Weight gain on soft foods?

[kellymoon122013 3]

Hi everyone,

I've been on soft foods for 5 days and I've gained 2.4lbs. Pure panic has set in and surgery regrets and all that fun stuff, but I am a worrier by nature.

There's no way I'm eating enough to gain 2 lbs in 5 days but it makes me think I'm doing something wrong. I'm usually getting 2 meals and 1 snack in and I'm having no issue with foods so far. I don't have an appetite but I make sure to get my Protein in. For example, this was what I ate yesterday:

Meal 1 - 1.5 oz lean roast, 1 laughing cow wedge, 1 piece of soft beet

Snack - babybel

Meal 2 - 2 oz baked chicken breast, a few peas and 2 T of tzatziki sauce

I could eat about 75% of each meal. I drink a lot of Water. Is this a normal part of recovery or am I doing something wrong?? I fear 2 weeks of liquids has further damaged my metabolism.

I'd appreciate any input!

Thanks

Kelly

[LindafromFlorida 1,542]

RELAX! I felt the amount of food I was eating should have caused me to weigh 50 lbs lol. Your metabolism is changing. Don't focus on the scale, focus on living. Just follow your doctor's advice. Stay busy! Happy New Year!

[Sabredy12 55]

I put on 6lbs when I started eating, and am now stuck at that!!!! For a week now very frustrating considering that I'm eating about a 10th of what I used to if not less!!

[kellymoon122013 3]

I wish I could relax! It's not in my nature. Weight gain just doesn't make sense with what I'm consuming. I'll keep getting my Water and Protein in and not weigh for a few days.

[Fluffnomore 1,235]

If you look up "stall" in the forums you will find plenty of information on this.

The fact is, your body will not necessarily behave in the way you expect it to, particularly in the early days. It thinks it is starving; it gets used to a new normal of sorts, and then we change it up again.

I don't know how far you are, but the weight will come off. Just not necessarily how and when you expect it to. Once we lose all the Water weight (first couple of weeks) there is a period of time that is truly frustrating. But you will come out the other side.

Good luck.