How Much Have You Lost So Far?

Long2bThin · 06-14-2008, 11:52 AM

I thought it might be fun to start a thread to report on our weight losses so far. June is half over so we are about half banded. It would be exciting to see and motivating for those yet to be banded. Counting your pre op liquid diet, if you had one until now how much have you lost so far??

For me I started losing as I started researching bariatric surgery and lost 10 lbs by the time I went to my seminar, but from the time of my first consult appt. with my surgeon and now 9 days post op I lost 22 more. For a total of 32 lbs. but not sure if I should call it 32 or 22, either way it's good. And might as well count from my highest! LOL

Cadets71 · 06-14-2008, 11:55 AM

I have lost 15 pounds since my surgery day on June 5th. I am stunned and so happy!! Won't weigh again for a while...don't want to become obssessed with the scale!

vzghj3 · 06-14-2008, 02:26 PM

Banded June 9th and have lost 11 pounds since then. I've decided to only weigh in weekly on Fridays; don't want to get obsessed. Right now I am still pretty swollen and hope some weight goes down when the swelling does.

rxdspncr · 06-15-2008, 05:24 AM

This is wonderul, all this weight loss!.....but, I have a question. Did you guys have to do the liquid diet 2 weeks pre-op? I have been on strict liquids and haven't strayed once. I lost 18 lbs prior to surgery on June 9th, but haven't lost ANY since then. I definately feel the restriction too, and am only eating about 700 calories per day between my shakes, protein, and milk. Comments?

vzghj3 · 06-15-2008, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by rxdspncr

This is wonderul, all this weight loss!.....but, I have a question. Did you guys have to do the liquid diet 2 weeks pre-op? I have been on strict liquids and haven't strayed once. I lost 18 lbs prior to surgery on June 9th, but haven't lost ANY since then. I definately feel the restriction too, and am only eating about 700 calories per day between my shakes, protein, and milk. Comments?

I did not have to do a 2 week liquid diet. This first week I am full liquids, about 700 calories a day and they also want me to get in a minimum of 40 grams of protein a day. I've been getting in about 60 grams by adding protein powder or non-fat dry milk. Don't be concerned about not loosing any weight yet, everyones body is different. And I'm thinking since I was not on a strict diet prior, a lot of my weight loss is probably due to water loss.

rxdspncr · 06-15-2008, 12:12 PM

Thanks Vz! That is kinda what I was thinking it might be is just timing.

ebinsc · 06-15-2008, 12:25 PM

I did have a pre-op diet: 2 shakes, one sensible meal and one high-protein snack. I lost 10 lbs doing that. Since surgery on 6/4 I have lost another 14 lbs for a total of 24.

Rxdspncr, did your surgeon do a fill during surgery? I'm wondering why you feel restriction. My surgeons don't do fills until at least 6 weeks after surgery to give the stomach/sutures time to heal. For the first 5-6 days after surgery I would say I could feel some soreness or discomfort when I swallowed which I attribute to the new sutures in my stomach, but it wasn't restriction and now I feel totally normal.

Great job everyone! The next weeks until we start getting our fills may be trying (bandster hell) for some of us dealing with the hunger. I just keep reminding myself that this time is not about weight loss, it's about healing. I'm trying my best to follow the guidelines my doc gave me for the post-op diet.

triser72 · 06-15-2008, 04:06 PM

I was banded on 6/11 and I have lost 10 lbs so far! I know that most of it is water retention, but the sheer joy of saying good-bye to the 300s is worth it!

rxdspncr · 06-15-2008, 04:29 PM

ebinsc, no, he didn't do a fill during surgery. I think I probably don't know what I'm talking about :-) I think, the more I hear, it may be the gas that everyone is talking about that I only seemed to have the first 8 hours in the hospital. I thought that the gas was all gone, but maybe not, huh? I bet when I finally feel restriction, I won't know what hit me! :-)

kristyn1975 · 06-15-2008, 04:32 PM

i have lost a total of 17 pounds..my surgery was on June 2nd!

Long2bThin · 06-15-2008, 07:12 PM

I only had to follow a liquid diet 2 days pre op, then 5 days of liquids post op, then soft foods. I lost 10 lbs. the week before my sugery and 13 since then, and a total of 33 (10 on my own while researching surgery). I do have a prefill because the large band was too big and the smaller band too small. So he used the large with some prefill in it.

realme · 06-16-2008, 02:51 PM

I started this process exactly one month back
- I lost 10 pounds before surgery during 2 week pre-ops.
- 5 days after surgery (June 2nd) I checked I had lost 4 more pounds. - - - For past few days I have noticed I have gained weight by 3 pounds.
Funny... Nothing changed in my consumption or life style :-(
(I hope after all this - this works)

bandedbyrd · 06-16-2008, 04:59 PM

I was on liquids for two weeks post op. Surgery was June 6th....Still on liquids...but soon to mushies! I can't wait! I'm really sick of soups!
I'm following everything to a T....Failing is not an option!

Meal ideas are welcomed! ;o)

Kaz Radford · 06-16-2008, 05:19 PM

I was banded on 11th June. 22lbs lost since pre-op diet started 29th May. Woohoo!

Katies · 06-17-2008, 07:30 PM

I had my post op appointment today and have lost 19 lbs since May 31st. 11 lbs were pre-op diet and 8 since surgery on June 9th.