Freaking Out!!!!

[bsoutherngirl 10]

I need help I'm getting discouraged....I know I need patient, but I was on liquids until Wed. and have been on soft Protein and have not cheated...but the scale has gone up.....I gained 5 pounds since. I went through liquid hell and it seems I will have to starve myself for the scale to go down again.....I drink my Water faithfully and only have 900-1000 calories a day.....What is going on.....Please needing encouragement.

[faithmd 14]

No, no, no...do not starve yourself. The scale WILL go down, it takes time. Many folks have posted that post op they gained a bit of weight. Who knows if it's because of the shock your body went through, or if your body is in starvation mode already and is keeping all the calories it can. Have faith and hang on through this, it will come back off. Some folks have suggested upping the calories a tiny tad, and now that you are on soft Protein, your body will react differently. You definitely want to up that Protein intake. tuna fish and cottage cheese are high in protein.

Good luck and take care! Remember this is not like the bypass, it does not take the pounds off by malnourishing us, the band is reliant on our food and Fluid choices, it helps us with Portion Control (eventually ) Now that you are a bit farther out, you can start making some of those choices.

I (and I'm sure you probably did, too) have read on here that the first few weeks after banding are NOT for weight loss, they are for healing, so don't worry about a few pounds, it will drop again.

Keep us informed, please!