GAINED 9 pounds in 5 days!!??!!??!!

I have returned from another trip to New Orleans. You can read about it on my other site at: geocities.com/nola_rescue Somehow, from Wednesday, January 11th to Sunday, January 15th, I GAINED 9 pounds!!!! I don't know how it could be possible. Yes, I ate some things and drank some things I shouldn't have when I was in New Orleans. BUT - I still stayed to my 1/2 cup of food per meal rule, and I don't see how in the world I could have GAINED 9 pounds in 5 days! Water retention maybe? If anyone has any thoughts on how I could have gained 9 pounds in 5 days, by eating 1/2 cup of food per meal, I'd love to hear from you. My surgery was April 6th, and as of January 7th I was down 120 pounds. My starting weight was 310 and on 1/7 I was 190. I got on the scale on 1/11 the morning I left for New Orleans and I was still 190. I got on the scale when I returned home on 1/15 and figured with all the running around I did down there, I would be at about 185. WRONG!!!!!!!! The scale read 199!!!!!! I must have gotten on and off that scale a dozen times. I couldn't believe it. Absolutely couldn't believe it. GAINED 9 pounds in 5 days???? HOW is that possible? Dayna 310/199--UGH!!!!-/120

Dayna, It happens to the best of us. I had a 13 lb gain before. It could be water weight. I sujest you write down what you eat for about a week and recheck your weight. You may need to add some protein or water. This will give you something to look at. I had surgery 4/5/05 and am down 117 lbs. I am trying so hard to take off 50 lbs. by May. Good luck. See you lighter. Joanne