I'm doing a vlcd for pre-op. 3 weeks. First week I lost 8 lbs. Second week total was 13.

Now I'm back to the 8 pounds total loss. Who gains on a 6-800 Cal diet?! I'm going to try to recalibrate my scale. This just cannot be right. I'm so disappointed. I cheated the tiniest bit once and with protein.

I'm hydrating like a mad woman....[emoji45]

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If you cheat, and go out of ketosis, you refill glycogen stores which can carry 2 molecules of water each. It's possible to gain 2-6lbs overnight after cheating.

If you cheat, and go out of ketosis, you refill glycogen stores which can carry 2 molecules of Water each. It's possible to gain 2-6lbs overnight after cheating.

Well at least this makes it make some sense. I had about 2 normal people bites of baked chicken. I cut it into about 15 baby bites.

3 more days of vlcd then surgery.

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That wouldn't do it.

Did it have sugar in it?

If not, you need new batteries in your scale. 15lbs in 1 week is implausible. Especially after the 8lb loss the week before which is entirely doable if you are formerly carby and also retaining fluid. With 15lbs in the second week, you would have really had to be edemetous (lots of fluid)...which has been known to happen, but it isn't normal.

I ran it through my mind and I don't know what a vcld is...a liquid diet? I had to do a full liquid pre op for 2 weeks and I know I went from 292 to 279 in like 11 days, then I had a bagel, I cheated, I was eating like 600 calories a day like you. I KNOW bagels are not good, I know they are full of carbs and I New better. But they were a favorite, and I wasn't in the mindset that I could never have them anymore but more like, what is the point of having them after surgery. So I ate one, not even slathered with cream cheese! I was good for the next 3 days! My weight stuck at 283 (282.something) everyday! I walked, I hydrated, I ate properly. Ugh. Surgery day- 282 point something

Water under the bridge I guess, 13 days post op.

Some of the weight lost in the first two weeks was water, presumbably a high proportion. If this was the case, your body may have been dehyrdrated, some of the gain following the losses could be fluid retention as your body resets its fluid levels.

@magpie26 A VLCD is a (very low calorie diet). Typically docs refer to any diet that is <1200cals a VLCD. But I kinda think it's anything below 800cals.

I had anywhere from 360-440calories per day on my pre-op liquid diet. It was a VLCD diet. It was also low carb which can also be shortened to a VLCD -- so it can be confusing.

Yeah I have to eat prepackaged foods from my doctor's office for my main calories.
I'm allowed broth, sf jello, and sf decaf water drinks (propel, diet Snapple, Crystal light).
Three more days . I can do it.

Btw, I put fresh batteries in scale. That seemed to help some.

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