My body hates me!!!

mzlaura
on 7/20/13 3:13 pm - Litchfield, NH
RNY on 03/05/13

I've gained 2 lbs over a week ago and cannot get it off yet. I was on Tom 2 days ago so I am hoping that's it. I have really good weeks then bad stubborn weeks like this when I wonder what am I doing wrong why did I do this??? I've gone through a lot and have lost 54lbs post op I hear after 6 months post op the weight loss decreases! Does this mean I may be coming to the end of my else journey I was to get to 150 and still have 90ish pounds to lose still possible?

 

HW: 401  SW: 297  CW: 200.8
RNY gastric bypass surgery on March 5th, 2013

  

garnetgal
on 7/20/13 3:26 pm - Redwood City, CA
RNY on 04/02/12

Weight can fluctuate due to water, exercise, bathroom habits, etc. you more than likely didn't gain 2 pounds of fat! (Unless of course you aren't following your doctor's plan and then it might be possible.) Be patient, make sure you are getting all of your protein in and try upping your liquid intake. You are only about 4 months out I believe, so you are still in weight loss mode. Don't worry and try to stay off the scale! Did you take your measurements? The body goes thru stages where you won't lose as much weight but you will lose inches! Yes, the weight loss does start to slow down around 6 months out, but you do still continue to lose. I'm about 15-1/2 months out and still losing although it is at a much slower pace! Good luck and just work with your tool!

     
Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 7/20/13 5:24 pm - OH

No, it does not mean you are coming to an end of your weight loss OR that you are doing anything wrong.  It just means that you, like everyone else, will not lose weight every single week even after surgery.  That's just the way it works.  Even if you eat exactly teh same things and get exactly the same amount and type of physical activity every single week, there are some weeks where you may drop a number of pounds, some weeks where you will not lose anything, and some weeks where water retention (or constipation!) makes it appear that you have gained weight.

Yes, weight loss slows down a bit at about 6 months.  It also happens around a year out (and sometimes at about 9 months out as well).  It happens partly because your body is starting to overcome the caloric malabsorption, because you are able to eat a little more, and because -- since you weigh less -- you have a lower daily caloric deficit so it takes more days to reach the roughly 3500 calorie deficit to lose a pound.

 

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.

mzlaura
on 7/21/13 2:26 am - Litchfield, NH
RNY on 03/05/13

Ty both I am just hoping the 54 lbs isn't it. It's very frustrating though. I know I won't lose every week but a gain is definitely dissapointing.

HW: 401  SW: 297  CW: 200.8
RNY gastric bypass surgery on March 5th, 2013

  

Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 7/21/13 2:41 am - OH

You would have to eat roughly 3500 EXTRA calories in order to gain a single pound of fat and it is almost impossible for someone to do that at the point you are at.  What you are seeing on the scale is NOT fat.  If it is that distressing stay off the scale, because you will see the same thing happen again somewhere down the road.  Don't stress it so much!

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.

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