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My stall broke after over three weeks....got on scale and was down 12 lbs !!!!! Yea !!

Was in a stall for over three weeks....finally broke this weekend and was down 12lbs !!! Went shopping in friends closet and was able to get into a size 18 shirt and pants !!! Yea NSV !! I was thrilled because last June was wearing size 28 pants.....and have pretty much gone thru all the smaller sizes had in my closet. I have been holding out buying any new clothes. I am officially down 130lbs since June 4 at my seminar weigh in, and 83lbs since surgery on Sept 18. Yes I am losing some of my hair too, but I wear mine really short so not real noticeable.

I am three weeks out and 30lbs down. I expect a stall at any point in time now. How long will a stall last for? What do I do when it does happen? Megan

I totally feel your pain, It seems like I am more on stalls than weight loss, I am no longer or at least trying not to weigh myself on a daily or weekly basis.... I found that my body seems to only loose once a month for about a week the lbs melt off me then for three weeks nothing..... So at 5 months out I am just following my plan given to me by my doc the lbs are still melting off me ... make sure to get your protein, water and vitamins in, excercise as perscribed by your Doc and the lbs will leave you. PS the weeks that I don't loose weight are the weeks that I loose the most inches and I see a change in my clothes. dont give up YOU CAN DO THIS !!!!

I was sleeved on 12/28 and so far I'm down about 23 pounds. But I lost most of that in the first three weeks. For the last two weeks I've only lost about 2 pounds and its driving me crazy! I know about the three week stall and I hope that's all it is. I'm 5'9" and started out at 260, now at about 238, but the scale actually went UP a pound over the last few days which really kills me! Anyways, do these stalls break themselves? Do you have to exercise to break out of one? Do you have to go ultra low carb to break out of one? This stall is why I always failed at diets in the past - when they inevitably occur, it's just so demoralizing! This

I will see if I have a chart or something to post tomorrow. I track and log everything on mfp.com. There should be something there with numbers. Keep in mind I was a heavy weight.. I didnt check your stats before I replied.. so the less you have to lose the less weight you lose in short periods. I did have a few stalls or pauses along the way. The first was around three weeks and it lasted a week or two. The next was around 6 months and again was a week or so long. I am a stair step loser. I drop weight 2 days in a row...gain a little...then nothing for a couple of days.. and the process starts all over again. It never seems fast enough! Why do you think you are stalling? Are you always getting your fluids in? What about protein? How many carbs a day? If your are doing those 3 things you will lose weight! I swear it is that simple. We all have these feelings that we will be the one that fails. You wont! Just hang on and you will continue losing.

And I've lost exactly 14 pounds! I seriously can't believe it! I went in as a lightweight starting at 215.4 on surgery day (was 221 pre op and lost about 6 lbs on pre op diet) and this morning, exactly one week after surgery with Dr. Garcia I weighed 201.4! So exciting! I assumed since I was a lightweight I would lose slower, so I am thrilled with the results so far. I am anticipating a stall soon since I know one around three weeks happens to like 90% of people, but I okay with that I'm still doing Clear liquids including clear Protein drinks, but tomorrow I start full liquids. I have a bunch of sugar free pudding to make tonight and unflavored whey protein isolate to mix into it. I will NOT be sad to say good riddance to the blitz clear protein and Isopure RTD, OMG. They were tolerable pre-op when I tried them, but post op they are just gross. I'm wishing you guys so much success and please feel free to PM me with any questions you may have going forward. I will probably post more often on the post-op board now. Lauren

I started a local boot camp yesterday. Oh boy am I sore! I've been in a stall for two to three weeks! Something had to give. In feeling really good. I'm currently down 63 pounds...sleeved on July 11th.

I was back to normal life as soon as the day after my surgery. This may be normal for some and not others, but I feel wonderful. I took 3 1/2 weeks off and got totally bored and restless. I went shopping and sightseeing in MX on day three and never stopped moving after that. I'm 6 weeks out and lost and stalled and I'm now slowly losing and perfectly happy with my progress. I AM A HAPPY PERSON!

