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Weight Gain

I have been on a pre op diet for three weeks now. Two weeks of 2 shakes and one meal and one week of three shakes and veggies. So I am in the home stretch, one week to go, im taking in 600 calories or less a day. (Cant choke down the shakes anymore, and never want to see another leaf of lettuce as long as I live.) Now im GAINING weight. WHAT???. Im starving, I cant sleep im so hungry. I have gained two pounds of the 15 I had lost. I now need to loose six pounds in six days. Aside from laxatives, does anyone have any suggestions? I am so frustrated. I just want to give up. I know my metabolism is f***** but this is ridiculous.

++I am drinking one black coffee every morning, so that should be acting as a diuretic right?

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  • HealthyNewMe
    HealthyNewMe

    That is not a REAL weight gain. To gain two pounds, you would have had to consume 7000 calories more than you burned. That two pounds is a temporary fluctuation in your weight due to Water retention

  • cutiecake
    cutiecake

    That's totally crazy! I was somewhat in the same boat, still am. I believe that at 600 calories a day, our bodies go into starvation mode, and hold on to the fat I'm post op one month, and taking in

  • labwalker
    labwalker

    I agree... water retention... you do not have the calorie intake to gain. It doesn't take much water to add a few pounds.

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How do you get rid of the water retention? I'm up a pound now from a few days ago, is there something we can do? Does drinking a lot of water flush out the bloat? Just curious...

Water water water. Seems counterintuitive, but drinking water helps with retention. You need to drink more so that your body doesn't hold on to the fluids.

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