Power Surge

Hey guys... Ok so i got sleeved on 10/06. As of 3 days ago. my weightloss was of 40 pounds. But today, when I got on the scale, I was up 4 pounds. Im freaking out a little bit... I hope it doesn't continue to climb.... Anyone had a similar experience? Thanks for sharing any thoughts or advice with me.

I didn't personally experience it, but it's not an uncommon occurrence. Every couple of days someone post with a similar experience. Just continue to follow your program. Your body is still adjusting to a lot of new changes.

Yep, gained 3 pounds at six weeks out and took a month to lose. No worries. Just stick with the program and your overall weight will be downwards.....I promise.

All I can say is we are human. It was one day. Get back to the basics and start again tomorrow. Don't be so hard on yourself. We all screw up. For many years we ate and ate and ate, now we have to make a conscious effort not to eat things that are bad for us or eat too much. Limit yourself and stick to it. You got this!

I don't think it was your sleeve that wasn't working; I think it was your head. You said that you felt the restriction and continued to eat even though you felt full. The sleeve did it's job. The sleeve's job is to restrict the amount you can eat at one time. You can always eat around that by continuing to eat past your full point or eat at non-planned times. Also the sleeve does nothing to help you make good food choices which include not just what to eat (healthy, nourishing foods as opposed to junk) but how MUCH to eat. I consider myself lucky that since my surgery I haven't faced constant hunger. When I'm hungry it's usually 3-4 hours after my last meal and I eat. When I am faced with random hunger, I drink and 9 times out of 10 it goes away. When it doesn't, I accept it and eat a Protein rich snack. I am working very hard to eliminate any connection between guilt and shame and food. If I plan appropriately and eat the foods I should, there should be no guilt if I eat an extra snack. Hunger happens.
I try to avoid overeating by knowing exactly how much food is on my plate and eating the appropriate amount (17 months out, that is 3/4 to 1 cup of food consisting usually of 3-4 oz of Protein and the remainder veggies). I do that by weighing at home and asking the server the serving size when I order. So if they tell me a piece of fish is 6 oz, I can judge how much to put in my mouth and how much to either leave on the plate or box up to go.
Don't feel guilty, just recognize what happened and put a plan into action to make sure it doesn't happen that often (I won't say never again, because we all have those days) again! That plan needs to be one that will work for you, be it going back to measuring everything and not having extra food on the plate to tempt you or something else. I know we have the same surgeon group, but that doesn't necessarily mean that what works for me will work for you. All I do know is that guilt won't make you feel better, but putting an action plan in place will. Good luck!!

I had mine performed on 8/25/2014 by Dr. Nestor de la Cruz-Muñoz at the University of Miami.