I had my surgery oone week ago today. I lost 9 pounds on preop diet. As of Saturday I had lost 9 pounds since day of surgery. But yesterday the scale went up 1/2 pound..not a huge deal. But today it is up another 1.5 pounds...so that is only 7 in a week..THE FIRST WEEK! Is that normal? I mean I amm not eating very many calories...

Probably I am being stupid..I mean I hadn't been able to lose this much before...however..it is the going UP that is bothering me. And I have been hungry since Thursday or Friday as well.

Just needed to vent.

Thanks for being here everyone.

Cindi

Cindi, what you are experiencing right now is not at all unusual. Also, 7 pounds in a week is awesome. Remember, this is not gastric bypass, this is lapband. The lapband is designed for us to optimally lose 1-2 pounds per week. And, it is designed to work when it has reached an optimum fill level.

Many people do not lose and many people gain during the time they have their surgery and the time when they reach proper restriction.

Your system has had a major shock to it, you went from eating the way you used to, to the pre-op diet, to surgery with anesthesia and now the post-op diet. Your body is pretty confused right now and bound to show some fluctuations, especially on a day-to-day basis. You could be retaining Water or any number of things. That is why I only weigh myself once a week.

Anyways, be patient until you start getting your fills and reach proper restriction. Then, your band will begin to work for you the way you expect it to.

I weighed myself the day I came home from surgery and I had gained ten lbs. As time went on I have now lost 14lbs 6 days post op. You cannot worry about weight at this time

I was actually writing this same issue after I got banded as well. It is perfectly normal to go up a few pounds especially getting back to normal foods like mushies. And I'm going to tell you the same thing that was told to me.. you are healing, so any weight you lose for the first month is a plus. Think about it, if you were put on a liquid diet before hand and now you are going to regular foods, or even if you didn't do a liquid diet before hand, you had to do clear fluids for the first week after surgery and now you are doing mushies, then you will gain. You might also gain by not eating enough calories because your body will go into starvation mode. If I were you, I'd just stay off the scale for the next two weeks... trust me.. it will go up and down and it might even not move for three weeks like what happened with me.. but it does go down eventually. Hang in there!