Chelbears 8 Posted August 21, 2021 I'm 2 1/2 month post op. I've lost a total of 36lbs since surgery day. I get frustrated and even little sad when I get on the scale and it's saying I just gained almost 5lbs in 3 days. How does that happen? 1 GreenTealael reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hop_Scotch 1,632 Posted August 21, 2021 Well its unlikely to be a fat gain, its likely to be a temporary scale weight gain likely caused by Fluid retention or something else. Keep following your guidelines and you will be fine. If you have Constipation at the moment, that could be a factor too. Also make sure you weigh the same time of day each time, best is first thing in the morning after going to the toilet. Make sure the scales are in the same place and that the batteries do not need replacing. You didn't mention if you had changed what your are eating or drinking in the past couple of days or if you eating more volume? Have you started to exercise? Do weight or strength training? All these could result in temportary fluid retention. 1 GreenTealael reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vikingbeast 987 Posted August 21, 2021 If you get your period, it could be pre-menstrual hormonal changes, too. (The other biological sex has hormonal fluctuations, too, but not as much.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NovaLuna 710 Posted August 21, 2021 Daily weight fluctuations can be up to 5 pounds. I wouldn't worry about it. It's frustrating, I know, but it's normal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
catwoman7 11,220 Posted August 21, 2021 the other posters are right - it's almost certainly due to Water retention, Constipation, or hormones. There's no way you could gain 5 lbs of true weight in three days unless you've eaten 17,500 calories more than what your body needs (since it takes 3500 calories to gain one pound - so 17,500 for 5 pounds) 1 Pinkbunny reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chelbears 8 Posted August 22, 2021 (edited) Thank you all for the replies. I have been following my surgeons directions. Thank you for all the positively right now. I so need it. Edited August 22, 2021 by Chelbears Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tony B - NJ 643 Posted August 23, 2021 I think most of us who have been on less than 1000 calorie diets find it angering when we step on the scale and see anything except a loss every day. To restrict yourself to such few calories and not lose weight every day is puzzling to me. But, the body does what the body does and goes through it's own reset and rebalancing and will lose when it is ready. Basic math tells me I should lost at least a half pound each and every day. Some days it is a pound, 2 pounds, nothing or even a gain of a pound. Very frustrating for sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites