Please Help!!

[Dodsie]

10 weeks post op today & the Wii just told me that I have put on 2 pounds now I know that I could do with going to the loo but surely I havent?!!

I genuinely have not been eating incorrectly, nothing I shouldnt have.
Yesterday I had
100gms fruit salad - brekkie
1 slice malted bread (WW) & some prawns - lunch
1 desert spoon mash, lamb casserole with carrots & leeks & runner beans - dinner - I use a small cereal bowl to ensure the portion is not too large.

At least a litre of water, 3 cups of tea and 400ml lacto free semi skimmed milk.

I just dont know what to do next. I am excercising every day - have joined a ladies only circuit training gym (curves) & I walk there and back (10 mins each way).
I am also using the wii fit though less because of the gym.

Please help with some advice - I am getting so disheartened - am I building muscle do you think?
I have even measure myself and cant see any great difference there - feeling so fed up :cry:

 

[dreamofbeingslim]

It is totally possible that you are building muscle and that weighs heavier than fat.

 

[Neen]

Why don't you forget the scales for a bit and get something nice in a size smaller to aim into instead? You are probably losing inches anyway. Weight fluctuates so much for so many reasons.. I have a pair of jeans a size down from my current one ,hanging up in my bedroom so I see them all the time and every week I see how far I can fit them. Some weeks my weight doesn't seem to be shifting but the jeans definately are fitting better. (and no they are not stretching)

 

[Roch]

Hun it could be muscle or poss a bit of water retention,could u maybe try and up ur water to 2 litres. With us gals we ever know when we are going to get a bit bloated and gain a few pounds.
Def a good idea to stay away from the scales for a few weeks and maybe just measure urself instead xx

 

[Dodsie]

tx everyone I will do that xx

 

[jaxx]

You could also up your protein intake as well especially if you're exercising.

Not going to the loo and fluid retention could also be the culprits here.

 

[yorkiegal]

don't think of the wiifit as an accurate weighing tool. It's really not very good for that. I could step on it three times and get three different weights.

 

[rybens]

Iv had different readings on the wii fit if its at different times of the day, i wouldnt worry about it your doing great and it will come off when its good and ready x

 

[galm37]

I've weighed myself after having a couple of drinks (coffee not alcohol!) and have put a pound on, how can two cups of coffee weigh a pound??!

 

[Neen]

I think I heard somewhere that weight can fluctuate during the day up to 4lbs or so...It's best to weigh once a week maximum at the same time of the day.
Really, taking the measurements is a much less random way of checking progress, it's weird how we don't think that counts as much as weight.
If I get back into a size 12 and feel and look healthy I don't give a damn what the scale says!!

 

[galm37]

I think I heard somewhere that weight can fluctuate during the day up to 4lbs or so...It's best to weigh once a week maximum at the same time of the day.
Really, taking the measurements is a much less random way of checking progress, it's weird how we don't think that counts as much as weight.
If I get back into a size 12 and feel and look healthy I don't give a damn what the scale says!!

Well said Neen, a brilliant attitude to have x

 

[teen]

ditch the scales for a while My weight goes up and down everyday its between 11stone 8 and 11 stone 11. but I must be loosing inches as clothes I bought a couple of weeks ago and getting loose

 

[Neen]

I think we can drive ourselves nuts jumping on and off the flipping scales!! I try not to do it anymore though when you first get your op done I think it's really hard to resist as we're only human and we all want the lard gone asap.
I weigh fortnightly if I can stand to wait! I have my sons birthday party coming this weekend so I'm not going near those scales till I'm a week clear the other side lol

 

[StephieAck]

Urgh I hate the scales on the wiif fit and certainly dont trust them!
When I had my post-op check up with my surgeon a week or so ago he asked about exercise and at that point I said that I wasnt doing as much as I should and he said that once I tarted then I would see a slow down in the pounds lost due to the muscle being heavier than fat and that it was perfectly normal, even expected. I have started exercising more now and I reckon I may well hit a slow down very soon, which is frustrating but expected and in the grand scheme of this life long journey (as in I have the rest of my life to complete it) it is just a small slow down.
Ignore that stupid scale bit of the wii fit though.
Steph xx

 

[Dodsie]

ty everyone - I will do as you all suggest - will tell you my progress on the 30th - 3 months post op.
You guys are the greatest mwah!
xx