The 3 week weight loss stall....

hi lisa,
i appreciate the input- i truly do.  i do not think i have unrealistic goals... i got the surgery to help me to lose weight. the fact that i am GAINING is why i am panicking. I have kept fitday.com logs for years. i went back to any and all diets.. there were times i stalled.. but NEVER did i gain weight. I do not see the band as 'major' surgery in comparison to others, but i will say this.. i lost most of my pregnancy weight after each c-section- no stalls, no weight gains. Certainly more invasive than lap-band surgery. I had RNY bypass years ago, looked at my journal and never gained- stalled after a 50 lb weight loss. Again, way more invasive than the band. So, yes, i am panicking. I gained almost 6 lbs in less than a week. The remainder of the week I was gaining and losing the same 1 pound. i can't imagine many just shrugging it off and not feeling like something is not right.  After bypass surgery, my body began to compensate for a much smaller amount of calories. I was maintaining weight at less than 1000 calories/day and hard gym workouts daily (running 5-7 miles daily and spin, along with circuit training). I was able to gain on little more. The massive amount of weight I have gained over the past few years was not due to daily binges. Actually, I barely had the opportunity to eat, as I have 2 small special needs children and i do not get a break. yes, there were plenty of night where i overate and indulged-i am not in denial. But, not enough calories to warrent the rapid weight gain. Per my surgeon, this is one of the downfalls of the RNY surgery that I had. He told me the body is an amazing thing, in that it has a way to compensate for the calories and malnutrition. I now gain on less calories, as my metabolism has changed significantly, and with the villi that grew back in my intestines, my body absorbs all of the calories (but still leaving me with a nutritional defecit that requires me to get IV infusion therapy every month for life)............. My metabolism may or may not bounce back- time will tell.

SO, yes...  I most certainly am panicking that maybe this will not work. I am not going to do the 1000 calories of fat/day for the same reason i outlined above. i will surely gain from it. I am concerned that my lifetime of yo-yo dieting, surgeries and rapid weight loss has screwed me up. It's a depressing thought and very discouraging to see such a weight gain...... i would think that most would understand that.

thanks again

I have been banded for over 9 years, and there are times (beginning middle and currently) that I request someone to hide my scale. I keep trucking along and bam I gain or stall. And to stop me from getting discouraged or resulting to some quick fix (trust me I have tried them all even prescribed diet pills!!) I just don't weigh myself for 2 weeks. I keep focused with the program and do my best to ignore the scale.  And typically after two weeks I am back in the losers bench. Good luck!

I understand your concern, but honestly, panic will not help you reach your goal.  In my personal experience, panic makes me feel miserable and clouds my thinking.

I hope you find a workable solution soon.  I'd tell you to practice patience, but I'm not a very patient person myself!  That's much easier said than done...

Jean