Re: so bummed out! and only 2 weeks after surgery

[Guest guest]

How much did you lose the first two weeks being on clear liquids?

[Guest guest]

hello Sherry

My surgery went wonderful, feel good...just depressed over the weight

loss....maybe all the rain and cold weather has me depressed too...this will

pass...it just has too...hugs sherry in tn

[Guest guest]

yes I think the scale is really a bad thing to have...I know I just cried and

went to bed after seeing I hadn't lost any weight in the last 4 days...really

really depressing. My emotions tend to be running wild the last few days..I

feel good physically but emotionally I am just not doing real good.

hugs sherry

[Guest guest]

I lost 13 lbs in 12 days....

[Guest guest]

Sherry - you know that everyone's different - but I know that that doesn't

help much. I am losing very slowly, too - and the frustration is

incredible. Everything I read says keep doing the right things and it will

take care of itself in time - but it sure is hard to wait.

I am 9 weeks out, and have lost 42 pounds. I 'lost' 2 weeks with a

stricture, and then another 2 while my PCP fiddled with my bp meds which

resulted in some water retention problems which have since resolved. 32 of

the 42 were off in the first 4 weeks - the last 10 in the past 5 weeks.

It's hard to know what to do - my surgeon and dietitian have opposing

points of view about calories. I've upped my water to about 84oz per day,

upped from 2 shakes to 3, and keep the total calories including those from

shakes to under 1000.

I walk 2 miles 3x per week, do an hour of water exercise every day, do 1/2

an hour of strength training and 30 minutes on my bike daily. You'd think

the weight would be falling off... but it's not.

I don't have any answers - but sure do have empathy - and sure do hope to

see that stupid scale move this week.

Keep your chin up.

>This happened to anyone else? I mean I thought I would be losing big time the

>first 8 weeks while on pureed foods...

ChrisD in Belleair, FL

Open RNY - 8/30/02

5'7; 302/260/150?

[Guest guest]

Sherry honey I only lost 13 pounds in ten days ?? It is slower than some

but the scales are moving down , what are you eating at this point and how

much ? I know it can't be enough to stop weight loss and you are going to

start again .Mom will want your scales girlfriend . I don't own any yet but

plan to get some soon . Really Sherry you are going to have to look at this

weight loss game like steps for instance step(losing ) ,rest (

plateau ),step ,rest, step, rest . As long as you do your protein ,water and

vitamins and stay away from milk and sugar you will be fine give me a call

if you need to I will be up till nine and back up by 5:30 in the morning .

Big big hugs I am here for you

*shaking finger saying sis stay off that scale *

so bummed out! and only 2 weeks after surgery

> hey guys

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> I need your help. I am soo depressed and upset.

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> At my 2 week checkup (last weds which was actually 12 days out) I had lost

13

> lbs, well not as fast as some...but ok. I just weighed again and now at 16

> days out I weigh the exact same. Haven't lost a lb. This is really getting

me

> depressed.

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> This happened to anyone else? I mean I thought I would be losing big time

the

> first 8 weeks while on pureed foods...

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> hell at this rate, why should I of even bothered with the surgery

>

> Sherry in tn

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[Guest guest]

Could you have lost that much in that much time before surgery ? I don't

think so ) it will be OK sweetie

Re: so bummed out! and only 2 weeks after surgery

> I lost 13 lbs in 12 days....

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[Guest guest]

Sherry the cloudy dreary days make us more depressed could that be a

problem for you ? call my cell tomorrow if you don't get me at home OK

Re: so bummed out! and only 2 weeks after surgery

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> yes I think the scale is really a bad thing to have...I know I just cried

and

> went to bed after seeing I hadn't lost any weight in the last 4

days...really

> really depressing. My emotions tend to be running wild the last few

days..I

> feel good physically but emotionally I am just not doing real good.

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> hugs sherry

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