re weight gain after surgery

I personally would NOT log it. THere is no way you gained 14 pounds in 3 days (to do so you would have had to eat almost 50,000 calories above your maintenance calories). I would wait until most of the swelling has subsided before weighing again.

If you are sticking to your calorie goal, you won't gain, even if you don't exercise. The only thing I would recommend is make sure your MFP level is set to sedentary for the time being while you recover. Once you are up and moving again, you can readjust it to your correct setting (lightly active, active, etc.).

My surgeon forgot to order they slow or discontinue my drip and the nurse didn't think to question it, so the morning after my surgery, when I was thinking semi-clearly, my body was so swollen. My skin was like pushed out. The surgeon showed up like a minute later and said he was going to stop the fluids. He laughed when I turned the thing off myself.

I'd gained I forget how much overnight with that. It didn't go down immediately because I couldn't poop for a while after all the surgery drugs, morphine and Vicodin. Very uncomfortable, but very common.

But two weeks later, I was lower than when I'd started. I ate nothing at all for 2-3 days and something pretty large was removed, so that may have done it.

No reason not to log it! You might see a bump up, but you'll point to that mark on the squiggle line later and say, "That's when I had the X surgery."

I like recording all the ups and downs. That's what makes each one unique. I'd bet that very few people go straight down.

But if you don't want to make it part of your permanent record, don't. Whatever you want - that's what's best.