I am almost 2 weeks post op & still on a liquid diet. I only have 2 more days left before I introduce mushies, but just within the past few days my weight has gone up! I don't understand how if I'm only having liquids I could be gaining. Did this happen to anyone else? It's freaking me out a bit that I am one if those statistics that the band is not going to work for. I'm following Dr orders, I'm walking every day, & I'm drinking my water. The only thing I can think the cause is that I'm not getting enough calories. I'm getting at the least 500 a day which was considered acceptable from my Dr at this stage. I need encouragement :-(

The liquid and mushy stages are not about losing weight...they are about healing. Your body is probably in starvation mode and holding on to every calorie it gets. Relax. Heal. You might want to just stay off of the scale for a couple weeks. The weight will come off when it's time!