I gained weight after surgery?

[AdrianaNaji 4]

My starting weight was 309lbs but day of the surgery 296lbs but now am showing 304lbs after day 5 of surgery. I think its because of the inflammation after surgery, but do you start to see the weight off?

[Momonanomo 534]

They typically start an IV of fluids before surgery, and they don't unhook you from it until right before you go home. All those fluids can make you gain weight! But it's just fluids, not really weight gain.

I recommend that for now, you concentrate on healing from surgery and staying hydrated. Don't start worrying about weight loss for a week or two. I promise, it will happen!

[SerendipityHappens 1,594]

My surgery weight was 290.. It took me a week to get back down to 290. Then I saw a huge drop down to 276... Then I stalled for a month.

[DonRodolfo 1,416]

My starting weight was 309lbs but day of the surgery 296lbs but now am showing 304lbs after day 5 of surgery. I think its because of the inflammation after surgery, but do you start to see the weight off?

That's normal. Within a week you'll see a huge drop in weight and it will (more slowly than that) start coming off.

[AdrianaNaji 4]

Thanks for letting me know I was feeling like maybe I was doing something wrong.

[kiwi17 54]

I gained 18 pounds while in the hospital. I had a complication that required an extra 2 day stay and I was pumped full of Fluid. I think it took about a week and a half just to lose those 18 pounds.

[da1stladie 63]

Some of it comes from IV fluids and eventually getting constipated, if you're not careful about liquid intake when you get home.