what the heck?

2 weeks post op and I have GAINED 5 LBS in two days. How is that possible? kinda discouraging. ok.....REALLY discouraging. I went through ALL THAT CRAP, to only start gaining it back already??????????

dont get discouraged.you are still newly post op.give your body time to heal. try and not to weigh your self for awhile. you will still have excess fluids and bloating

Don't fret. They Pumped you full of liquids during surgery and your are drinking, drink, drinking, so your body is full of LIQUIDS. it will take a few ekes before your body will re-adjust, get rid of some of the excess liquids they pumped you full of and then start on the "loosing Streak". Don't fret, it will happen naturally and you will be amazed how quickly it starts to come off. Good luck. Barb C, BCwaiting.

Hi.  I'm just catching up on posts after vacation! 

i remember that pre-op 2 week boost diet, I lost 20 pounds and though "what a great start". Then 2 weeks after surgery, no weight loss, maybe even gained a pound or 2.  I talked to the nurse and she said that it's to be expected because our bodies couldn't possibly keep up with that kind of weight loss.  We go into starvation mode for awhile.  I think it was 6 or 8 weeks before i started feeling like I was making real progress on the weight loss front. 

When I was doing good at 800 calories a day, i had to increase it to 1000 to 1200 per day.  Scary but again, we cannot live on that for a long period of time or we go into starvation mode.  Now that i'm fairly steady in that range, they will probably bump it up again.  it take some time for our bodies to adjust and then weight loss begins again.