Hi all! I'm just a month out yesterday, and I noticed that since last Saturday, I have gained 5 lbs!!! I went for a follow up on Tues, and was told that a pound or 2 is normal to fluctuate, because I had gained 2 lbs by then. She said I wasn't eating enough and that's probably why. So I was moved on to solid foods for Thanksgiving, and I upped my protein intake, with turkey and shakes. Not eating a lot, no junk except for a chocolate covered strawberry on Thurs, but that's it! I weigh myself last night and I'm 3 lbs more than I was on Wednesday. Is this a bad sign???? I'm so depressed over this and I'm afraid I'm going to be one of those rare disaster stories

you lost 43 lbs already, i don't think you're going to be a disaster story! are you weiging yourself preferably naked? or wearing the same exact thing every time? when i go to appointments i wear the same thing because my boots weigh 3 pounds alone together!

also, when are you weighing yourself? the same time every day? if i weigh myself at night, i usually weigh 1.5 pounds MORE than if i weigh myself that SAME morning! this is my body, surgery or not. so i don't flip when i wake up and weigh 227.2 and then that night i measure and weigh 228.4. consistency is key to revealing your true weight gain/loss. you have to average out your weight loss over a the week to get your true weekly weight loss.

hope these things help at least a little.

Wow, 47 lb weight loss. Pat yourself on the back! Yes to all the above, but not mentioned is your bms. If you are constipated and have not had a movement, or near your period or anything else that changes in your day you may have a small stall. Remember as others have said on this forum. It is a marathon not a race. Be patient, and maybe weigh every other day or once a week and don't be a slave to the scale

You probably got very dehydrated from not eating enough and when you upped the intake it came on as water weight and some bloat. Give it another week or two

Thanks everyone!

I did lose the 5, so happy...still at a stall tho