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Hi everyone,

I was banded 8/16 and have lost a total of 13 pounds since surgery (not great, but I'll take it). However, in the last 3 days, I am UP 4 pounds. I haven't done anything different and I'm not eating like a pig. Could there be a problem with the band?

Thanks,

Heather

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No its probably just Water retention .

I weighed in five days ago and weighed in this morning and I'm up almost 13 pounds !!!! :o I start my period next week sometime plus we was out all weekend doing things and I ate alot of high sodium foods and that sure didn't help matters any either . I can gain anywhere from 5-10 pounds, a week before my period and it wont come back off till the day I stop , and like I said high salt foods did not help matter. My eyeballs about came out of my head this morning when I saw that lol.

But I know there is no way I could I put on 13 pounds of fat in five days , I would have to do some heavy duty eating during that time and even though I have no fill in my band physically I cant eat like I did before cause I would be sicker then a dog .

I should have stayed off the scales I knew I was retaining Water my ankles told the story lol.

Nothing to worry about that is why I dont like to weight in every day . I can weigh in one day and be down a pound and then two days later be up five pounds.

The foods you eat, the weather, TOM , sodium all plays a huge factor in weight gain .

I retain water so bad though I can eat one day of high sodium foods and I pay the price for it for days :( I wanted to get some water pills from the doc especially during TOM but he said the more weight I lose the water retention wont be so bad , hope he is right .

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Hi everyone,

I was banded 8/16 and have lost a total of 13 pounds since surgery (not great, but I'll take it). However, in the last 3 days, I am UP 4 pounds. I haven't done anything different and I'm not eating like a pig. Could there be a problem with the band?

Thanks,

Heather

sounds like you are just retaining Water

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Hi everyone,

I was banded 8/16 and have lost a total of 13 pounds since surgery (not great, but I'll take it). However, in the last 3 days, I am UP 4 pounds. I haven't done anything different and I'm not eating like a pig. Could there be a problem with the band?

Thanks,

Heather

Sometimes the body just holds on to weight. Maybe you're retaining Water, or it's around that time of the month. Try drinking more Water. Sometimes the body just needs to flush.

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