More exercise,More weight?

HELP!  Since my surgery I was only walking twice a week.  Ten days ago I decided to step it up and walk six days a week.  During the past ten days, I have GAINED three pounds?!  I am not sure what to do?  Any Ideas? I know that muscle weighs more than fat, but come on.  Will this continue? Thanks, Kent

Your weight is going to fluctuate anyway.  You may not see a steady decline.  My feelings about dealing with the scale go back to the rcommendations I used to hear at overeater anonymous.  That was to weight yourself once a month.  I don't even do that.  I know that I wasn't a slave to the scale as I was gaining weight and I'm the same way now that I'm losing weight.  I only get weighed when I go to see my doctor.  Separately, some people don't lose most of their weight in the 6-18 mos following surgery.  I have a friend who lost very little in his first 6 months, and then it dropped like crazy in the next 6 months.

1.  you are maybe taking in a bit more to accommodate the additional calories being burned with the increased exercise?  Make sure yu increase is in protein, complex carbs and fluids.  You up your caloric intake, slows down the weight loss.  Too low and body goes into survival mode like it did when we starved ourselves dieting, before surgery. 2.  You are maybe tightening and toning.  With any luck, perhaps inreasing muscle mass.  more efficient muscle mass and more muscle mass both provide increased metabolism and calorie burning which are good long term things even if it means a minor slow down initially. I keep dropping 9-12 pounds and then plateauing for 3-5 weeks.  Jan 07 was at 294 and stayed until Febraury when I dropped in a matter of 2-3 days to 278, then 4 weeks until March to 264, then 4 more weeks to April to 253.  Now I seem stuck at 253.  It was going so smoothly before Jan, but it is still dropping, just in frustrating blocks.  But I also significantly increased my walking to 4-6 miles at a time from 1-2 and then jogging as much as I could to get my 10K time down from 2 hours 10 minutes to 90 minutes. Will it continue? My CNP told me no tto worry, the honeymoon wasn't over until 12-18 months depending on the person, their metabolism, and how well we are doing with our diet and exercise. Hang in there.  It sounds like you are trying to do the right thing.   You keep doing good things and good things will happen.

Thank you for all your info.  You were right!  Stepped on the scale this morning and dropped four pounds.  I am sure glad to see that happen.  Next time this happens I won't spaz out. Thanks, Kent

Hi Kent, could be muscle, it could be that you are not drinking enough water since you upped the workouts and your body is in starvation mode/dehydrated thus it is holding onto food and water rather than having it cleanse you and take away pounds.  Or you could just be in a plateau.  Mine lasted nearly 8 weeks but then broke.  What I didn't notice during that time was that I lost about 3 inches on my waste yet the scale never moved.  It will. Hang in there. Greg