Crazy weight fluctuations post-op...anyone else?
Hi everyone. 2 weeks post op today.
I got on the scale at one week and had lost a few.
Got on again today and have gained 5 pounds in 5 days.
Really?
I never eat more than 1500 cals a day.
I eat 80-100 grams of prot a day.
Plenty of fluids.
Maybe eating too much sodium...just maybe.
Granted , I am pretty sedentary but not five pounds worth of sedentary!!
Please share your post op weight experiences with me.
Someone- quick- talk me off the ledge!!!
I got on the scale at one week and had lost a few.
Got on again today and have gained 5 pounds in 5 days.
Really?
I never eat more than 1500 cals a day.
I eat 80-100 grams of prot a day.
Plenty of fluids.
Maybe eating too much sodium...just maybe.
Granted , I am pretty sedentary but not five pounds worth of sedentary!!
Please share your post op weight experiences with me.
Someone- quick- talk me off the ledge!!!
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. " -- Anais Nin
Revised from Band to Bypass 10/26/09
High Wt 355/ Surgery Wt 343 (BMI 61) / Current Wt 190 on 3/17/12
TT/Fleur De Lis 8/22/11
Mastopexy and Brachioplasty 12/14/11
Revised from Band to Bypass 10/26/09
High Wt 355/ Surgery Wt 343 (BMI 61) / Current Wt 190 on 3/17/12
TT/Fleur De Lis 8/22/11
Mastopexy and Brachioplasty 12/14/11
When I got home, I was a few pounds up, got up to 7 pounds up. Freaked out. Then about the 3 weeks post-op, I finally moved myself back upstairs, weighed myself there, and I was 12 pounds lighter. I was weighing on the wrong scale. Wasted a lot of worry...lol!! 
Currently I'm about 8 pounds lighter than I was pre-op and I had 5 pounds of skin removed.
Laura
Currently I'm about 8 pounds lighter than I was pre-op and I had 5 pounds of skin removed.
Laura
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
Swelling is evil! As your body seeks collateral circulation post plastics, you will swell.
I have been swelling like crazy! After working my first 3 - 12 hour night shifts, I was up 24 lbs, I couldn't believe my eyes!
I am on my 5th - 12 in a row and I am now up 15lbs, so it does get better! Just stay away from sodium, drink plenty of fluids and eat your protein!
I have been swelling like crazy! After working my first 3 - 12 hour night shifts, I was up 24 lbs, I couldn't believe my eyes!
I am on my 5th - 12 in a row and I am now up 15lbs, so it does get better! Just stay away from sodium, drink plenty of fluids and eat your protein!
12/09 and 6/11, 9 skin removal procedures with Dr. Sauceda in Monterrey Mexico
Revised to the Sleeve after losing 271 lbs with the LapBand.
Get off the ledge (aka scale) right now! I gained 8 pounds after TT/LBL - stayed off the scale a little over a week (weigh-day for me is sunday) and after about 10 days finally saw a drop - 8 lbs - which actually puts me almost 10 lbs below goal. Not that I'll be able to maintain this but I see it as the lower end of my 10 lb range (135-145) - CRAZY since I haven't seen this weight since I was a teenager!
Eat to heal and don't stress too much about the sodium - the nutritionist @ my bariatric surgery program said that after WLS it's hard to consume too much sodium b/c our new stomach size. I find that drinking lots of water and tea with lemon helps get rid of the fluids. They WILL come off, it's just really discouraging when they are there.
Eat to heal and don't stress too much about the sodium - the nutritionist @ my bariatric surgery program said that after WLS it's hard to consume too much sodium b/c our new stomach size. I find that drinking lots of water and tea with lemon helps get rid of the fluids. They WILL come off, it's just really discouraging when they are there.
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