scale still not cooperating..

I will be three weeks out on Monday.  I was beginning to see a weight loss this past week.. I went down to 230.2.. from the 236 at surgery, now a few days later and I am 231.4. I do not understand how I can gain weight when I am eating so little.. I am walking on the treadmill everday, and doing everything right.. I am beginning to get discouraged again. I know that 1.2 lbs is nothing but I am not sure why the scale is not moving downward.. I walked 1/2 mile on the treadmill at 6am this morning.. I do that 3x a day.. I can not do too many other exercises with my back problems and I am just so happy I can at least walk.. Does anyone have any suggestions for me.. I can't do the pool until my scars all heal up.. still scabbed over and one scab came off and it is oozing liquid so I know that the pool is still a ways off.. Help...how do I get the scale to start moving..

Make sure you get your water/liquids and protein in. I still have problems getting both of those in.

Watch the salt and if it's that TOM, all you can do is wait it out.

But the most important thing is patience!! Your body is still freaking out.

Good luck!

I am pushing liquids but I am not getting in the 64 oz a day plus eating.. I am getting in between 48 and 54..so far.. stil working on that..  They have me taking protein 3x a day but only 1/2 a cup at a time... so 1/2 scoop of Unjury with 4 oz of skim milk morning snack, afternoon snack and evening snack.. 
I am trying to watch the salt but everything has so much in it that they have me eating. the soups are loaded with it.. I am making broiled fish for dinner and not adding any salt to it just Mrs. Dash. I hate the white potatoes and will be so glad to get out of this mushy stage.. I have been eating canned grean beans with no added salt.. I am trying to do what they are telling me to do..
I eat sf popsicles when I get head hunger.. and then I am freezing..but at least not eating other thngs..

I can't wait until my body stops freaking out because it is freaking me out.. It sometimes makes me wonder if they did the surgery..I do not seem to feel full after eating.. nothing has bothered me yet except my meds.. I wish this tool would hurry up and work.. As you can see I have no paitence.. I am trying to be patient but it is hard to do..

Thanks for the advice.. I will try to push more fluids.. really sick of water..crystal light is a lifesaver.. I will try to hang in there and be patient.. maybe the diabetes is making my healing slower..

what is this??? Who is that complaining over there? I believe you promised to stay off that scale and give your body a chance to heal!

I think i'm going to have to confiscate your scale so you will behave lol. You don't have to have the soup if it has too much salt, you can pick something else. How about making your own broth from bullion cubes so you can control the amount you're putting in?

Get off that scale, take a deep breath. You are in this for a forever change, you are not going to wake up and be at goal weight. a little patience will give you alot of peace of mind! it's going to work, just give it a chance.

Yes you are right ..I am going to have to be patient..sorry about the whining..  I am going to have to move my scale.. it is in the kitchen and every morning when I go in there for breakfast I wonder if I have lost anything so on I hop. I am going to hide it and only pull it out once a week.. I was loosing so fast on the dieting before surgery I guess I have expected to loose that way now.. I was stuck at the end and had to do liquids to get off the last few pounds I guess I just thought once I got the surgery the weight loss would start right away..

I am stuborn and have no patience lately.. I have to work on that.. I have trouble remembering I just had a major surgery.. duh..and it takes time to heal .. I am trying to lay off the soup.. I had 4 shrimp and couscous and peas for dinner.. not salty and yum yum..

Thanks for the scolding I guess I needed that.. lol.. can't give up the scale though, so you can't have it,  but I will put it away and only get it out once a week.. maybe that will let me have time to relax and just let things happen in their own time.. apparently when it is there in the open I jsut can't resist the temptation to weigh..

I am so afraid of being a failure again.. I have to succeed at this.. I want this to work so bad.. I know it will, I just have to learn the patience thing.

I worked out so hard today.. walked for 30 minutes at 2.5 mph at noon and 15 minutes at 2.5 this morning at 6am .. I did laundry and wrapped all my Christmas gifts and I am nursing a newborn goat too every 2 hours and cleaning the playpen she is in all the time.. . I stay busy and moving so I can make this work..

It is so hard to do all the right things and not loose.. it just makes me so upset.. so yes I will hide the scale..

hugs.. and thanks

Teresa, I don't have any major advice, just letting you know I think you are doing all the right things. You had those bad allergic reactions and I think you are probably retaining fluid from that. Soon you will be healing and losing the excess fluids. HANG IN THERE. I'm SURE they did the surgery and it will be working for you. You've lost quite a bit of weight pre op, so you are not going to "melt away" as fast as those who have more to lose.

I think you are right about still retaining fluid too.. I had to register on a website where I enter my foods everyday.. and my weight and measurement once a week.. my nut and doc have the back door to the website and can go in there and look and see what I am doing and if I need to change anything.. well anyway I measured for the website and I am still up in measurement on my waist from the day of surgery. My waist was at 49 and it is about 50.5 now.. My neck is the same but other places are up too. and my weight is lower than the day of surgery so it has to be fluids..

I know they did the surgery.. I am just so frustrated.. I know I am doing it to myself.. I have to stay off the scale until I heal , but I have no patience lately.. I am so excited about this surgery and loosing this fat, that I want it now.. like a little kid in a toy shop.. I dont want to wait for Christmas or my birthday,  I want it now.. I have to stop acting like a little kid and suck it up and be patience..

