I am 9 days out and gained a pound yesterday. No caloric intake change except I switched to purées. I know. I know. I've been drinking better and am finally better hydrated. And I know a pound can easily be Water weight, but darn it I pooped yesterday after three days and thought I'd see a loss after a low down.

Thoughts this nutso poster?

Perfectly normal, and you're going to go up and down quite a bit. Still, you'll go mostly down. Try to look at the weigh ins as snapshots, especially at this point. Your real trend can only be viewed over time.

Don't weigh so often because it will make you crazy. The ins and outs of body weight fluctuation are not as cut and dry as they seem. Many factors influence weight up and down and we only really control some of them.

Weighing once a week or even once a month will save you these crazy ups and downs.

I feel your pain. I am also 9 days out and haven't lost the 8 lbs. I gained in the hospital.

I feel your pain. I am also 9 days out and haven't lost the 8 lbs. I gained in the hospital.

Yes I gained 15 pounds in the hospital. They pump you so full of liquids.

It comforted me to see videos of the operation on youtube before the operation.

It was shocking and made me queasy but I was convinced that after something like that it was quite impossible not to lose the fat.

I kept picturing that little banana stomach which reduced the scale's rantings to a soft and easily dismissed whimper.

Time is on your side now. You've laid siege to the fat stronghold...victory is yours!

Yes I gained 15 pounds in the hospital. They pump you so full of liquids.

i got you guys beat I gained 21 lbs while hospitalized my veins kept collapsing so they gave me bag after bag of fluids I was so puffy it wasn't funny,.

Edited December 26, 201312 yr by soocalchic

Yeah, I wouldn't weigh every day. It will definitely drive you crazy: up a pound or two one day, down 4 the next. It's crazy. It's tough to walk by the scale and not want to step on it, I had to put the scale away on a shelf in my closet.

I'll do my best. I ALWAYS weigh myself first thing in the morning every day. Always have! (Not that I used the data to shape life decisions, mind you.)

I'm going to try every other day to see if that makes me less nuts. If it doesn't work, I'll hide it away.

Part of the issue is that I have a Withings scale and all the daily data is so much fun to play with online.

I have seen a 1 lb bump up here and there but I try to think about... Did I drink my water? did I get enough protein in? The answer is usually in one of those 2 questions and I try harder to get the water and or protein in the next day. The weight gets back down within a day or 2. I do weigh everyday and oddly at night too but I'm going to pick a day as a weigh in day because I'm getting obsessed with the scale I'm 3 weeks out of surgery and lost 30lbs total

Exactly why I don't own a scale! I use the dog scale at work (I'm a vet tech) when no one's around . In fact, other than the weigh-in at the doctor's office on my surgery day, I haven't weighed myself since 12/16. No idea if I've lost anything since surgery. I can't help but lose at this point, so why obsess over it?

Don't weigh so often because it will make you crazy. The ins and outs of body weight fluctuation are not as cut and dry as they seem. Many factors influence weight up and down and we only really control some of them.

Weighing once a week or even once a month will save you these crazy ups and downs.

Thanks !!!!

I am now 17 days post op and when I noticed my weight loss slowing down about a week ago, I decided I was not going to step on the scale again until I was 1 month post-op. I know that a weight gain or a stall would feel like crushing defeat, so I'd rather not know. I packed it away and put it on a tall shelf where it would be too much of an effort for me to get down. Don't let the stupid scale tell you how to feel!

My Dr. told me he didn't want me weghing only at his office. He said that way I wouldn' get discouraged if I had a weight gain.

I weigh daily. .but I use it as a tool to see how my body reacts to things. If I notice bloating or Water retention. .I check my food log abd figure out what it's from.

But I'm pretty sure I'm one of few that would say this.

Good luck.

Well I went back to work today (yes, 7 days postop) so I stepped on the scale. Up 5 pounds since surgery day. Oh well. It's still 17 lbs less than I weighed 24 days ago.