I just couldn't believe my eyes this morning. I am three lbs heavier than yesterday. I am 2 weeks fours days post op. I lost 16 lbs in my 2 weeks liquid diet pre-op and 8 lbs on the 2 weeks liquid diet post-op. The scale still showed that I lost total 24 lbs yesterday. And this morning, oh boy, I was suddenly 3 lbs up. What could I have done? I have not been cheating on food. I started soft food this week; basically my breakfast is a hard boiled egg and 1/4 cup of fat free cottage cheese w/h pineapple. Lunch is 2-3 OZ of fish, 2 oz of well-cooked vege, and 2 oz of tofu. I usually ate three popsicles in between the meals as snacks. Is this too much to eat? Yesterday besides all the usual stuff I ate half more egg in the morning, had maybe 5 sugar free popsicles instead of 3 and drank 1/4 cup light soymilk. Maybe it was the additional half egg, 2 popsicles and 1/4 cup of light soymilk that did it? But according to the calorie counter, I am still eating below 1000 calories. I am so discouraged this morning, just couldn't believe my eyes. I mean I was already frustrated that I am not losing weight. Now that I even gained! Did this ever happen to someone else? How long did it take you to lose the extra pounds and some more?

I weigh myself daily too and had that happen a few times. I agree with what everyone said about possible causes. For me it is typically one of two things . . . either my tme of month is coming in the next day or two which is always an instant 2-4 pound gain which stayes for a few days to a week and dissapears, or just Water retention.

If it is water retention, the best way to combat it is too drink more water. That might sound counterintuitive, but it flushes out your system and allows it to let go of the excess.

Good luck and don't stress too much. I got to goal with lots of these little hiccups and found that it was nothing to worry about at all so I don't take it too seriously.

By the way, I like V8 too. It feels strange popping the top on a can when I was a diet soda addict prior to banding and haven't imbibed in so long, lol. Sodium doesn't impact me too much so I have a couple of cans a week.

I weighed myself yesterday morning. The scale was kind enough to show 2 lbs dipped back since my 3 lbs gain. Even though I didn't lose the entire 3 lbs additionl gain, I am still very happy about it.