So I am 13 days post op..I have been following the diet to a T...liqiuds etc. Right now I am consuming between 800-900 calories a day. I had been losing..now all of the sudden

I'm gaining weight. I'm drinking my Water, taking my supplements, tracking my protien consumption...which is around 50 most days at this point. So what am I doing wrong???

Who the hell gains weight eating a half a cup of puree 3xday and a protien shake?

Don't worry about it. You are still in the healing stage. I'm 8 weeks post op and you've lost a lot more than me.

2-3 weeks after you start a new diet, you usually go into a plateux stage. Don't stress out, just make sure you're exercising (if you've been cleared for it) and keep doing what you're doing. Once you get some solids into you your metabolism will slowly get faster.

The possible reason this could be happening is if you're on liquids or not eating reguarly, it can pass through your body and effect your metabolism.

So don't freak out :thumbup:

You would not believe how much difference a little exercise makes.

When I first went back to my doctor after my surgery, I was amazed at how much weight I'd lost. Then the following week, I went back to work and was on mushies and noticed I'd gained about 5 lbs back. I started stopping at my local park on the way home from work and just did one walking lap around their fitness trail. I immediately started losing again. Not a lot, but enough that I've noticed a difference.

Expecting too much? :thumbup:

Right now your body is healing. Let it.

Most likely, your body is becoming very efficient (lowering your metabolism) because your calories have dropped so low so rapidly and thinks you're starving. However, if you're not logging what you're eating into something like Fitday.com, I would recommend it. It's not hard to add *lots* of extra calories into our diet even on puree.

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It will come off. stay on track and stay away from cream soups. full of carbs!!!1

I wouldn't stress about it, same thing happened to me shortly after surgery. I lost alot in that first week, and then it pretty much stopped and I gained back like three or four pounds. I was upset but just kept doing what I was supposed to and lo and behold, the scale started its quick move downward again. :laugh: I gather from seeing folks talk about it, that this is a usual and normal occurrence.

Personally for me I had to up my calories a bit before I started losing. I had been making my shakes with water but I switched to skim milk and then I started to see a difference in the scale.

Your body cannot help but eventually lose if you consume less calories than you use. This is an adjustment period (and you'll probably adjust several times during this journey). Ride it out, keep doing what we're supposed to, and you'll HAVE to lose eventually. I mean, even in starvation mode-- starving people lose weight :laugh:

You are not doing anything wrong. When I was about 15 days out, I noticed that I had stopped losing. I took it as a cue to get on the treadmill. Once I did (30-60 minutes of walking every other day), I started losing again. Like others said, your body is still healing, also it is getting used to going from having 300+ calories in one sitting to like 100 or less. That is tough on a metabolism, but it will all even out. Keep your head up and keep doing what you are doing. Good luck!