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Gaining Weight Mushies?

I lost 22lbs the first week and a half then stopped now that I'm on soft foods I gained 2.5lbs back I'm completely dissapointed in myself :( did this happen to anyone else and then become okay again? I still haven't had my first fill & I want it ASAP!

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    Totally normal. I gained 7.5lbs when I switched to soft foods. I am on regular foods now and have lost that 7.5 plus a few more. Keep sticking to the plan and things will stabilize.

  • There are 2-3 posts just like this every day. You shouldn't be concerned about weight loss yet. You are still in the healing phase. Only when you get a fill and find restriction will you start to lo

  • i dont think its realistic or healthy to lose that much weight continually ..initially it may have been a lot of fluid for you plus fat,which is good, but you cant keep losing at that rate.im sure tha

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I posted this very same thing yesterday. I lost 15 pouds after surgery and then yesterday, after 4 days on mushies, I had gained back almost 1 pound. I am disappointed as well but as I thought about it I imagined it made sense as I went from a liquid only diet to eating food again - even the little bit that it is. It still sucks though

its best to go by how loose your clothes are then by the scale. your weight changes so often each day, by drinking, eating, peeing etc.......try and weigh once a week at same time to get accurate readings.

Totally normal. I gained 7.5lbs when I switched to soft foods. I am on regular foods now and have lost that 7.5 plus a few more. Keep sticking to the plan and things will stabilize.

I gained a couple pounds back too. I am mad at myself but it sounds like it happens to a lot of people. I am just trying to increase the amount of exercise I am doing to keep my metabolism up.

Remember that immediately after surgery, you are getting dehydrated and some of your loss is water loss. So as you feel better and are tolerating more, you are replenishing your water. This may be some of what you are experiencing. Same thing happened to me, so while the numbers were not favorable, my clothes continued to represent weight loss.

There are 2-3 posts just like this every day. You shouldn't be concerned about weight loss yet. You are still in the healing phase. Only when you get a fill and find restriction will you start to lose "fat". I emphasise the word "fat" because up to this point, the weight you've lost is mostly Water weight. That's not a bad thing but you won't lose fat weight till you reach your green zone unless you diet to the extreme.

And, you will only be losing 2-6 lbs per month, max, after you squeeze out all the excess water your fat cells have been hoarding for years.

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I lost 22lbs the first week and a half then stopped now that I'm on soft foods I gained 2.5lbs back I'm completely dissapointed in myself :( did this happen to anyone else and then become okay again? I still haven't had my first fill & I want it ASAP!

i dont think its realistic or healthy to lose that much weight continually ..initially it may have been a lot of fluid for you plus fat,which is good, but you cant keep losing at that rate.

im sure that your weight loss will adjust now...

..as your diet changes your weight loss will settle down more. My weight loss is realistic for me at my age, im quite happy with it now. ive lost about 30 pounds in three months. another 30 to go.

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You guys are great! Def makes me feel a lot better about it! :(

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