surgery..what ever you are eating now is for healing-Don't worry so much about the weight lose-IT WILL HAPPEN!! HEAL, HEAL, HEAL right now.
   — Debora H.

June 11, 2001
Hi! Calm down :0) I'm still pre-op, but I hear that it is VERY common to hit a plateau around the 3rd week & 6th week post-op. Everything will be fine! Take Care!
   — sgeisendorff

June 11, 2001
Hi. Same thing happened to me. I lost an average of 2 pounds a day for the first week and then went on a plateau. I was so worried something was wrong because I had heard of plateaus as early as week 3 but not at the end of one. Anyway, mine lasted 4 days, and then it just broke and I've been losing about a pound a day since. I just passed week 3 and didn't lose anything yesterday so who knows if this is another plateau or just a day without weight loss. Unless you're drinking really high calorie liquids I wouldn't worry about anything. I knows it easy to say for me though, as it's not my plateau. Best of luck, and write me if you feel like it. S
   — sherry hedgecock

June 15, 2001
Hi! I'm about 3 and a half weeks post op and the same thing has happened to me. I've been doing a lot of reading and asking my surgeon a lot of questions and this is normal! Remember that your body is still kind of in shock from what has just been done and it is going to try to hold on to the weight as long as it can! Even though in the long run, this is healthier for your body, it doesn't know that right now. So, keep your chin up and don't get discouraged. I'll promise to do the same thing! Good luck!
   — Alyssa B.