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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 :(

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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.

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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

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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

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Thanks everyone! :)

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

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