Scale says I gained 6lbs!!

I hate weighing. i started at 480lbs and weighed 325 a sof two weeks ago. My scale says 6lbs gain. Thats crazy. i can eat more than the start but i know I cant eat a fraction of what I used to. im starting to exercise but its so hard. i need to increae protein and water. Any suggestions? Do most of yall eat three meals or break them up? I am so hard on myself today, crying out of fear of failing!

OK here is my opinion.  Stop weighing so much.  I weigh about every week or more.  The body fluctuates during weight loss.  Dont put yourself through that.  Also I have heard that it takes lots of water to burn fat.  Make sure that you are getting enough liquids.  Hope this helps.

This may sound strange coming from someone so new.... BUT, go back to the basics.  What exactly did you do early on after surgery?  I've noticed that many people fall back into old habits and start repeating bad behavior.  Examine what you're doing and see if you need to make some changes back to the way it used to be.

Currently, I drink a protein shake for one meal, (breakfast), eat a small lunch and dinner.  I weigh my food - making sure that I don't go over 6 oz. so that I won't stretch my stomach.  If I'm hungry mid-morning or late afternoon, I have a drinkable yogurt or SF applesauce as a snack.  Before I workout in the evenings, I eat a LF cheese stick which has 8 grams of protein.  I make sure that I get at least 60 grams of protein a day.  Now, some days dinner is easier to eat than others, and sometimes I can't eat food at all and just have another shake.  My tummy is sensitive and hard to control at times....  Plus, I tend to get things stuck and when I do - game over for the day. As for exercize - hate to preach, but you've got to get moving.  Now, that may only be a 5 minute walk today and 6 minutes tomorrow, but if you start slow, you won't hurt yourself and will be able to build up to more as time goes on.  The best part of this is the way your body will reshape and if you are eating more calories than you should, (hence a weight gain), then it will help balance it out.  Remember, it really is about calories in vs. calories out.  In the end, it's really a math game! I hope some of this is useful information and good luck.  Just stick to the program, increase your movement and you'll succeed!

Our weight will go up and down some weeks. I can have  a really  good week and be up 3 pds. A LOT of it has to do with sodium and not drinking enough water. You are not failing. Happy Thanksgiving:)

First of all, be sure you have an ACCURATE scale, one for high weights ..   I think the one all the biggies use (I did and still do, even post-op)is the Siltec 500  ... It's actually a digital package scale that reads up to 500 lbs., in .5 increments ... they also have a large, flat, thin base that makes it easy to stand on, and a remote reader with a bungie cord so that you can read the weight at waist level or higher .  They're not cheap (over $200) but definitely the way to go (I even bought an extra one and donated it to my PCP's clinic so that his biggie patients could easily and accurately be weighed) ..   Secondly, weight the same time of the day when you do (e.g. in the a.m.s, after a BM) ..       Thirdly, if the rapid weight loss express is currently on a stopover, only weigh every week and not every day, to avoid discouragement ..    Lastly, keep in mind that as post-ops, our weight can flucutate as much as 5 lbs. in a 24-hour period (some of this is fluid) ... again, another good reason to only weigh every few days!    I remember they used to tell us years ago if our weight changes more than 2 lbs. in a 24-hour period to see a doctor a.s.a.p., as that can be a sign of something seriously wrong (e.g. cong. heart failure) ..  but, again, these big daily fluctations are apparently nothing unusual to us WLS post-ops  ..     Hang in there! 

if you just started exercising your body could be holding onto every calorie. This happened to me over the summer. Everytime I would go for a really long bike ride I'd gain weight. My husband gets a biking newsletter where someone had asked about it and it said that if you dramatically increase your exercise your body gets worried and confused and gloms on to every calorie causing a fluctuation. i know it is freaky, btdt!

keep doing what you are doing, your body will figure out tht this is the new you and the weight will come off!

everyone keeps posting that it takes 3500 calories to gain a pound (don't know if that is true with our screwed up metabolism or not). Going by that it is highly unlikely you are taking in more than you are burning off. hang in there, i'm always crabbier on days the scale fluctuate up too! (but i'm addicted to the darn scale) Happy Thanksgiving!  judi

I know how you feel.  My weight bounced up 4 lbs yesterday for no apparant reason, and stayed there today.  I weigh everyday, and am used to seeing 1-2 lb fluctuations, but that 4 lbs really threw me.  I have no advice to give, but I am going to try drinking more water today to see if I can flush out any excess sodium.  Should also help me stay away from the carby foods today.

Good luck!!