I'm 7 days post-op (surgery on 1/23/08) and I'm still on the "full liquid" diet of apple sauce, protein shakes and soup. I've followed it to the T! If anything, I think I might be getting too few calories. Only in the past day or so have I tried to increase my diet to over 300 calories. The first week I lost 7 lbs but my scale now says that I have gained 2 pounds. Is this possible? Am I eating too few calories? Can I gain weight still eating 600-700 cals? It's a bit discouraging. Please help!

sorry misread the question I lost 4lbs pre opt diet 26lbs 1 month post opt and 12 after 1st fill

I think its important not to obsess. The weight will come off - throw away the scales (or at least hide them).

I only understand metrics.. but here is the deal with fluids .... FACT ... 1 litre of Water weighs 1 kgs. To translate to measurements understood in america.. 4 cups of water = 2.2 lbs. Other fluids may weigh more than water.

3600 calories needs to be used to lose 1 pound.

A lot of initial weight loss is glycogen stores leaving your liver - if you don't have a large store, you won't have that inital weight loss.

I've been on the scale every day, too.

But, you know what, it's really silly.

We've done this too much in our lives--chased numbers--and not really made the lifestyle CHANGES necessary to maintain a healthy size.

We know we aren't doing anything "wrong," so it doesn't matter what the scale says now. It could be water-yes. It could be SHOCK. Our body may be trying to maintain itself to stay alive--it doesn't "know" what we have chosen to do, does it! It could be related to the surgery itself, as some of you've said.

It doesnt matter.

It doesnt matter.

It doesn't matter.

We need to learn to look ahead and trust that by making the right decisions, following the guidelines, learning to eat differently...that the path ahead will have both reinforcements and challenges.

But we'll get there if we use this miraculous tool right--to change some of the things we couldn't before. It will make us slow down our eating. It will keep us from overeating.

We have to choose what foods to put into our bodies, to have our fills, to exercise, etc.

Best!

It's funny that many of us have WAITED a long time to really take on our obesity, but we don't want to wait for other things, like the numbers on the scale to drop.

I want to understand this-- how to patiently defer gratification for the in my best interest.

Something to ponder...

best!