Just looked at your diary for today. Where is your protein? Are you not drinking protein shakes? That is the key to using your tool. Three things, Protein, Water, Exercise. But 20 lbs gone is 20 LBS GONE...great job and it will come off.

I had my RNY 3.75 years ago. My first 2 days post-op I was on clear liquids. Starting at day 3 I got in 80 grams of protein a day (4 slim fast low carb shakes a day to start with) and raised it from there. After i could eat more, I got in close to 200 grams a day. I believe it was a big part in my losing 200 pounds and keeping it off. I still get in over 100 grams a day. Up your protein.

Christy,

Do yourself a favor and don't try to control it too much. If you are doing what your doctor says, then you are doing the right thing. You don't really need to worry about calorie intake right now or managing that in any way.

My surgeon explained to me that no matter what I did during my honeymoon period, I was going to lose weight. It's not always at a speed that I would want.. and I might still see fluctuations up and down (which is why he recommends and I echo his suggestion of REMOVING YOUR SCALE from your house for about the first six months so you only weigh in either at his office or on a monthly basis).. but the overall trend will be DRAMATIC and DOWNWARD. He was right. If you go to ObesityHelp.com and look up Gypsy Blossom on The Kane Center, I think you will be able to see my initial weightloss trend.. and it looks like a heart monitor moving downward.. sometimes small losses, sometimes big ones.. but always primarily downward and dramatically.

Stick to the basics:

Eat well and in the proper priority order (protein first, etc).
Take your vitamins.
Drink all your water.
Keep Moving.

For about the first 12 - 18 months, you WILL NOT FAIL. Your surgery is literally going to do the work for you but it will eventually stop. Spend the time you have on your "honeymoon" doing the work on your head and making sure you change your relationship with food.. so that when the honeymoon period ends (and it will), you will have the tools to maintain your loss or continue it if you don't get all the way to goal.

I am always fond of saying I had surgery on my stomach so I could do surgery on my head. The hardest part of this process for me was changing my habits.. I'm not 100% successful, but I know it's possible. I did 85% of it before my honeymoon ended.

Use this fail safe time wisely.

Stef

Everybody has you covered here. You should increase your protein intake, shakes are a good thing right after surgery. Your body needs the nutrition so that it doesn't go into complete starvation mode, you want to burn off fat, not muscle. Not getting enough protein kills that whole process.

The other thing is that scale... DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. Keep an eye on what you're putting in your system. It may be your honeymoon period, but you need to start learning how your body reacted to the surgery (everyone is a little different) and adjusting your diet and such to match. That process can take some time.

Be patient, watch what you put in your system and let the surgery do it's thing. You'll get there!