How is it possible to be up 6 pounds from yesterday?

xtine
on 7/24/12 1:34 pm - San Jose, CA

So weird. There is no way I gained weight like that. I don't know how to feel about this. Has this happened to anyone? What should I do?

HW: 295 / SW: 273 / CW: 169.4 / GW: 140 / Dream Goal: 120
Height: 5'3.5" - *22lbs of my weightloss was lost pre-surgery.

poet_kelly
on 7/24/12 1:35 pm - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

Probably water retention. Watch the amount of salt in your diet for the next couple days and drink a TON of water.

Kelly

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xtine
on 7/24/12 1:40 pm - San Jose, CA

RNY on 11/29/11

Will do. Thanks! I am so confused. I haven't had a period since before surgery because I was on the Depo Shot and I stopped the shot over a month ago and still no period. So maybe it's about to come? I haven't experienced a period since surgery obviously so maybe this is what happens before?

HW: 295 / SW: 273 / CW: 169.4 / GW: 140 / Dream Goal: 120
Height: 5'3.5" - *22lbs of my weightloss was lost pre-surgery.

Cicerogirl, The PhD
Version
on 7/24/12 1:38 pm - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

Water weight. You don't need to do anything. It will resolve on its own.

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

xtine
on 7/24/12 1:41 pm - San Jose, CA

RNY on 11/29/11

Ok, thanks!

HW: 295 / SW: 273 / CW: 169.4 / GW: 140 / Dream Goal: 120
Height: 5'3.5" - *22lbs of my weightloss was lost pre-surgery.

Lady Lithia
on 7/24/12 1:41 pm

2 cups of water = 16 oz = 1 pound!

12 cups of water = 6 pounds. 96 oz of liquid = 6 pounds. My target is 100+ oz of liquid, or more than 6 pounds of liquid a day.

One or two high-salt items (or time of month for water retention) and wham... up 6 pounds

I generally gained up to 10 pounds one week out of every four while losing.... sometimes 5 to 8 pounds in one night! But the next week I'd lose all the extra and a lot more besides.

While losing low-weight on the scale was my true-weight, even though I fluctuated up on some days.

What should you do? Nothing ... just follow the plan and do what you are supposed to and enjoy the massive weight losses right around the corner.

~Lady Lithia~ 200 lbs lost!
March 9, 2011 - Coccygectomy!
I chased my dreams, and my dreams, they caught me!

xtine
on 7/24/12 1:45 pm - San Jose, CA

RNY on 11/29/11

Yeah that makes sense. I just re-added protein drinks a week ago to help the loss as well. And started jazzercise. Maybe my body is being weird because of all that too. Thanks for the reply!

HW: 295 / SW: 273 / CW: 169.4 / GW: 140 / Dream Goal: 120
Height: 5'3.5" - *22lbs of my weightloss was lost pre-surgery.

Lady Lithia
on 7/24/12 1:51 pm

it freaked me out in the beginning, but then I started to weigh a LOT (many times in a day) and i started to note my own body's fluctuations and ups and downs... seeing patterns helped me to not freak out at little changes. I think that's an important part of MY process. Some can't handle the scale fluctuations, but I was more fascinated. I came to rely on the pattern and it didn't let me down until I reached a year out and flatlined for sixx months. (but didn't gain)

~Lady Lithia~ 200 lbs lost!
March 9, 2011 - Coccygectomy!
I chased my dreams, and my dreams, they caught me!

Katari
on 7/24/12 1:52 pm - OR

RNY on 09/02/09

all the above plus I know I can gain 5 pound overnight right before I start my TOM. Then right after my period, I'll lose it and a little extra. Then I gain the "little extra" right back about 1/2 way through my cycle and we start all over again.

Katie
Ht. 5'2 HW 234/GW 150/LW 128/CW 132 Size 18/20 to a size 4 in 9 months!

aesposito
on 7/25/12 4:44 am

RNY on 10/24/11

It happens. That's why I only weigh in on Mondays.

Once not too long ago I weighed myself, had a regular day of eating and exercise, then weighed myself the next day on a lark and it said I had gained 5 pounds. If I had taken that seriously, I would have walked in front of a bus. The scale is evil... stay away from it except for every now and then, and go by what your clothes and health say.

Audrey

Highest weight: 340
Surgery weight: 313
Surgery date: 10/24/11
Current weight 170... 170 pounds lost!!!!

I am not a doctor, but I play one at work.

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