Has anyone ever gained weight during your pre-op liquid diet? I'm on day 7 and every day the scale was lower and lower, but today I'm 2 lbs heavier. :/ I'm wondering if my metabolism is slowing down and storing fat. Can that be a possibility?

Yeah, that happened to me a couple of times, though I wasn't weighing myself in the same clothes or anything.

The thing is, no matter what, weight fluctuates a bit.

Also, if you believe in the theory of starvation mode, then that's exactly what's happening!

I believe in that theory.

Your body wants to save itself, you know? It wants to make sure you will survive, and so your limited diet is making it keep what it can, and it's reluctant to let it go.

Basically, don't worry about the scale too much right now, you know you aren't over eating or anything if you're following your diet right.

Weight fluctuates all the time, don't let the scale bother you, and overall, you'll lose more and than you'll gain!

I have had this problem with my weight since i moved to the mushie part of the diet post op. i have dropped and gained the same 5lbs for the last week. it has been so hard watching the scale i keep telling myself it doesn't matter right now i'm still healing - wonderful folks on this site have told me the same thing it's all about how your body reacts to diets.. it needs to get just enough calories to let the weight go.. but that's a hard balance to find...but i'm hoping is something that will come with time.

This has happened to me as well I had originally lost like 7 pounds the first week of the pre op diet and now this morning I am up 3 pounds. I don't understand it. I am relieved to know this has happened to others as well.