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Convinced scale is absolutely not accurate. I'm finishing the first week of my liquid preop diet. Went in at 262 only one cheat early on of a veg only salad no dressing and 2oz of grilled chicken. Day 7 I gained a half pound no can't be right...weighs again 258. Weighs again. Anyways I got variations of 256-262.5. In minutes. I'm sticking it in the closet I think. Most days I don't even get the 5 shakes in. Sighs.

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Yes 5 Protein shakes if mixed w Water Bariatric Advantage. Or 4 w low cal unsweetened almond milk. I started doing them w milk still only seem to get 3 down

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5 shakes?

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Everybodies preop diet is different. Different lengths, what they should be eating, how long, etc.

For example: my liquid diet will be 3 weeks long, and be nothing but liquids. 3 Protein shakes daily. However, post op, I'll be moving on to purees on day 3.

Some people are allowed to eat something, some are only on it for a few days, some a week. Every surgeon is different.

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Convinced scale is absolutely not accurate. I'm finishing the first week of my liquid preop diet. Went in at 262 only one cheat early on of a veg only salad no dressing and 2oz of grilled chicken. Day 7 I gained a half pound no can't be right...weighs again 258. Weighs again. Anyways I got variations of 256-262.5. In minutes. I'm sticking it in the closet I think. Most days I don't even get the 5 shakes in. Sighs.

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You have my permission to throw it out the window!

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So it was wrong preop was 258

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@@MindyMe,

Do you have PCOS? If so, this could be the problem. Get back on the wagon and keep going! Sometimes the body wants to hang on to what your eating, but stay on the liquid diet for another week, then, get on the scale.

You can do this!

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Throw that stupid scale away and invest in a really smart scale. I use Garmin Index scale and it sends data to my computer.

I have graphs of my weight, BMI, fat content, muscle mass, Water weight and bone weight.

If I gain weight I can tell immediately if it is Water, fat or muscle that went up. Please do this for yourself. What you are doing now is like driving a car with a broken speedometer and no mileage indicator. You never know how fast you are going or how far you have done.

It will make your journey so much easier. Always weigh yourself everyday but use a scale that is correct. Putting the scale in the closet is what helped me gain enough weight to need weight loss surgery. I never want to live in denial again.

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@@MindyMe,

Do you have PCOS? If so, this could be the problem. Get back on the wagon and keep going! Sometimes the body wants to hang on to what your eating, but stay on the liquid diet for another week, then, get on the scale.

You can do this!

I do have pcos. Had partial hyst in June but I'm "insulin resistant" plus still have the ovaries.

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Ok, I have the same thing. The insulin resistance is a kicker though, but that can be reversed and the PCOS symptoms will become mild. As you already know, the longer your body goes without the bad foods, the better you'll be. So even if you go several months without junk food, your body will still know what to do even if you eat junk food every now and then. It will process out the sugar and junk food the right way instead of processing everything you eat and drink into sugar.

So keep up the good work.

I'm still on the 6 month pre-op visits. Within past 7 days, I finally cut out all sugary foods and drinks and all flour, low carbs and fat. Ive been a vegetarian for 2 months. I was finally able to lose 10 lbs. Now, I'm afraid if I keep losing this weight, I may not be eligible for surgery. My highest weight was 240. My doctor said not to get to 205 by January.

Doing all of this is hard, but I keep reminding myself of the final result. Most of all, I keep encouraged by reading these posts..

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Good luck on your journey as well. The first few days of the liquid diet were bad but its leveled off

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