so i know i am newly banded, but i was cleared to eat anything. SO...i had been eating healthy, no snacking and guess what i gained back all my weight...so i ate poorly and i lost it all...???? HOW IS THIS? So i can eat icecream and loose weight..but i eat 5 baby carrots, 1 piece of chicken, peas, soup for lunch, and yet i gain. BUT i eat candy, chips, icecream...and i loose? (of course healthy things too...like all the protein and stuff)

It's a fluke, I'm sure. How much 'gain' are you talking about here?

My doctor said that it is common for people to gain as much as 5-10 pounds after going back on solids. It will level out and once the fills start you will be back into weight loss phase.

As one of my psych professors loved to say, "Correlation is not causation!"

You know what you need to do to eat healthy. Don't kid yourself.

Orea

The weight gain could be from the sodium in the soup. I agree that you just need to eat healthy with the correct portions and the weight will come off. Hormones and sodium can really effect our weight sometimes.

it is gaining about 6 pounds...but everytime i loose it when i eat junk food...perhaps jumpstarting my system??

I think a study came out about a week ago that said you can jumpstart your metabolism by eating junk food once every twenty days or something. But then you immediately go back to the healthy foods. It's to shock your body into losing weight. But you shouldn't be gaining anything during the healthy days.