Putting on weight after 6 weeks?!!

[Lornapc 18]

Hey guys,

I lost 14kg (30 lbs) in the first month and the pre-op diet combined. Average I think.
But in the last 2 weeks I’ve put on 5 lbs!!

I’m wondering if more movement could do it. It’s only in the last few weeks that I’ve been able to move around much. I really suffered after the surgery and had no energy.

Anyone else put on weight? I’m frankly mortified. I must be under 700 calories per day easily.

[kcuster83 1,503]

You say "I must be under 700 calories" as if you don't know for sure??

I would highly recommending tracking your intake. People are usually surprised at how many calories they are actually eating when they are tracking it. Then you will know for sure what your calories are, if they are that low and you continue to gain reach out to your team.

It may be Water weight also, which will pass.

[Lornapc 18]

Hi 👋
You’re right. I did list everything for the first few weeks - and I was at the 500 calories mark. Now that I can eat more solid food I’m making family meals and eating just small amounts. If I scramble an egg for myself then I can count that no problem, but I’m not sure how to calculate a ladle of home-made stew, for example. I’m assuming I’m under the 700 because I don’t drink calories, I don’t eat anything off-diet like sugar. I certainly don’t hit my Protein mark by far though. 

I am drinking a lot more. Is that what you mean by Water weight?

[Queen ApisM 426]

When I make home recipes, I literally add up all the ingredients (and things like Protein, fat, etc) and then figure out how much it yields (for example, 14 cups) and then calculate the serving breakdown. Not fun, but that's how I do it.

[Lornapc 18]

Right. Thanks Queen. Makes sense and I’ll just have to get with doing that. It seems impossible to me that I’m overeating, especially since I’m hungry all the time… but we will investigate to be sure sure before worrying.
Thanks kcuster and Queen ❤️

[Tony B - NJ 641]

If you use a tracking app like My Fitness Pal, you can type in what you are eating and it gives some close proximations of calories and usually several options to choose from. That is better than just guessing if you do not want to calculate every ingredient.

[kcuster83 1,503]

I just mean Water weight, some people retain a lot of water weight.

You can build recipes in the my fitness pal app too. Exactly how you make them and then you know exactly what you are eating.

If you are not hitting Protein and eating such low calories your body may be in starvation mode too. Try to focus on getting that protein in, it is important for lots of reasons.

[Lornapc 18]

👍 thank you!