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 CO Member Since: 05/01/07 [Latest Posts] | Post Date: 2/24/08 9:35 am I didn't believe it myself so I got on the scale 3-4 times to make sure. Is this more than likely due to the lymphedema (LE) that I have. I can get ready to go to bed and weigh literally 10 pounds more than I do in the morning. By morning time I have lost the 10-11 pounds. This has just been in the last week. But also I have had a bad bad cold that I have been fighting and have been taking Mucinex (thank goodness for Mucinex). Or is my body going through more changes? I have been at a stall for approximately a month now. I know I shouldn't be weighing myself at night... but you know how it is. By the way my surgery was 10-30-07. Thanks again, Heidi |
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 Garland, TX Duodenal Switch (08/12/06) Member Since: 03/03/06[Latest Posts] | Post Date: 4/8/08 10:08 pm I really don't see how that big of a change (loss) is possible between bed and a.m., unless you are getting up during the night to do #1 and/or #2, although I would guess that the vast majroity of this lost weight is fluid, esp. if it comes right back by the end of the day. I know my nurse WLS buds claim that my LE probably accounts for 10 lbs. or more of fluid in my body (i.e. excess lymphatic fluid), but I find it hard to imagine I'm sloshing THAT much around in my feet and ankles/lower legs. But then they point out that just a gallon of liquid weighs that much, or some such, which them seems to make it appear more plausible to me for some reason (although I still find it hard to believe I have that much fluid down there!)  |
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 Onederland Royersford, PA Member Since: 09/26/06 [Latest Posts] | Post Date: 4/20/08 11:40 am My entire weight loss journey has been in chunks just like that. Therefore it must be associated with LE. This is the only board that I have seen the same thing happen to someone else as me. I have had as much as a 30# loss overnight. The weight loss would happen 1 day every 4-6 weeks.
Living in glorious oneder-land. |
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 UK Member Since: 02/17/07 [Latest Posts] | Post Date: 8/17/08 5:59 am I can easily loose 10lb overnight, and it is definately fluid, i have to go to the bathroom at least 3 times during the night and if i have had a busy day and my leg is more swollen i know it will be more |
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CO Member Since: 05/01/07 [Latest Posts] | Post Date: 8/17/08 8:14 am Thank you for your response to this. |
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 Member Since: 11/16/08 [Latest Posts] | Post Date: 3/1/09 11:38 am If you have edema you can fluctuate weight all the time. I always have about a 5lb different between waking in the AM and going to bed in the PM......and it sucks! I always weigh in the AM and at the same time. However, you may also be losing some fat along with water, so good for you!!! A loss is a loss...as I see it! Good luck and keep up the good work! |
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