Down 22 Now Up 3?

[melissamae99 14]

So I'm only 18 days post surgery now. Up until the other day I had lost 22 lbs. yay! Then I weighed today and I have gained 3 lbs?? what is going on? I am having flashes of previous weight loss failures... , anyone have any advice, thoughts??

[karenb4729 309]

Maybe you have some Water retention going on? I'm always frightened when I step on the scale that I would see the number go up.. it must be part of the old dieting cycle we have been in.

[MyGastricSleeveLife 180]

Honestly, it's just your body getting used to all the changes. I had the same thing happen. It could be Water. It could be gas. It could be if you haven't had a bowel movement in a while. It could be lots of things. You need to just relax (since stress makes us hold on to weight too) and go with the flow & keep following your post-op plan. The scale will eventually follow. Also, make sure you're taking your measurements. Sometimes I've had the scale stay the same for 4 days or so in a row, but I've lost inches when I do my weekly pictures & measurements. Check out the following post on my blog - My Thoughts About the Dreaded Scale - it might help somewhat.

[MinaT 669]

Water, gas, bloating, body holding onto the calories, nothing you should worry about right now. Right now you are only 18 days out, your sleeve is not healed completely. Give it time