I have to look at the big picture.. I have plenty of time to get it off.. I just have to keep up with what I am suppose to do..

I am so excited for you too.. just a few more days and you will be on your way too..
So remember this.. and stay off the scale ..and wait till you heal... don't do this to yourself .. you will make your self crazy..

But if I can whine on here you can too.. I will support you anyway I can..

hugs.and prayers

Oh I'm a whiner too. Writing it all out helps me cope. You'll be hearing from me!!! Hope you have a good weekend. You're doing great; you just haven't convinced yourself of it yet.

Teresa,

Take a deep breath.  It's going to be ok.  here are a few observations and thoughts, from my experience. 

First, remember to get your fluids in, at least 64 ounces, this can be water, protein drink, soup(low-salt is better), popsicles, what ever is liquid.

Second, keep walking, you are doing just right, slowly increase this.  You'll be able to swim soon enough!

Third, remember your pouch will not feel full for at least a couple of months, I think it took me about four maybe five months before I "felt" full.  It's kinda numb yet, was how it was explained to me.  It takes a while to get the feeling back.   Remember the size of your pouch and don't eat or drink more than it can hold. I was told to work on getting in protein, how much was not as big an issue as the water tho',  I know this will vary from person to person and doctor to doctor.  I didn't eat anything for 6 weeks, just protein drinks, that way I hit my protein and my water every day.   This will mean you are eating or drinking about every second of the day(at least it seems that way) but it's important not to stretch your pouch to quickly.  I'm a 17 months out and I eat only about 1/2 cup at a time. 

Fourth, when you eat fish or green beans make sure you chew them well, and eat slowly.  You didn't mention if you are doing this so I'm saying this as a reminder.

Fifth, You just had major surgery!  Your body is freaking out! Be patient! There is a 3 week stall with a lot of people, IT WILL PASS, and usually does quickly, you can not help but lose weight when you're taking in this few of calories!

Sixth, do yourself a favor and put the scale away, once a week is more than enough to weigh yourself.  :0)   oh, yeah don't forget about your TOM, most do not lose then!

This will work for you as it has worked for others, relax, like the other poster said, this is a process, part of a life long change you're making.  The sooner you relax and accept that the easier it will be for you.  At least these are things that helped me along, 

 Hope this helps! 

Blessings! 

Diane 

Diane

Thank you so much for your advice. I really appreciate it..

I am going to start marking down all my liquids and making sure I get them in.. I was when it was all liquids so I have to do it now too.. I will work on that.

I am walking as much as I can.. I have a used treadmill and I walked today for a half hour at 2.5mph and overheated it.. me too...lol... I am trying to increase the walking as I can..I guess I will have to walk more times a day instead of taking longer walks.. or risk burning up the treadmill..  As soon as the scars heal I will be in the pool.. I can do a lot more in there without hurting.(back issues). I used a walking cd today and it made the walking time go much faster..
and was easier to maintain the speed..

I really appreciate the advice about the pouch.. I keep hearing everyone say they can't eat but a few bites right after surgery.. I thought my pouch was being strange.. no one told me that it would take time for it to heal before I would feel full.. I am so thankful you told me that.. I know they said it was important to measure everything but they didn't say I would not feel full yet.. they have me eating 4-6oz of food at a meal.. like tonight I had 4 shrimp. 1/4cup couscous and 1/4 cup green peas.... I have been following the meal suggestions and amounts.. maybe I need to cut it to just 1/2 cup,,they said 1/2 to 3/4 cup at a meal.. huh.. I thought that sounded like more than I had heard others say they were eating..

I have been so careful to chew very good.. and try to eat as slow as I can.. I am afraid to not chew good.  I have already had dry heaves a couple of times with my medication not setting good with it being crushed.. I sure don't want to throw up.. the dry heaves really hurt so I can imagine what it would be like to throw up or have something stuck.. I am not into pain.. so yes I am chew chew chewing.

I have a hard time remembering this was major surgery.. with it being done laparoscopic it makes it seem like nothing.. I have had a lot of surgeries and recovered faster but nothing as major as this.. I have to remember that they rearranged my whole insides... I also have to remember that being diabetic for so long that I take longer to heal.. It has been that way a long time now.. I still have places where the IV was..they are just now healing and that was 3 weeks ago.. so I know the insides is not anywhere near healed.. I guess my body is really freaking out over this rearrangement.. I will have to have patience.. not my best attribute right now.. but I will try..

I am going to put away my scale so I am not tempted to hop on it every morning.. I will try to only get it out once a week.. I was suppose to do that last week and I never did.. this time I will do it.. the scale is the debil right now.. lol...

By the way what is TOM.. your the second person to say that to me and I am not sure what it is.. I am still learning the abbreviations for things.. so many now to know..

I really appreciate the advice and words of encouragement.. Thank you so much for taking the time to break this all down.. it's funny.. I have been supporting people and giving advice and have researched for 5 years and now that this is here it is like everything went in one ear and out the other.. I guess like in an emergency you forget everything you know..

Well I certainly don't know everything.. I know a little and now with the help of my OH friends I am learning more.. I just have to listen to the advice and learn to be patient..

hugs to you for your help..