I have been on a three week stall as well, could the folks who are getting out of it post how many calories and protein they are getting a day? I just upped mine a bit , program has me on 300 cal. And 30 grams of protein on average. Walk everyday. Not supposed to have shakes or snacks with my 1/4 cup meals 3x a day. Think it should be more.

Butterthebean is right. It's not really considered a stall until you're three weeks at one weight. And please, put your scale away. You will drop the largest portion of weight in the first four to six months, but weighing daily will make you bonkers. I'm speaking from experience - my own, and a couple years of reading about it on the boards here. In the beginning, weigh every few days or once a week. You'll see better results and won't be driven batty by the small daily ups and downs that are perfectly normal. In maintenance, it's important to weigh daily to stay accountable, but early on it only makes you frustrated. It's not a race. The restrictive diet you're on and the major surgery you're recuperating from have you wanting instant gratification but it doesn't work that way. Slow and steady, and a heavy dose of patience, are the way to go here. Good luck, and congrats on your new sleeve, ~Cheri

Sleeved 10/31. w 257 SW 249 CW 215. Going good....working out with a trainer and doing lots of cardio. Can eat pretty much whatever I want. Eating all the protein is still impossible without the aid of 1-2 protein shakes per day. Carbs are my weakness.....eating is so much more comfortable with the carbs. Three week stall has made me lose them though and go back to protein only.

Sleeved 12/26. Down 33 pounds and two sizes. I'm lucky if I get 500 calories a day in. I average about 40 grams of protein and 40 ounces of water. I stalled at week three but didn't change a thing. I get in 30 minutes of exercise 5 days a week So far so good!!

Ok, so I have had a few people asking me for updates. After 10 days, here they are: I have some amazing news. I FINALLY saw my primary care physician on January 24th, 2013 (first time since I was sleeved on 12/21/2012). He checked me out and was AMAZED at my progress. They did a blood test and checked my levels to find out that my Hemoglobin A1C went from 6.1 on October 30th, 2012 to 5.3 on 1/24/2013. Because of those results he FINALLY took me off of Metformin which I have been on since July 2011!!! I was totally ecstatic because of this! He also "officially" took me off of my blood pressure meds which I actually stopped taking after surgery. I am now medication free!!! Here are my current stats: 11/23/2012 445 lbs (at start of pre op liquid diet) 1/27/2013 368 lbs for a total of 77 lbs lost in 2 months and 4 days. To be honest with you I am REALLY bummed though. I think I have already hit a plateau. In the past 7 days I have only lost a pound or so. I was 369 for like 3 days, then I lost a pound and have weighed in at 368 for 4 days now. I don't know what the hell is going on. I know I lost a TON of weight for such a short period of time, but 1 pound in a week is unacceptable. I have changed NONE of my habits. I actually increased my exercise, and eat VERY VERY little each day. Any less and according my my NUT, I will be eating "dangerously low calorie levels." That MAY be a problem in itself, I don't know. How could I have already reached a plateau just one month after surgery? Yes, I DID lose 49 lbs in my 28 day liquid only pre op diet, and yes I have lost an additional 28 lbs the month or so after surgery, but totally stalling out has gotten me REALLY frustrated. People have been telling me that I should just chill out, that I have done absolutely AMAZING and that my expectations are WAY to high right now. I have become absolutely obsessed with losing this weight. I had this initial goal of losing 100 lbs in my first three months, but if my weight loss doesn't restart, I'm not going to reach it. I REALLY would appreciate any suggestions or comments about this.

OMG i chuckled at so many comments. I also need to look up some places on the map. Lessofmeismore... now i'm going to picture the wild dogs every time I'm bored on the stair monster! (which used to be every other day, which I'm trying to get back to after dealing with a leak, specificially since November). I avoid the boards so much now. I prefer MFP. The drama here just gets to be too much and my energy is better spent elsewhere. I know I don't know everything, but I do try to respect that fact and others opinions. However, I too get tired of "i've 'only' lost 56 lbs in 7 weeks.. what do i do with this stall? (of three days)... why no, i don't work out in any way shape or form.. why no i don't track my calories, what's mfp?" sigh.. I chuck my crabbiness up to being on a purely liquid diet from 9/4 to probably 12/31 ish. Talk about testing... so no, I surely am not a super vet ..... Just a chick trying to make it.. and yeah can probably be called an idiot too, lol.

