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Plateaus is where I used to always give up, too. Now that I understand the important part they play in weight loss, it's a whole new perspective. I welcome them when they come. When the numbers on the scale drop, only I see it. When the inches on my body change, everyone sees it. Who can't be happy about that? Stalls perform a great function. Wish everyone could read and understand that. What good would it do to lose 100 pound if our bodies never changed to reflect it?

What is a stall? How long does it last and how do I break it? A stall is a point at which the scale stops moving for a period of time. The length of the stall varies from a few days to a few weeks and sometimes a few months. Non VSG’ers typically call it a plateau. Stalls are perfectly normal and to be expected. As we lose weight so dramatically, our bodies need time to catch up physically - this typically happens during a stall. While the scale may not be moving, you may notice an increase in compliments. This is because while the number on the scale isn’t getting any smaller, you are physically getting smaller. There are many tips and tricks for breaking a stall (increase your fluids and Protein, increase your activity, up your calories…) but the reality is it will break on its own. After a weight loss stalls are necessary to reshape the body. You can't rush them. They are just as important as the numbers dropping on the scale. Accept them when they come and learn to glory in the changes they bring. Welcome them, don't panic.

What is a stall? How long does it last and how do I break it? A stall is a point at which the scale stops moving for a period of time. The length of the stall varies from a few days to a few weeks and sometimes a few months. Non VSG’ers typically call it a plateau. Stalls are perfectly normal and to be expected. As we lose weight so dramatically, our bodies need time to catch up physically - this typically happens during a stall. While the scale may not be moving, you may notice an increase in compliments. This is because while the number on the scale isn’t getting any smaller, you are physically getting smaller. There are many tips and tricks for breaking a stall (increase your fluids and Protein, increase your activity, up your calories…) but the reality is it will break on its own. You have lost 27 lbs. Give your body the time to reshape. It's important.

40 pounds in that amount of time is a HUGE amount. Your body NEEDS a stall to catch up. Good grief. Give it the time it needs to play catch up. It's part of the system. What is a stall? How long does it last and how do I break it? A stall is a point at which the scale stops moving for a period of time. The length of the stall varies from a few days to a few weeks and sometimes a few months. Non VSG’ers typically call it a plateau. Stalls are perfectly normal and to be expected. As we lose weight so dramatically, our bodies need time to catch up physically - this typically happens during a stall. While the scale may not be moving, you may notice an increase in compliments. This is because while the number on the scale isn’t getting any smaller, you are physically getting smaller. There are many tips and tricks for breaking a stall (increase your fluids and Protein, increase your activity, up your calories…) but the reality is it will break on its own.

Yup, that's right around the point where I started to feel hungry all the time. It's so hard to know if its head hunger or real hunger. Not to worry, your diet should be increased about now if its like most peoples. Once you get some yogurt it will stay in your stomach longer. In the meantime, acid in your stomach for some reason will feel like hunger. Is that an issue? Are you hungry when you see food online or tv? that's head hunger, or it could be that you're used to eating at a certain time of day so that's head hunger too. I just know I thought I was starving at 5 days. Things get better soon. Just try to stay on the liquids.

I would never have more than a single bite. The stomach is so small now that you don't have room for non-nutritious things. Once you eat your required protein there shouldn't be much room left for carbs.

IT sure does. Everytime I eat it growls.

You have to decide what your priorities are before you go through with this. Either you want to overload on food or you want to be healthy. If you don't make the commitment before surgery, then it won't matter. Sleeve or no sleeve you'll end up right back where you are. I've seen so many people who think that once the weight has been lost that they can go back to eating all kinds of crap and then wonder why they're gaining weight back. It's a LIFETIME commitment. Not one for a few weeks or months. I hope you really consider this and make the best choice for you.

I'm 3 1/2 weeks out and I still don't like the hour drive to the surgeon's office. Also agree with poster above. You won't be allowed into a pool or hot tub yet. Incisions will not be completely healed. I still have steristrips on some of mine and some of them still burn. Discuss with your own doctor what to do. Never take your advice from the internet where you will get a thousand different answers and none of them from a doctor.

No, the crossing legs doesn't help with the stall, the stall helped with the crossing legs. Stalls are when our bodies reshape to catch up to the weight loss. And crossing your legs is definitely a victory. Can't wait until I can do the same. Good work.

What is a stall? How long does it last and how do I break it? A stall is a point at which the scale stops moving for a period of time. The length of the stall varies from a few days to a few weeks and sometimes a few months. Non VSG’ers typically call it a plateau. Stalls are perfectly normal and to be expected. As we lose weight so dramatically, our bodies need time to catch up physically - this typically happens during a stall. While the scale may not be moving, you may notice an increase in compliments. This is because while the number on the scale isn’t getting any smaller, you are physically getting smaller. There are many tips and tricks for breaking a stall (increase your fluids and Protein, increase your activity, up your calories…) but the reality is it will break on its own. I am three and half weeks out and have had 2 stalls already. Rather than panicking, I tend to welcome them as I understand their purpose. I think of it this way: Only you can see the progress on the scale as the numbers drop. Others can see the progress of your body changing that comes from a stall. It has it's perks. Good luck.

