Weight gain before appointment
Hi....I am starting to feel really nervous....I meet my Dr. tomorrow and have done really well losing weight and maintaining it throughout this whole process. That was until this last month.....I have gained back about 4-5 pounds and am so worried he will delay my meeting with the surgeon. I have been trying to eat higher protein foods in anticipation for the post surgery diet. I know I should have been more careful but was too complacent in the last 2 months. If any of you have gained weight during the process...could you let me know what I may be in for this week.
Thanks....
RNY Surgery February 10th, 2014
Between my psychologist meeting and surgeon meeting I gained a whole 8 pounds. It was a lot of things - hormones, not drinking enough water, nerves about meeting the surgeon and then eating the wrong stuff. I was freaking out that the nurse would weigh me at the surgeon appointment and I'd get a lecture, or even told that was unacceptable. But no one said a word! That was at Toronto Western, I'm not sure about what other centres might do but I think a difference of 4 or 5 pounds might not be a deal breaker... That could just be water! Try not to stress too much - if you've lost and maintained until this point then you're doing pretty well :)
on 9/29/13 8:51 am - Canada
Over the two years I waited I made many changes but I gained 15 pounds as well, my center weight me at the beginning and once at the end and really did not say anything about the gain. It was hard on me because I was making changes and learning about my new life style but still saying farewell to foods I believed I would not eat again. I think some of my gain was also a result of the no smoking thing, and given that I smoked for about 35 years. I think I was still in a better spot with the 15 pounds and no cigarettes. Keep trying
I've gained almost 20 since March....when I went to the nurse she said 'these things happen.' I said 'they shouldn't.'
I need to get some off before I see the surgeon, I feel your pain.
Jo ~ HW:297 SW: 279.6 GW:160 ~ Don't trade what you want most, for what you want at this moment!! Dr Amy Neville Dec 5, 2013
on 9/29/13 11:23 am
this is incredible ....
I am sitting here feeling like **** Why? I was gained 11lbs between May and Friday -- the nurse practitioner that weight me asked me if I wanted to know my weight - I said sure - and she told me it ... in, what I perceived to be, a slightly accusatory way.
I have been riddled with guilt ever since. Wondering to myself what they probably think of me. Maybe they think I am taking the easy way out ... maybe they think I am going to fail ... maybe **I** think I am going to fail ... yadayadayada.
That being said, in honestly, I know my life will change dramatically come the end of the month. Food *has been my life* for a very long time. I have found myself indulging in some of the key things I love ... knowing that I will probably not have them for a long time - if ever again. I haven't been gorging. But I sort of understood that I may have come in a bit heavier than the last time they weighed me.
That being said, as someone else said, water retention can certainly be a factor, and many other things. Who knows - maybe I gained muscle over the past few months, hence the weight gain.
We need to keep ourselves accountable - but still recognize that our eating issue is the reason why we are seeking this kind of help. Drop the guilt and move on - always staying focused on the end price: health.
Easier said than done sometimes, though eh.
