Poat op frustration

[kacy100plus 4]

Hello fellow sleevers. I am very frustrated this morning. Here are my numbers this far...

262 (pre op day 1)

259.3 (preop day 2

258 (pre-op day 3)

256.4 (preop day 4)

256.4 (preop day 5)

257 (post op day 4)

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I have been so good and have not cheated (even when the hubby came home with a milkshake! I didn't cheat I just had many thoughts about what I wanted to do with that shake. Lol). I guess I'm confused as to why I'm not losing any suggestions !!!

[Chris R 217]

I gained 10 lbs of Water weight from the IVs in the hospital. It took me a week to lose those. I'm now 6 1/2 weeks post-op and down 27 lbs from me pre-op low. Patience!

[T'snewstart 251]

I to gained during my hospital stay.... It's Water and it will drop....keep smiling....

[PdxMan 4,292]

Oye ... the daily weigher ... first off ... ditch the scale. As you have seen from your post, you are a little obsessive about it.

Question for you. Are you wanting to lose weight or lose fat? What does your scale measure, weight, or fat?

It is commonly accepted that 1 pound = 3,500 calories. Eat 3,500 calories more than you burn, you gain a pound, burn 3,500 calories more than you eat , you lose a pound.

How many calories are you consuming now? Are you in a deficit or overage?

You just underwent surgery where you had an IV and 85% of your stomach ripped out of you. How much Fluid are you going to retain, how swollen is your stomach and how long is it going to take for all this to return to "normal"? Bottom line ... you have no idea. It's not going to happen overnight. Your expectations are far misaligned from reality.

What you have to know is that this is not a sprint. We all wanted to wake up a week after surgery and be skinny, but that is not going to happen. If you were to chart your weight daily over the next year, it is NOT going to be a straight line sloping from start to finish. It is going to be a roller coaster going down, leveling and even going up at times. This is just how it is, and it is a good thing.

Here is my suggestions:

1. Weigh yourself once a month. You will always see your weight drop, so you stay encouraged. Otherwise, you will go insane. If you don't believe me, read the 3,234 posts on this EXACT topic posted on this forum last month (no, you are not alone in this experience)
   
2. Remember the calories/weight thing I mentioned above. If you always remember this, you will know that even though the scale may not change, you are losing fat (and muscle). The weight may not change, but that could be for 1 of about 563 reasons for that.
   
3. Don't justify cheating on your guidelines because of what the scale says. As I have pointed out, the scale lies. It is not measuring fat.
   
4. Measure yourself. All over. You would be amazed to see these numbers shrink when the scale's numbers don't
   
5. Rightsize your expectations for this journey
   
6. Read #1 again. Don't give into the temptation to weigh yourself daily.
   

Good luck and keep us posted!