Hi everyone,

So just want some feedback as I weighed in today and started pureed food 1 week ago. I have 6.2lbs back of the 11lbs I lost the first 2 weeks. Is this normal? Am I doing something wrong? As anyone else experienced this?

i am pre op… but are you tracking calories and nutrition macros? are you hitting water goals?

could be retaining water or not balancing something in your diet. if it persists, talk to your nutritionist/ surgeon about it

you would have had to have eaten 21,700 calories above and beyond what your body needs to have put on 6.2 lbs in one week. I suspect it's just water retention. Or it could be due to a very full bowel.

5 hours ago, catwoman7 said:

you would have had to have eaten 21,700 calories above and beyond what your body needs to have put on 6.2 lbs in one week. I suspect it's just Water retention. Or it could be due to a very full bowel.

yeah no way can I consume that :). Thank you! I will talk to my doctor and dietician maybe I am retaining.

Edited September 22, 20223 yr by AmbiiNicole

8 hours ago, AmbiiNicole said:

Hi everyone,

So just want some feedback as I weighed in today and started pureed food 1 week ago. I have 6.2lbs back of the 11lbs I lost the first 2 weeks. Is this normal? Am I doing something wrong? As anyone else experienced this?

7 hours ago, KimA-GA said:

i am pre op… but are you tracking calories and nutrition macros? are you hitting Water goals?

could be retaining water or not balancing something in your diet. if it persists, talk to your nutritionist/ surgeon about it

I am not tracking calories right now as I just started pureed a week ago and I can barely eat 2 oz a day twice a day. But it can't hurt to start tracking. Also, I still struggle to get all of my water in but am working on it. Will definitely be talking to my doctor and dietician.

Fluctuation is normal that early out. Try to weigh yourself less. It is not physically possible to eat enough to gain 6 lbs in a week, especially after WLS. You just can't eat enough to do it.

Just stick to your plan and you will see the weight fall off.

Good luck!

Edited September 22, 20223 yr by kcuster83

14 minutes ago, kcuster83 said:

Fluctuation is normal that early out. Try to weigh yourself less. It is not physically possible to eat enough to gain 6 lbs in a week, especially after WLS. You just can't eat enough to do it.

Just stick to your plan and you will see the weight fall off.

Good luck!

Thank you!

I agree with others. It’s just a fluctuation. Weigh yourself less often.

On 9/21/2022 at 2:54 PM, AmbiiNicole said:

Hi everyone,

So just want some feedback as I weighed in today and started pureed food 1 week ago. I have 6.2lbs back of the 11lbs I lost the first 2 weeks. Is this normal? Am I doing something wrong? As anyone else experienced this?

I'm 3 weeks out and also gained about 3 lbs from last week. I expected stalls from time to time but not to gain! I'm hoping that it's just that time of the month and the fact that my iron levels are severely low. I just started liquid iron supplements so we'll see next week!

On 9/21/2022 at 2:54 PM, AmbiiNicole said:

Hi everyone,

So just want some feedback as I weighed in today and started pureed food 1 week ago. I have 6.2lbs back of the 11lbs I lost the first 2 weeks. Is this normal? Am I doing something wrong? As anyone else experienced this?

I had surgery on the 12th and towards the end of my second week I started to gain a few pounds. It is off again now. I think that are body was just healing and hydrating. I have heard about the dreaded 3 week stall from many, but I was still shook when it happened.

I can see how this can be alarming. I'm trying to remember all this as I go through the process. I still have the worries in my head that this won't work and I'll be one of the people who don't find success... my body so darned and determined to hover around 290 pounds for life. Logic is what you're all talking about with stalls, calories, water retention - but the mind can be so tricky. '

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