It happens. I gained 10 pounds one week and still donno why! It took a while to get started down again.
Hang in there and stay with your plan it will happen! The numbers will roll down again!

Over the last 4 years I have made HUGE changes to my lifestyle... Exercise, healthy eating, quit smoking.... But one thing I could not do consistently was lose weight. I went to doctors, NUTs, etc... It was so frustrating week after week not seeing the scale move, or move in the wrong direction. To keep me going I decided to focus on what I could control... I can control what I eat and I can control the exercise I do... I cannot control what my body does with it. I cannot control how the scale reflects these things... I know it is not easy. I know how frustrating it can be... And I can only imagine how much harder it is after surgery to accept these things... But you have to or it will drive you bonkers!

On my down days... the days I wanted to quit... I'd ask myself "What am I quitting? A healthier lifestyle? And what would I be doing if not this?" I never much cared for the answer I got... so I just kept on moving forward :)
((HUGS)) to you! You can do this!

Honey, don't sweat it. Remember that your menstrual cycle is still doing it's thing, and that means water retention, etc. It's the inches lost that really matter, because that shows that your body is doing what it's supposed to be doing--melting fat. Hang in there. :)

Please don't fret - weight is so up and down. It can depend on that time of the month, salt intake and a host of other things. Stupidly I got on the scale this evening and weighed four pounds more than this morning. That isn't physically possible.

I should learn to throw away my scale. Not a bad idea for you too :)

I know. I think the worst thing I could have ever done was to buy a stupid scale. I need to stop weighing myself. It messes with my head. I should only do the once a week weigh ins.

It is a Marathon, no a sprint. Stay your course, and keep your head high. Think of where you have come from. I know that watching that scale drop and drop is like a drug, but your journey is getting closer to the end.
My support group leader says that when you reach a plateau, stop and think back to when you were this weight before, what happened in your life to make you unhappy? What were you feeling then. Address those feelings and issues if there were some. Let them go, release them. After your held is clear of those old files, it will move on and release the weight from that time period.
Sounds a little odd, but they deal with enough people that there must be some science behind it or they would not bring it up.

Another thing I will mention, and I know I have said it before, but try going Gluten Free. Two years ago I would have poo poo'ed the idea of something as common as flour could be making my fat, but I have since learned different. I dropped 18 lbs by simply going GF. I did not cut calories, fat, amount of food, just gluten. And it may my intestinal health 2000 times better. Less bloating, gas, and waste. Gluten is also said to cause a lot of depression, as when your gut is not happy, you are not happy. I beg you to give it a try to 2 weeks and see what happens. Most grocery chains have a ton of GF items, and google GF recipes and you will find unlimited ideas. Anyway, what can it hurt to try? If it doesn't work, you will be able to tell me I am crazy, but if it does work, you will be losing again. :)

I am done with loosing my weight and have been working on maintaining the last couple months. I go up and down a pound or two when I get on the scales. It happens. Depends on what you have eaten earlier that week, was it salty? Stuff like that. I don't freak out as long as I am stay at 130 or under.
Good luck!

Don't get frustrated...get busy examining what you are or are not doing that is effecting your weight loss. It is easy to let excess carb slip in or not consuming enough protein or fluids that will either slow or HALT weight loss. Keeping a food diary for a week and recordingeverthing you put in your mouth will help you to see exactly what may be going on. Best to you. d

I am sorry Amy... I was going to suggest keeping a very detailed food diary.... Everything from liquid to salt, and every morsel of food, and even the time you are eating and drinking... Then go to your nut...

I also agree with golden rivers... I am almost 100 percent gluten free at this point... And on the RARE, and I mean rare occasion that I eat something with gluten in it, it is very minimal... I truly think this has helped me....

I don't lose weight quickly.... And I do know that once a month I bloat up... I stay away from the scale when I am bloated.. It will not be my friend.... And I also try to stay away from salt.. I used to salt everything.. Not anymore....

There are a lot of wonderful spices out there that can flavor food... Mrs. Dash makes several that my husband uses....

I am sorry you are still struggling so much.. Don't you dare give up.... You can do this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The scale is a bad thing. I nearly went crazy one day when I weighed myself an found that I gained 4 pounds in half a day. I nearly drove everyone around me crazy. Then 2 days later.. stupid me got back on the scale and saw I lost those 4 pounds plus an additional 3. Then it was the same thing next week. But I know Im not gaining cause my clothes are getting bigger every week. Just because the pounds arent coming off doesnt mean your not still losing. Good luck.

Hang in there and don't be discouraged -- stuff happens.

Just don't let the 2 lbs become 20 lbs.

Keep moving foward and doing all the good things you should be doing and soon we'll hear how you've lost the 2 lbs plus more.

Good luck!