Gaining Weight
I’ve been emailing talking about being at a plateau now for a couple of
weeks, but what do you do with yourself when you step on the scale and it’s
going UP?!
I am so depressed, sad, scared…. what have I done wrong? I have (with me
very aware of what is going in my mouth) put on 7 lbs in the last two weeks.
I’m exercising, strictly watching what kinds of foods I’m eating when I do
eat. Weighing my food (eating about 3 & 1/2 oz 3 times a day, drinking water
and I’ ve put on weight.
I have been on some pain medicine that has codeine in it. Not large amounts
but steady. That is the only thing I can think of that I’ve done
differently.
I just hit 3 months last Friday post op, and I want to die, cry and just
fall off the face of the earth.
Anybody else out there EVER go through this kind of happening????
Jodee
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June 7th, 2006 at 6:31 pm
Jodee, three months is a very common time to have a plateau - and if you’ve
also started a pain med that may be causing some water gain - and if it’s
"that time" of the month, all of that acould be adding in together to cause
you some weight gain.
As long as you’re still eating your protein first, not loading up on carbs,
and getting your water in, you should be ok. It will break.
I had plateaus at 3 weeks, 3 months, at 6 months, and now I seem to have
plateaus much more often. Practically monthly. But it still is coming off.
If I get frantic, I’ll "do something different" to see if I can jog my system.
But mostly, it’s patience.
Pam in Niceville
June 8th, 2006 at 7:41 am
Patience seems to be One of my hardest lessons to learn, on top of all the
others there are.
I’m hoping that it’s from the pain med (I’ve decided to not take it any
longer if I can stand it) and see if that doesn’t start something moving. I
do believe I’m retaining water, my rings wont move (they did a bit ago) my
ankles are swollen, and I just feel stuffed inside. But I’m eating nearly
nothing from "the old" days…. so it makes me crazy seeing the scale move
up.
I just can’t stress enough how emotional this is. I want others out there to
know that just because you have the surgery doesn’t mean that life will all
of a sudden be a bed of roses. Mentally this is harder then anything I’ve
ever done in my life. I’m 46 and lived a life of Yo-Yo dieting and I can’t
get it through my head yet that this surgery isn’t just another new fad that
I will fail at. I have the pains and I have the scare, I can’t eat much, but
here I am gaining weight….. it’s all so surreal to me. I just can’t get
this out t of my mind no matter how hard I try. I’ve always failed.
I need to lose 60 more pounds ! I can’t stop here and be able to live with
myself. What if it isn’t the medication (time of month is ending now),
I’ve never heard of anyone ever gaining or at least nobodies ever talked
about it to me, so I can’t believe this is a normal process.
I don’t know what I would do without your advice and support Pam. I honestly
would go crazy without it. I feel like I am now, but talking about it helps
a great deal.
Jodee
Jodee, three months is a very common time to have a plateau - and if you’ve
also started a pain med that may be causing some water gain - and if it’s
"that time" of the month, all of that acould be adding in together to cause
you some weight gain.
As long as you’re still eating your protein first, not loading up on carbs,
and getting your water in, you should be ok. It will break.
I had plateaus at 3 weeks, 3 months, at 6 months, and now I seem to have
plateaus much more often. Practically monthly. But it still is coming off.
If I get frantic, I’ll "do something different" to see if I can jog my
system.
But mostly, it’s patience.
Pam in Niceville
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June 8th, 2006 at 3:54 pm
Well, as a lot of my friends have said, they operated on our stomachs, not our
heads <G>.
You might take a moment and write down exactly what you’re eating in the
course of a day. I’m willing to bet that it will be LESS than 1,000 calories.
And if it’s primarily protein, leaving the milk and other sugars off, and
you’re not grazing, then you should be losing weight. If you’re holding water
- which is what it sounds like is happening here, given your rings, etc., then
you’re going to have some bounceback, but it won’t be fat bounceback, it will
be water only, and can go in a day! I can always tell in my ankles. Don’t
wear any rings, but my ankles still swell on days when I’ve got this problem.
Usually I try to cut back on the salt a bit - but that’s my way of dealing
with it. Makes food awfully bland <G>. And the other thing I will do is
notice - for example, in my plateaus, that I’m losing inches, but my weight
may look like it’s not going anywhere. Finally, how do you feel? Are you
experiencing any pain? Do you know if you were transected?
Give it a week, LOSE the scales. Put them in the back of the closet <G>. Then
weigh. (I have a friend who tells everyone to mail their scales to her <G>.)
If you still haven’t lost anything in a week, then come back to the list and
we’ll look at some other suggestions.
Pam in Niceville
June 8th, 2006 at 6:22 pm
Good advice… I will take this and run with it. Good day to start, Monday.
One thing, I do drink my morning protein with 6 oz of Non Fat Milk. Do you
think I should stop doing that. I don’t drink anything other then water the
rest of the day and night.
Thanks again so much Pam.
Well, as a lot of my friends have said, they operated on our stomachs, not
our
heads <G>.
You might take a moment and write down exactly what you’re eating in the
course of a day. I’m willing to bet that it will be LESS than 1,000
calories.
And if it’s primarily protein, leaving the milk and other sugars off, and
you’re not grazing, then you should be losing weight. If you’re holding
water
- which is what it sounds like is happening here, given your rings, etc.,
then
you’re going to have some bounceback, but it won’t be fat bounceback, it
will
be water only, and can go in a day! I can always tell in my ankles. Don’t
wear any rings, but my ankles still swell on days when I’ve got this
problem.
Usually I try to cut back on the salt a bit - but that’s my way of dealing
with it. Makes food awfully bland <G>. And the other thing I will do is
notice - for example, in my plateaus, that I’m losing inches, but my weight
may look like it’s not going anywhere. Finally, how do you feel? Are you
experiencing any pain? Do you know if you were transected?
Give it a week, LOSE the scales. Put them in the back of the closet <G>.
Then
weigh. (I have a friend who tells everyone to mail their scales to her <G>.)
If you still haven’t lost anything in a week, then come back to the list and
we’ll look at some other suggestions.
Pam in Niceville
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June 9th, 2006 at 7:57 am
When you find your weightloss at a stop, you can try different things to sort
of "jump start" it. For some people, the amount of sugars in the milk is
enough to slow their weightloss down a bit. (And there’s more sugar in milk
than in cream, as an example). I don’t know if this is the case with you, but
if you find yourself having problems, it might be something to look at
changing, or experimenting with. But I’d give it another week before doing
it. This may just be a temporary thing.
Pam in Niceville