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Omg so I was 241 pre op surgery was oct 1 went down to 221 and now 3 weeks later I'm at 224 why am I gaining weight I feel so stupid I had this surgery done It's irreversible only for me to gain weight I'm going crazy please help!!!!

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I'm curious as well to what your diet is like? How are your carbs? I try to keep them as low as possible and the Protein high.

Don't regret your surgery. You did it for you. No matter what we, we are going to have to work hard to reach our goals. Weight gain could be anything, maybe your holding on to Water? Drinking enough Water? Hang in there you will soon start dropping those pounds!

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I'm curious as well to what your diet is like? How are your carbs? I try to keep them as low as possible and the Protein high. Don't regret your surgery. You did it for you. No matter what we' date=' we are going to have to work hard to reach our goals. Weight gain could be anything, maybe your holding on to Water? Drinking enough water? Hang in there you will soon start dropping those pounds![/quote'] thank you i hope so it's such a mind game I'm scared to eat anything now becuz I feel so full and fat

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I'm on purées I usually have a Protein shake in the morning Water all day or diet snapple ice tea throughout the day I have apple sauce light fit yogurt dinner chicken spinach blended

Purée stage....your probably retaining Water. Your body is healing. Focus on healing and try not to worry. During my early stages I read up on nutrition, focused on what I would be eating once I could eat again.

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thank you i hope so it's such a mind game I'm scared to eat anything now becuz I feel so full and fat

I also worried a lot and was an emotional wreck! I promise it will get better!

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I'm a little over 3 weeks out I too gained back 4 lbs but I expected to we are eating more variety of food then when we was on liquids. I this week lost the 4 lbs gained. Don't worry you will lose it again. Just keep your head up.

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You really gave me a lil hope being that you have already been thru the first stages I will hang in there I mean if I was on a regular diet no surgery I would have to cut back on eattjng and have Portion Control and exercise and that too would take time and the surgery itself is already restricting my food intake which is the portion control part so I have faith that sooner or later I will have to loose weight so I have to continue do follow docs orders and be patient

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It could just be you retaining some Water. Normal. Watch your salt in take. Could also be time of the month? Be patient, before you know it you'll be where I am, 1 year post op and 100lbs lighter! Trust me, it will be fine as long as you keep it high Protein

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Omg so I was 241 pre op surgery was oct 1 went down to 221 and now 3 weeks later I'm at 224 why am I gaining weight I feel so stupid I had this surgery done It's irreversible only for me to gain weight I'm going crazy please help!!!!

I did the same on week 3 I went up 5 lbs stayed that way until week 5 and then I lost it and more. I have ready many post on here of the same thing it's just your body adjusting. Relax don't worry it will come back off. I totally understand I was freaking and thinking the same.

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It's not good to weigh everyday. It's best to weigh once a week/two weeks.

Body weight fluncuates, and even more so when you start introducing more foods.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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