How can this be???

Well,  I gues****ting the 100 pound mark was just too good to be true.  Over the last week I've GAINED 3 pounds, and it's different from the other times I've fluctuated.  These 3 demons aren't going anywhere....I tried nothing but protein shakes/bars one day, the scale didn't budge....I know I'm eating enough....but been really busy with work and life, and not really able to pay much attention to my eating. Maybe I"ve been "bad" a time or two, But it's physically impossible for me to have taken in the amount of calories needed to gain 3 pounds in one week.  No way.  Has this happened to anybody else?  I mean, normally I'd just bru**** off and the gain would be gone in a week or so....but not now.

Also, I'm having a colonoscopy on Friday (yearly due to my sister's colon cancer diagnosis)...and it's the first post WLS one I"ve had.  Wondering how I"m going to make it tomorrow with only clear liquids...UGH!  Well...maybe it'll help scare these 3 pounds away.  Or at least cleanse that colon of three pounds of &*^%$^&*#!  LOL!

Thanks for letting me vent....just worried b/c this is the first time this has happened....and I"m "fixed" so it's not PMS....

Hope everybody is doing good!

Hi Lisa,

It's certainly not the first time that this has happened, nor will it be the last. I'll bet that the nasty colon prep will do the trick and jump start the weight loss trend again. Please let us know how you are doing.

Warmly,

Lisa,

Sorry your struggling with 3 nasty pounds, maybe you have been working and gained muscle weight or jus****er weight.  I'm sure it will come off soon try not to stress about it you have done great with your weight loss.

Best of luck on you liquid diet and colonoscopy on Friday

Lisa, honey.  Let me commiserate with you about the colonoscopy thing!  I just read your post about it on the main board...having to drink all that stuff in such a short period of time.  Mercy, huh?!

Fist of all, I hope you don't fret too much about those 3 pounds.  Your colon cleanse very well may give you the boost you need to get back to onderland and stay there!  :) 

I had my first colonoscopy today.  I went on the clear liquids Monday at noon.  Boy, was I a bear that afternoon/evening!  The next day was much easier.  My cleanse started on Tuesday at 3pm with 2 Dulcolax.  Then I had to mix 1 cup of Miralax in 64 ounces of Crystal Light and drink 8 oz. every 15 minutes until it was gone.  WOW!  I was like you...how on earth???  lol  But sip, sip, sip and I did it.  :)  After that, another 2 Dulcolax at 7:30pm.  Can you believe I was up most the night and it did NOT get me all cleaned out???  I went to the hospital Wednesday, got an IV (which ended up going into my arm, not my vein...goose-egg!), and then we could not get me cleaned out to the point I could have the procedure done. 

I was sent home, drank a bottle of magnesium citrate, and was still up all night trying to get cleaned out enough.  Good grief!  I lost 8 pounds in 3 days...saw 218.8 on the scale this morning which I know can't last, right?!  lol  I swear, I have hardly any peristaltic action, it's a wonder I have any metabolism and can lose weight at all.  Urgh! 

I did end up able to have the procedure done today and it was a piece of cake.  If it weren't for the prep failure, I wouldn't mind having it done annually, but oh my gosh, I would rather skip fasting for that many days and taking that much medicine (and numerous enemas!) to barely get the mission accomplished!

Good news was I do have a healthy colon.  :)  I hope you have a really easy time tomorrow and that your test results turn out perfect too!  I'll be thinking of you!!!