So I'm only 18 days post surgery now. Up until the other day I had lost 22 lbs. yay! Then I weighed today and I have gained 3 lbs?? what is going on? I am having flashes of previous weight loss failures... , anyone have any advice, thoughts??

Maybe you have some water retention going on? I'm always frightened when I step on the scale that I would see the number go up.. it must be part of the old dieting cycle we have been in.

Honestly, it's just your body getting used to all the changes. I had the same thing happen. It could be water. It could be gas. It could be if you haven't had a bowel movement in a while. It could be lots of things. You need to just relax (since stress makes us hold on to weight too) and go with the flow & keep following your post-op plan. The scale will eventually follow. Also, make sure you're taking your measurements. Sometimes I've had the scale stay the same for 4 days or so in a row, but I've lost inches when I do my weekly pictures & measurements. Check out the following post on my blog - My Thoughts About the Dreaded Scale - it might help somewhat.

Water, gas, bloating, body holding onto the calories, nothing you should worry about right now. Right now you are only 18 days out, your sleeve is not healed completely. Give it time