Weight Gain Right After Surgery

[Belinda 17]

Hi everyone I was just wonder if anyone else gained weight right after surgery? I was 209 when I went in for surgery that morning and when I got home 2 days later I'm now 217 grrrrrr. So I thought ok its just the Water weight from all the fluids they pumped in me from the IV but its been 4days and I'm still 217 will this weight come off? It really makes me mad I haven't ate nothing but my protien shakes and some sf Jello and sf popsiclkes. Please let me know if this happen to you the first week of surgery.

Thanks Belinda

[Darkkyss 33]

Yes common, I was up I think 10lbs, I dont think I even weighed myself the first week. Give it time! easier said then done......... LOL

[Belinda 17]

Yes common, I was up I think 10lbs, I dont think I even weighed myself the first week. Give it time! easier said then done......... LOL

Thanks that makes me feel a little better I'm not going to weight myself for 1 week and see what happens.

[iggychic 1,405]

I gained twenty between the icu and surgery center it's one week and it's still not all gone

[thedogsmommy 16]

15 for me

[doxieville 799]

Lol! You and I posted at the same time, and it's almost about the same problem. It just seems so odd to gain weight after surgery when so many people are dropping pounds like crazy!! As long as this process eventually works, I'm ok. Can you guys imagine if it didn't?? Yikes!! I had a dream last nite that my 'plumbing' was rewired and it Frankenstienish! And no, I hadn't taken an Ambien.

We should start a thread for 'Opposite of Losers: Gainers!'.

:-)

[7carol3 212]

I have posted this same thing on different threads about this same subject. You should NOT weigh yourself right after your surgery. Wait until your follow up appointment and let your doctor weigh you. Don't be a slave to your scale. I cannot tell you how HARD the mental aspect of this journey is sometimes. Don't add to it by weighing yourself everyday. It just depresses you if you don't see the results you want. Put the scale away, better yet throw it away. I only weighed at doctor's appointments. I don't own a scale and I intend to keep it that way.

This surgery does work, you WILL see results!!

[Belinda 17]

I know I shouldn't of weighted myself but I was just die to find out if I lost. I was shocked I gained but I thought about it and I know its all the Fluid they pumped into me after surgery. I have heard of people weighting everyday I can say I will probley be one of those people. LOL I just can't help it, Well It makes me feel alot better that I'm not the only one that gained.

Thanks again everyone Belinda

[iggychic 1,405]

Carol, obviously what works for YOU is that YOU should not weigh in daily. I however, like many other people enjoy the losses and understand small gains. It's a reality check for me that I like and need so I should weigh in daily.

This is not a world of absolutes. Understanding that is really important to being successful in life .

[7carol3 212]

Carol' date=' obviously what works for YOU is that YOU should not weigh in daily. I however, like many other people enjoy the losses and understand small gains. It's a reality check for me that I like and need so I should weigh in daily.

This is not a world of absolutes. Understanding that is really important to being successful in life .[/quote']

It is very hard to determine tone from print. I'm merely trying to inspire. It was not my intent to be taken any other way. I'm just another voice here I mean no more or no less than anyone else.

[Ready4success 380]

I have posted this same thing on different threads about this same subject. You should NOT weigh yourself right after your surgery. Wait until your follow up appointment and let your doctor weigh you. Don't be a slave to your scale. I cannot tell you how HARD the mental aspect of this journey is sometimes. Don't add to it by weighing yourself everyday. It just depresses you if you don't see the results you want. Put the scale away' date=' better yet throw it away. I only weighed at doctor's appointments. I don't own a scale and I intend to keep it that way.

This surgery does work, you WILL see results!![/quote']

I agree with this opinion. When I think about healthy people in normal BMI ranges, how often do you think they weigh themselves? Probably, only at doctor's appointments. We (overweight/ obese) people put too much emphasis on what the scale says, and not enough emphasis on what a healthy person should be eating and how much exercising. We're still in the "diet" mentality, because before I started gaining so much weight, I never weighed myself, my only measurement was how my clothes fit. If they got too snug, then I knew I had to do something about it. Being a slave to the scale is not what someone does when they're making a lifetime commitment, it's what someone does to lose weight and meet a goal, that may or may not be maintained. My NUT told me that if I absolutely have to weigh myself, only do it twice a month, because I need to make decisions on how to become healthy, not how to make the scale move. I trust her and I believe there is truth in what she says.