WTF I gained 2lb

 Okay, I need some help! I'm only 3wks out from surgery and have been loosing about a pound a day.  Saturday I went to the gym and was so looking forward to getting on the scale Sunday morning, because I just knew I would have lost more than a pound with the workout. BTW, my workout consisted on 30 mins of cardio and 30 mins of strength training (arms only).  When I got on the scale Sunday morning much to my chagrin I was 2lb heavier! What could have happened??? The only thing I did differently was I had a very little muscle milk for protein & went to the gym (doc just cleared me). I do pick up muscle fast, but not 2lb in 1 day. Somebody tell me what happened, please! 

I know I go up anywhere from 2lb to 5lbs when I'm about to have my period - I retain water like there's no tomorrow and tend to go up, but no worries it goes away again in a few days. 

So...the weight gain could be your menstrual cycle or you could just be dehydrating yourself just enough during your workout that your body is retaining water.  You can find a lot of general rules about hydration during workouts - these are the ones I try to follow:

• Two to three hours prior to a workout, drink two to three cups of water.
• During a workout, drink one-fourth to one-half of a cup of water every 15 to 20 minutes throughout your training session. In warm weather you may need more because of increased water loss due to sweating. Your thirst mechanism is blunted during exercise, so don't rely on drinking only when you are feeling thirsty. Instead, set your watch to go off every 15-20 minutes to prompt you to take a sip.
• During your post-workout recovery, don't forget to recover with two to three cups of water. Replace each pound of body weight lost during your workout with at least two cups of water.

Read more: http://www.lifemojo.com/lifestyle/why-drink-water-during-wor kout-492374#ixzz0eymr5syV


Hope that helps!  Lighter dayz are just around the corner!!!

 I usually drink a lot of water, especially when I would exercise, but since the surgery I can't drink much at a time or all together.  I think there is merit to your dehydration theory.  Any suggestions how to get more in? If I take big gulps it really hurts and I'm use to chugging water - I'm trying to get use to not being able to anymore.  Also, I can't seem to hold as much I'm probably only getting half a liter a day in, not including other liquids I consume in soups, shakes, etc.  

Sip, sip, sip. It was over a year before I could do big gulps. I still can only do 4 gulps, max. Think of chugging as gobbling--you can't do it in your food, and you can't do it in your drink--this is the NEW you.

When I was first out of surgery, I couldn't even drink water - I found it felt like a rock in my stomach - what actually worked was Fiji bottled water.  Apparently it's PH balanced to be gentler on your stomach and I could finish almost 2 litres of that a day without an issue - it was still a struggle to get all tha****er in but it was a lot easier than tapwater or any other bottled water that I tried. 

Basically I'd just put my fiji water in my starbucks coffee mug (it's leak proof and has that flap opening that seals - so you're not gulping water but you're also not getting as much air).  

Now I can drink any kind of water I want - but it wasn't until about 2.5 months out, and even still if I drink a ton, I feel sick.  Take it easy, you'll get there :)

Best of luck!

It happens....It could have been the weight training...If your building muscle...You can gain or just stay the same.  Dont get discouraged...It has happened to all of us I'm sure at one moment or another.   I didnt lose a lb. for about 4 weeks...And thought maybe it was because of the weight training I was doing...Switched it up to just cardio for a while...and in a week I had lost like 10lbs.  But just stick in there.  PLUS your body is still getting used to the new change...Food wise and physically. 

You're weighing too often. Weigh only once a week, or, even better, once a month.

 If i had that kind of discipline I'd be sooo much better off!

I didn't even OWN any scales when I had WLS. I didn't weigh anywhere but at my surgeon's office until after I'd lost 100 pounds. Then, I bought a scale. (*grin*)

Just a footnote about not weighing anywhere except the surgeon's office:

I have COPD and am in pulmonary rehab at the Cardiac/Pulmonary Rehab Unit at our local hospital and have to go 2 days a week.  Part of the visit is having to weigh in, get blood O2 Sat levels, Heart Rate and BP checked,  since that's part of our overall assessment on how we are doing.  A sudden spike in weight could indicate too much fluid retention that would adversely affect our ability to participate in the rehab program effectively and safely -- and they will check for any type of edema in the extremities if we have a spike in weight before allowing us to participate in the full workout session.  Even if the activity has to be modified for that particular day, we are checked every 10 minutes for heart rate and O2 Sat levels.

So there are extenuating cir****tances for some people where they HAVE to weigh for medical reasons more often than once a week or once a month. 

I've always scheduled my appointments at the Bariatric Center within 1/2 hour after leaving my rehab program to check the hospital scales against the doctor's scales and they have been consistently 1/2 pound heavier than the doctor's scales, which I consider my "official" weight. 

Even though I own bathroom scales, I rarely ever get on them because they're just not that accurate.