2 weeks post op and put ON one pound!!!! And this week coming I am on Mushies so I assume I will be eating more calories and if not even reaching 800 cals a day on liquids made me put on a pound I dread what actually eating this week is going to do to me. If I put on weight again I think I will begin to regret having this surgery, and I do not want to feel like that. Did anyone else post op put on weight, and how did you deal with it? I have done everything they said to do so now what?
I am having banding blues too
.....only 2 more pounds to 50lbs weight loss in total!...before my surgery I was a size 22-24 UK dress size!.....:happy036:
Bella'sBand said:Hi Bluebutterflier, Don't get me wrong I expected some weeks I would simply stay the same or put on a pound or two, but I did not expect it 2 weeks post op on a liquid diet, who would? I understand my body is changing but I was as good as gold and done everything by the book so that is the cause of my frustration. If I had cheated or over ate then I would know the reason for the gain, but not knowing and expecting the first weeks after surgery to loose the most it is only natural I feel to be a little disappointed. I am on mushies now and only have weetabix for breakfast, tuna small salad and one cracker for lunch, mashed potatoe and turnip for dinner, perhaps a yogurt or banana as a snack so I do not know how to refine or scrutinize my diet any more than I am doing already.
Your results are great and in such a short time kudos to you, I can only hope 3 months out I have such a great result.
I am not expecting perfection or big weight losses every week but second week out I have to admit I was expecting at least a 2~3 lb loss. Call me crazy
He says my body is just adjusting and that something has to give eventually if I am doing all the right things. I am definitely never giving in and regrets well I don't think I have had enough time yet to regret anything. I do have to give it a fair crack, ask me again in a years time lol and we will see. I am always a cup half full person but I cannot honestly say last week did not knock my confidence as I was not expecting a gain 2 weeks post op, but I know myself and I will not be cheating. I have put to much time, effort and money to mess around. That is why I had the surgery I just want this fight, this weight fight to be over already! I not only want it for me but my parents, my husband, my kids, my family. They all want it for me not for them but as with all families I am sure they just want what is best for me. So I have a lot of support and I will not be letting them down by eating tubs of icecream and sucking on chocolate, NOPE! Not happening. I feel no restriction at all (dont really expect to with an empty 14ml band) but I am sticking to a healthy low cal and fat diet, so what more can I do? My stitches are still playing up, red, soar and crusty but by the weekend I am hoping to step up the excercise.
