So help me out here. The day of surgery I weighed 225. Day after surgery 227. Today I weight 230! I've been following my liquid diet to a t... and we're talking clear broth, tomato soup, slimfast shakes, crystal light, tea. Maybe...just maybe 800 calories a day. What's going on!!! Please advise! :thumbup:

Don't worry about it. Eat and gain weight! (saying that lightly)

Your innards have just been tinkered with...that's gonna cause swelling...that causes the scale to move up.

What you are experiencing is normal.

You are not supposed to lose even 1 pound until after you have had adjustments, and several to get restriction. And you have read people losing weight even before then, right?

Don't worry!

Congrats on being banded and enjoy this phase of your life.

(oh, your body is a well developed machine. Once it senses you are trying to kill it...and that's what it thinks when calories are reduced or dieting takes place...it goes into a mode to protect itself....stores everything as energy aka fat cells. This is normal.)

come back to the board and post your weightloss next week!

I'm not a bandster yet but I've been on this board long enough to know what some of the veteran lapbandsters will say. First stop weighing yourself! I don't mean to sound mean, by any means...But this week, this first month is for healing purposes not weightloss! Your body has gone through a lot of trauma and it's trying to recover, let it do what it needs to do. You didn't gain weight over night and you won't loose it over night...Take your time, let your body heal and relearn how to eat...

lise,

dont worry about it. i know thats easier said than done, but really.

your body has gone through trauma (surgery) and doesnt know what is going on. it is more than likely retaining the Water you are consuming. just KEEP DRINKING.

also ... this phase is not for weight loss, its for healing. take care of your body, concentrate on getting all your liquids in and maybe dont even step on the scale for several days, it can really discourage you if its going in the wrong way.

take time to heal, weight loss will come once you are properly restricted.

Give yourself time to heal. The weight will come off. Congrats on your new journey. I was banded at the NWWLS on 2/12. The entire staff is very supportive.

I was the same way. Day 2 or 3 I stepped on the scale and I was up 7 lbs from the day before surgery and I freaked out. It went back to normal within a day or so.

I too gained about 5 lbs right after surgery - fortunately, my surgeon warned me it would happen - he said it's all the fluids they pumped into me while I was at the hospital....

i weighed myself 2 days after surgery and had gained 10 lbs! i was also very swollen everywhere...i couldn't wear my wedding rings for days! don't worry...it will come off...one day you'll wake up and you'll be 5lbs under your surgery weight!

I know just how you feel! I was gaining 1/2 lb each day for the first 6 days after surgery. Try to cut out high sodium soups and drinks. I was told it was just fluid retention and it would pass. And it did. I started noticing how much sodium was in the things I was taking in and once I cut back on them, it dropped almost overnight. I was having chicken broth 3 times a day, major sodium and I bet tomato soup is full of it too. My doctor told me to weigh myself daily, but I had to stop because I got so frustrated seeing the number go up and I knew I was taking in 600 calories a day.

Lise, I gained 8 pounds the day of my surgery. This was probably all due to fluids. 3 days later I had dropped back down the same weight I was on the day of surgery. I lost on average 1.5 lbs a day for the next 4 days until I hit the "mushie stage", now I've gained back 3 lbs in 2 days.

I'm not stressing it yet. As long as we keep working it will all work itself out.

So help me out here. The day of surgery I weighed 225. Day after surgery 227. Today I weight 230! I've been following my liquid diet to a t... and we're talking clear broth, tomato Soup, slimfast shakes, crystal light, tea. Maybe...just maybe 800 calories a day. What's going on!!! Please advise!

Lise

Stay off the scale for 1 week - pick one day a week to weight yourself - do it the 1st thing in the morning - Your weight can vary too much from day to day - just follow your doctors eating orders (make sure low sodium) and the weight will come off.

Welcome to band land..

Hi Lise,

I too am i the same H%^$ as you are in. I had surgery on 2/25/08 and I have only dropped 1/2 lbs as of 3/3. I have a friend that has lost over 30 lbs in 2 months since her surgery so I have expected the same for my self and I think that is why I am so fustrated. I weigh 2x a week and tomorrow I will see if I have dropped any more. I have my fingers crossed. I lost 25 lbs in 2 months prior to surgery, how about you? Maybe that has left me at a plateau. Good luck to you

thank you so much for posting this! i was so stressed out. your comments really helped to set my mind at ease!

I was the same way. Day 2 or 3 I stepped on the scale and I was up 7 lbs from the day before surgery and I freaked out. It went back to normal within a day or so.

25 lbs in 2 months - that's amazing! well - i went to a seminar, had my consults and then was banded all within a week and a half so i really didn't have time to do a pre-op diet. it all happened so fast! i don't know if i'm retaining fluids or what...but my stomach is still all bloaty/gassy feeling. eek!

Hi Lise,

I too am i the same H%^$ as you are in. I had surgery on 2/25/08 and I have only dropped 1/2 lbs as of 3/3. I have a friend that has lost over 30 lbs in 2 months since her surgery so I have expected the same for my self and I think that is why I am so fustrated. I weigh 2x a week and tomorrow I will see if I have dropped any more. I have my fingers crossed. I lost 25 lbs in 2 months prior to surgery, how about you? Maybe that has left me at a plateau. Good luck to you

I wish i had your ability to not stress...i hate Fluid weight gains...so not fair. but - you have your good days and your bad ones. hopefully the good will outweigh the bad! what have you been eating in the mushie stage?

Lise, I gained 8 pounds the day of my surgery. This was probably all due to fluids. 3 days later I had dropped back down the same weight I was on the day of surgery. I lost on average 1.5 lbs a day for the next 4 days until I hit the "mushie stage", now I've gained back 3 lbs in 2 days.

I'm not stressing it yet. As long as we keep working it will all work itself out.

I wish i had your ability to not stress...i hate Fluid weight gains...so not fair. but - you have your good days and your bad ones. hopefully the good will outweigh the bad! what have you been eating in the mushie stage?

I have been fighting fluid since last April during a hospital stay. I take Lasix duretic (sp?) twice a day. I get shots of cortizone a couple times a year that does not help with the fluids either.

Started on day 7: Protein drinks, mashed potatos, red Beans, oatmeal, Baked potato, scrambled egg omelet, bananas, canned pears and some cabbage.

Day 11 (tomorrow) I get to start eating fresh fruit.