A Little Help for my Dec LBT friends

[cakegal 0]

Don't forget that muscle weighs much more than fat. And if your Water intake is higher, your body will find hundreds of ways to store it. Most of us are dehydrated and storing water will eventually help in releasing and burning fat. Also, besides the body's natural way of storing food as a defense to starvation, most dieters who normally exercise, increase water and lower their calories will gain weight before they loose. Keep the faith!!! Don't let those nasty demons in your head take over and give you doubt and discouragement. These thoughts are also what we need to change if we plan on being succesful long term. Good luck!! This is an exiting time!

[kyteachjules 0]

I'm not living to climb on my scale. I took it as an omen that my formerly beloved scale went belly up while I was in the hospital. It worked perfectly up to the day I left for surgery. I came home to it being kapoot, and tried new batteries, to no avail... RIP Hometics Digital Scale!

SO, I vowed that I would only weigh at the doctor's office and he supports me in that decision.

I'm feeling more easily satisfied since I've been on solids and have continued to lose weight. And, I started a pilates/tae-bo class this week! I do know that I'll hit a plateau... it is inevitable. But, I hope this forum will help keep me grounded and informed!

[Cerrin 3]

I keep trying NOT to weigh myself every day but I do anyway I only mark it in my log once a week. but I am fluxuating between these 2 lbs. and the worst is if I have a bad food day the next morning I am still with in those 2 lbs it is hard not to mess up more.

[RapKim 0]

Man am I glad I found this post I was banded 12/13 and was happy with the steady weight loss until this week. I want to throw my scale out the window. I saw the dietician the beginning of this week and wanted to throw her little plastic food at her. I wonder if I can expedite the message to my brain somehow I don't get a fill until Feb 11th. I just keep telling myself it's taking me 15 years to put this weight on I can't expect it to come off in a couple of months but that doesn't mean I don't want it too!!!!!!!!

[imsamiam 0]

I was banded on 12/28 and I'm not even going to post my, "did really well with weight loss pre-op and two weeks post-op but now am fluctuating with gaining and losing the same three lbs." story because it seems that many of us have the same story. I'm so so so glad to hear this. I feel like I'm losing my mind. I am scheduled for a fill on 1/31 and I'm praying for restriction. I'm not totally dependent on that but come on, that was the point of the procedure - a little assist. Right? Thank you so much for everyone who has posted. It has been so very helpful! Hang in there everone :girl_hug:

[Fanny Adams 7]

I think it was Wheetsin who said in a reply to a similar post, that the single most predictable weight loss pattern is the regain/plateau at around 3-5 weeks out. I posted my own cry out about this a few weeks back. For me, I lost 15 lb from 31 Nov to 14 Dec (op on 10 Dec) and then started to regain and lose the same 3lb for the next 2 weeks. It wasn't until 3 Jan that I got below that initial 15lb loss but then I lost another 5lb in the following 2 weeks.

I couldn't understand it either, because I thought I had read and re-read these forums over and over and was really prepared for this surgery. However, I think what happened was that every time I read about someone else having this problem, the answers all seemed to say it was because the person didn't have restriction. I took that as meaning that the person was eating more and that was why they weren't losing. It didn't make sense to me that I was NOT eating more, was eating FAR LESS than previously but had still hit this wall.

From everything I've read since then, it seems clear that almost ALL of us hit this wall and that it has nothing to do with how much we eat. As several people have pointed out, it is an adjustment to the weight loss and will happen regardless. It happened to people when they switched from liquids to mushies, to others when they switched from mushies to solids and to others when they were still on clear or thick liquids. It really doesn't seem to matter what is eaten (within reason), at somewhere between 3 and 5 weeks of starting to diet (including the pre-op period), that wall comes up to hit us in the face.

Now that I think about it, I have hit this same regain/plateau on almost every previous diet. The only difference is that in the past when I hit it in the 3rd week, a week of no loss or regain would have me so frustrated I would quit the diet and then would eat my way into regaining ALL of the weight lost plus a couple of extra pounds for good measure. Thank goodness that hasn't happened this time and I have the band to thank for that. I just wish I had understood the process better last month.

[imsamiam 0]

Thank you Fanny! Your comments are much appreciated! :tongue:

[christasha 0]

I love the "little plastic food" reference to your NUT . . . really made me laugh! Hang in there!