Re: Plateau already?

[Guest guest]

Hi Cindy,

You sound like me when I first started out. I had reached my first plateau

about 3 weeks out and stayed there for nearly 4. Finally I started losing

again and am down another 15 or so. I will be 10 weeks out tomorrow. Try not

to

get discouraged although I know it's hard, believe me I know. The best thing

to do is NOT get on the scales. Was also told that while we may not be losing

weight we are losing inches. Can't do both at the same time. Hang in there

and keep up the good work. Sounds like your doing great to me.

Laurette

4/23/04 open RNY

209/290/254/150

St. Charity

Cleveland Ohio

[Guest guest]

Ok take a deep breath and relax. This is perfectly normal. You are

going through a hibernation period which is very common in the

beginning. Your body is in shock from the surgery basically and

feels like you are starving it so it is holding on to that weight

but it will soon adapt and you will probably drop several pounds all

at once again before you begin losing steadily.

Are you exercising regularly? If you have begun an exercise regime

after surgery you also have to remember that muscle weighs more than

fat and you are building muscle if you are exercising. That will

regulate itself soon as well.

You might want to stop getting on that scale for a week or so and

start taking measurements of your body and see if you are losing

inches but not LBS for now. That sometimes helps a lot to do that.

I can't count how many posts like this I have seen and I also wrote

a similiar post at about 5-6 weeks post-op. I thought I was the one

person the surgery had failed. I stalled out for several weeks but

since then have lost over 100 LBS. You will too!!

Colleen

Lap-RNY 11/03/03

315/200/145-ish

> I am four weeks out, and have apparently hit my first plateau. I

lost

> 18 pounds in 18 days, and since then I have not lost a single

> pound...not one! Is this normal? I read about people melting off

pound

> after pound in the first few months, and it is discouraging to

think

> that I am stymied already!!!!! I am taking all my vitamins, am

getting

> in at least 2 and usually 3 shakes a day, and am almost getting in

all

> my water. (The water has been the hardest thing, in spite of the

fact

> that I was a big water drinker before the surgery.) I have not

had the

> first bout of nausea, don't feel hungry, and have also never felt

> " full. " Is there some way to jump start the weight loss?

> Cindy

[Guest guest]

Yes! Be patient and do the right things and it will all pay off!

The weight loss in the beginning is mostly water weight. That is why

we lose so much to start off. Just like when dieting you lose so

much more at first. That is one reason people get so discouraged

with diets. The weight pours off them at first then slows down so

they lose interest in the diet or think it isn't working as well any

more.

Remember...slow and steady wins the race!

You have a nice weekend too Kelley!

Colleen

Lap-RNY 11/03/03

315/200/145-ish

-- In Gastric_Bypass_Family , Kelley

<patterk@s...> wrote:

> Bless you, Colleen. The plateau question was something I was

wondering

> about, too. I'm 7 weeks out, and while I lost really fast at

first for the

> past 8 days the scale hasn't moved. It's so strange how this

whole thing

> works-I lost 38 lbs in the first 3 weeks, 4 lbs for the next 2

weeks, 6 lbs

> last week, and now nothing in over a week. It's hard to argue

with 52 lbs

> in 7 weeks, but still...instant gratification takes too long!

Anyways,

> thanks for your message. I guess I'll try to wait for the

hibernation to

> end. Have a nice weekend!

>

> Kelley

> RNY 5/12/04

> 374/322/175

>