Only 7 days post op and was dropping the pounds nicely. About 15lbs at day 6. So it surprised me a lot that today GAINED .80 LBS ! How can that happen on liquid diet? I figured about 540 calories daily from protein shakes and broth comes in very cheap @ no more than 10 calories per serving in using bouillon!

You will gain and lose all the time. If you weigh yourself every day only actually count it once a week. I weigh myself every day, but Monday is my "weigh-in" day. You weight will constantly fluctuate. Your body is also healing and has lots of fluid in it from surgery so don't expect a lot for several weeks. Just keep moving!

Isn't .08 like 1.5 ozs? You could pee that out or sweat it off with a 1 mile walk? Why are you sweating 1 1/2 ounces of weight?

You can gain 5 lbs of fluids simply by eating too much sodium, processed carbs, refined sugar, TOM? The lapband does not guarantee losing weight is a linear path to being skinny. The scale cannot differentiate fat loss from Fluid loss.

Your weight can move up or down every day depending on stress, fluid input, food input, TOM, medications and the list goes on.

Everyone has their own comfort level with how often they weigh, but for this very reason, I stay off the scale on a daily basis. Drives me nuts! Then, when I DO weigh (about once a week), I'm (usually) happy with what I see.

I weight daily and put it on my calendar and count the lowest weight for the week...you body holds water so it is noral to but up 5 lbs in a day and down the next..I track it daily to see how my body does that...so don't panic and 8-10 lbs loss a MO is perfect more in the beginning...

Only 7 days post op and was dropping the pounds nicely. About 15lbs at day 6. So it surprised me a lot that today GAINED .80 LBS ! How can that happen on liquid diet? I figured about 540 calories daily from Protein shakes and broth comes in very cheap @ no more than 10 calories per serving in using bouillon!

The big question is if still on a liquid diet and have no more than say 700 cal's, I can gain weight? Exercise increase and/or less calories is known to cure this, but come on 700 calories!

My dr and NUT has never had me count calories. I just did it on my own. They were more focused on following the eating guidelines and eating healthy. No calorie goal has ever been set for me.

0.8 lbs ????... Thats a glass of water.. Don't weight yourself everyday... And my advice to eliminate the frustration is to learn more and more about dieting and weight loss..

Its a life time process and you will not help your band by being uninformed.