What is a stall? How long does it last and how do I break it? A stall is a point at which the scale stops moving for a period of time. The length of the stall varies from a few days to a few weeks and sometimes a few months. Non VSG’ers typically call it a plateau. Stalls are perfectly normal and to be expected. As we lose weight so dramatically, our bodies need time to catch up physically - this typically happens during a stall. While the scale may not be moving, you may notice an increase in compliments. This is because while the number on the scale isn’t getting any smaller, you are physically getting smaller. There are many tips and tricks for breaking a stall (increase your fluids and Protein, increase your activity, up your calories…) but the reality is it will break on its own. I am three and half weeks out and have had 2 stalls already. Rather than panicking, I tend to welcome them as I understand their purpose. I think of it this way: Only you can see the progress on the scale as the numbers drop. Others can see the progress of your body changing that comes from a stall. It has it's perks. Good luck.

My surgeon has chewing gum on our NEVER list in our binder. We discussed it in the pre-op class and he told us it's on the NEVER list because if you swallow it, it could block your pyloric valve and then you'll have problems. If you have been eating and things are passing through fine, then I wouldn't worry about it this time, but I wouldn't make a practice of chewing on it again. Burt your choice. You need to listen to what YOUR surgeon says, not a bunch of people on the internet who don't have a medical degree.

When I started I was a size 22/24. Now here I am, 52 pounds lighter and I am now wearing a size 22/24. No change at all. The pants are getting looser, but they still fit. Nothing falling off me yet. But I know it will happen. It's all in how our weight is distributed.

No I don't. I was told this rule early on and used my few months waiting for approvals and all to practice it. I also had to learn to drink without a straw, to eat using infant cutlery, and to eat off small plates. There have been a few times I took a small sip after the meal to cleanse my palate, but not actual drinking. Half an hour before and after.

I had the foam immediately coming out of surgery and it kept choking me - hence I vomitted for the first 48 hours because of it. My doctor told me it was from the first leak test they did in the OR and that the only way to get rid of it was to drink as much as possible and push it out. I actually felt foam coming out of me when I peed. I was sleeved on the 19th, so we're pretty close together. Sound like you're recovering a lot better than I am. I'm still in bed most of the day. Can get up and do things for a short while, then back to bed. Even sitting up on the couch is proving pretty uncomfortable. The idea of exercise? Hahahaha.

The high proteins are to preserve your muscle mass. Just the fact that your body is now in starvation mode will cause the weight to come off. We just want it to come off the body fat, not the muscle. Remember, at this point you should only be drinking 4 oz. a meal of your protein drink or 4 tbs. of greek yogurt. Don't try to take in more than that (like I mistakenly did) or it could blow a hole in your new sleeve. Sometimes it can take a few weeks for the body to adapt to all it's been through, but the weight will come off. I'm only 16 days out and have already had a stall. We just have to be patient and give it time.

Hi Miamicoop. I was also sleeved on the 19th. Felt really full the first few days in hospital, and in fact learned that I was. My new stomach was filled with foam that keep coming up and lodging in my throat. I vomitted for the first two days. Was kept over a third night in hospital. Home now and doing a lot better. I went back today to have my staples removed and permission to advance my diet on Wednesday. We aren't allowed to advance it without our NUT's approval. Have to keep charts of everything that goes in so she can see that I'm getting the right amounts and keeping hydrated. .

Tomorrow is my big day. No nerves. Just ready to do it... I think.

I use both. I measure my meat/cheese on the scale and my vegetables/cottage cheese with the measuring cups.

I've been on my pre-op diet for 3 months, but my surgeon does not use a liquid pre-op. He uses a high protein, low carb that shrinks the liver. I stayed on it all that time to take off excess weight and dropped 32 pounds while waiting for surgery.

I just came out of a three week stall and suddenly dropped 7 lb. in a little over a week. We have to remember that stalls are necessary. They serve a purpose other than simply annoying us. The body can't adjust to the weight loss as quickly as the scale drops. It needs the stalls to 'catch up' physically. This is the time your body is reshaping. Use the measuring tape instead of the scale and you will see the changes happening there. Accept this as a good thing and know that when its ready, it will start to drop again on the scale.

They make you do the test before they will give you anything by mouth to make sure the stomach is properly sealed. They do it once during surgery and again the morning after. It's not hideous.

It was a part of the agreement that I signed with my surgeon that I would not try to get pregnant for at least a year after surgery. Not that it matters at my age but it's something he's very adamant about.

Gas X strips wouldn't be considered as eating or drinking since they dissolve on the tongue. I'm taking mine. Even if it is just for stomach gas, I've had plenty of that since I started on this bariatric diet and why add to what already hurts when you don't have to?