OK SO, i HAVE BEEN EXERCISING AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK FOR A WEEK NOW AND JUST STARTED ON FOOD. I HAVE GAINED A FLIPPIN POUND !!!!!-SINCE TUESDAY AT MY POST-OP APPOINTMENT.... I AM SO FRUSTRATED AND ANGRY. WAS THIS ALL IN VAIN ??????

It could have been a lot of things. At only one pound it could have been the clothes or shoes you were wearing. Could it be that your time of the month is lurking? Or it could have simply been the time of day you weighed yourself. In other words, I wouldn't stress over a pound. Our bodies fluctuate.

Thank you for that moment of sanity !!!

I have overall lost only 5 lbs since the date of my surgery so I am pretty damn frustrated overall. I am trying to keep the faith here but it is so difficult .....

A pound of fat is about 3200 calories. So to gain a pound of fat, you would need to eat about 3200 calories MORE than your basal metabolic rate. I have no idea what your BMR was or when you were sleeved, but unless you're drinking melted butter all day can you logically see any way that you've gained a pound of fat?

You've gained a pound of something else, so don't worry about it. That's how the body works. It is constantly rearranging fluids, solids, and everything else. Making a tiny poop can trigger a 10 lbs loss. Retaining fluids for TOM can trigger a 12 lb gain.

Weight scmeight. It just doesn't matter. Fat mass is what matters.

Thank you wheetsin ! Not much fits better either I'm just overall glass half empty right now I guess. It is sooo discouraging not seeing results after everything I have gone through.