So I go in for the surgery on Monday. My scale at home says 278. The weigh-in at the hospital is 278. I have the surgery. Come home on Tuesday. Weigh in. At 282.5! Today it's 281. It's a new scale, so it could be messed up, but it did agree with the results on Monday. How could I have gained 4 lbs. at the hospital? Surely the drip wasn't 4 lbs worth!

I'm not upset by this, just amused. Anybody BTDT?

Yes. I gained 10 pounds or so. You are pumped full of fluids during surgery. Don't obsess about it; it's just saline (or something similar) and will "pass"

Me too I had about a 5 lb gain and it slowly went away in about the first 5-6 days after surgery...

i didnt event think about getting on a scale until about 5 days after surgery.

It was the same for me but it came off that week so all it good, what ever they pump us up with must be good!

Very, very common. It also goes away pretty quickly since it's only temporary. Don't sweat it!

Keep in mind that on a day to day basis it can be common for your body to naturally fluctuate 2-3 pounds. I always make sure when I'm weighing myself that I do it first thing in the morning, make sure it's around the same time, wearing around the same things, and I only like to weigh myself once a week on the same day - that way there's some consistency. Sometimes, when I think I'm doing really great or really poorly, I'll weigh twice in one week.

I've found out over the years that obsessing over the scale can really drive me crazy, particularly because my body is known to fluctuate so often. Once a week is frequent enough to keep an eye on my progress yet not often enough to drive me crazy.