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28 days after surgery. Weight loss slow.

piikoi
piikoi
Feeling discouraged with my weight loss. 28 days after surgery and I have only lost 12 lbs. My BMI prior to surgery was 38 so I need to loss a total of about 50 lbs per my Dr. You may wonder why I had the surgery, I had a hiatal hernia invading my chest and a prior surgery 15 yrs ago to fix that hiatal hernia failed. Dr fixed everything but also had to do a bypass. Have been on a 400-500 cal diet all this time. This past 8 days I have not lost a single ounce. Please note that I have degenerative disk disease riddled in my spine so big exercise is out for me. Has anyone else had such a hard time loosing weight on a 4-500 cal a day diet?
rose33772
rose33772
Hello Piikoi:
12 lb loss is good. It is better to lose slow as it is more likely to stay off that way. It sounds like you reached a plateau. Continued with your doctor's eating plan and your scale will move again. Are your measurements the same? Sometimes we lose that way. I am surprised your calorie count is so low, unless your under a liquid diet. I thought we needed at least 1200 calories a day. Again, follow your doctors advice.
There is also a support group on here for those who had surg wt loss if your interested.
My best to you.
piikoi
piikoi
Hi Rose, Thanks for your advise. Yes, my calorie count is 4-500 cal per day. Im hungry and weak at day 28. I was eating 600 cal but the dietitian let me know it was 4-500. Already went through the liquid diet phase, the pureed phase and today I start the soft food phase.
piikoi
piikoi
The soft foods phase is about 6-700 cal so im feeling a bit better.
kathy1962
kathy1962
Hmm, I can't imagine not losing on so few calories. I think it will eventually come off, for some reason it is just taking a long time. There is no way you can subsist on so few calories indefinitely. It would be impossible. No one can. My dear brother in law is an endocrine doc and he tells his patients that no one came out of those horrid concentration camps fat. Starvation diets work.
piikoi
piikoi
Have been on the 700 cal diet for 9 days and finally lost 3 lbs. I think once I get on the true Bariatric diet its 1200 cal. Does anyone know for sure. I have gone through a reputable hospital here in Denver so I know they are trained in what they are doing.