weight gain

[penelopeolivia 0]

Hi everyone. I weighed myself a few days after surgery and went from 238 to 221, but I weighed myself today, ten days after surgery, and I'm up to 226. I'm barely eating anything, mostly on the liquid diet, so I don't know if there's another reason for the weight gain. Thank you.

[mellabella78 0]

You're healing, just had surgery. Give it time.

[Jennifer75 0]

The same thing happened to me, don't worry it's temporary.

You are doing great!

[onikenbai 33]

It's just Water. Your weight can vary as much as 10lbs depending on your hydration state. Right after the surgery you were super hydrated, then you probably lost a lot in the day or two after, and now you're building it back up again. Plus, when you starved your liver during the pre-op diet you dumped a huge amount of Water weight. Now you're probably eating carbs a bit again so your liver is stocking the carbs back up. It takes 2x the water to store 1 unit of energy. Water is very heavy.

I would say anything your scale tells you within two-three weeks of the surgery should be taken with a large grain of salt.

[JoJo1 0]

Weigh yourself once a week first thing in the morning naked. Then put the scale away until the next week. Even a cup of coffee weighs a half pound so it is best to stay away from the scale the rest of the time.

[chickadee81 0]

Same thing has been happening to me! Except it has been a month since surgery for me!! Put on about 2-3 lbs since then and so far it isn't going anywhere!! :thumbup: I hope everyone is right and once I get a fill at the end of the month the scale will move in the right direction!! (for both of us )