HI! - I didn't read all the responses so I am sorry if I am repeating anything. My surgery was Jan 29 2015. I lost about 15 lbs. in the first week and half. And then the scale did not move for the next 3 weeks. At all!! I kept trying to keep it together but that was hard and depressing!! At my 1 month post op appointment the exercise physiologist asked me what exercising I was doing. I told her all cardio. She told me to quit cardio as primary activity. She said cardio is great as a supplement/heart healthy activity but to lose weight I need to do a weight training. Weight training builds muscle and muscle burns fat. Cardio burns calories. VSG'rs don't eat enough calories to worry about burning calories as a primary weight loss activity (especially at first). She also said to make sure to drink half a protein drink before exercise and the other half within 10 minutes after exercise and to make sure I am getting at least 70 grams of protein in shakes a day - with the addition of 3 meals of food protein a day. (which i'm sure we have all heard pre-op) I started doing this 2 weeks ago. I have lost 10 lbs. in the last 2 weeks. And I think, based on how baggy my clothes have become, that I have lost more that that in fat and replaced the weight in muscle. My starting weight was 260. Day of surgery was 237. Today I am 212.

Once again Thaeda is right on point your doing well. Don't worry so much about the scale it will come around. The muscles your building will make maintenance a lot easier.