I am a slow loser. I will be 17 weeks out on Monday and I have lost 36lbs. It is an average of 2.25lbs a week which I am happy about. I think my Dr. And Nut stress me more than I stress myself. I stay off the boards because of the negativity around slow "losing" I remind myself that everyone is different. I am losing more than I did when I was dieting and exercising so to me that is a positive. I have been walking for exercise, but joined the gym yesterday and will add in more variety. I will admit I expected to lose more in the first three months, but I didn't and I am okay with it. There is no rhythm to my stalls that I can figure. I do feel I need to drink more which I am still working on because I do feel like I retain Fluid. It is a learning process. All I do is take each day! Thanks for sharing your stories!! It gives us slow "losers" hope!

i am approximately 1 month and 2 weeks post-op. I lost around 35 pounds of weight over three weeks. Then it stopped. The scale goes up and down by 3-4 pounds every day I weigh on it, sometimes even during multiple times of weight the same day. I drink lots and lots of liquids - definitely not a hydration issue. I do not exercise very much. Surgeon says that stalls are normal and can last one month. Am I in a stall? Will it go away?

Yes, you need to invest a few minutes in searching out the stall and broken stall threads here. This is just a normal part of the process, despite how frustrated you feel. A stall is three weeks or more at the same weight. My typical loss pattern was to stay the same weight for roughly two weeks of the month, gain three pounds during my period and then lose any weight I would lose that month in the last week to ten days of the month. It was like that almost every month. I had two 9 week stalls. On average, I lost just over 6 pounds a month, but in reality I had entire months where I lost nothing or lost only one pound, followed by a month where I'd drop eight pounds. My diet never varied enough to account for the changes. PdxMan posted a really informative post on stalls some time last year, and ButtertheBean has posted one or two, also. They're normal. They happen with WLS and without WLS. The best thing you can possibly do for yourself, no matter how hard it is, would be to try to let go of any time-related expectations you have. You can't expect to lose weight every time you step on the scale. It will discourage you. So long as you generally keep heading in the right direction, you will continue to lose weight and you will reach goal. This is not a race, this is about losing the weight and keeping it off for the rest of your life. Every pound gone is one gone forever if you take this time to do the head work that should accompany the lifestyle changes you've made. The sleeve works, you just have to be patient. ~Cheri

Since 3 week stall broke about 5 days ago, I'm down 8. I'm happy again. But hunger is always there between meals now. It's hard but I need to keep pushing water in and avoid temptation to snack. I eat three meals and two protein shakes. Meals are high protein low carb. My carbs are under 20g now. Under 50g / day when I was stalled so I think I need really low carbs. Regarding alcohol, my docs/nut says to avoid it the first year. Im assuming there are a couple of reasons for that: 1) alcohol is liquid carbs/calories and 2) people tend to replace one addiction with another (i.e. food with alcohol). I've seen some YouTube sleeve blog videos where they stated that they definitely have slowing started drinking a lot more alcohol post sleeve. That being said I don't have an addictive personality and if I want to have a glass of wine or a marguerita on a special occasion, I will.

A real stall is three weeks or more at the same weight. I'd say that you're actually not a slow loser, even though you might feel that way if you compare your loss to some of the very swift losses that have been posted lately. Butterthebean has posted some really excellent articles and advice about stalls - you should search them out. They'll comfort you. It's a normal part of the journey and one that's hard to deal with because when we restrict ourselves we really expect instant gratification on the scale, showing us that our diligence is paying off. It's unfortunate that it just doesn't work that way! Hang in there. Don't fiddle overmuch with your diet or routine unless you're feeling like you want to be more active. It can't hurt your body but it might affect the scale. Just know that going in. The best way to break most stalls that carry on for more than a month is to up your calories and carbs, believe it or not. A lot of people restrict far more than they really need to. The idea is to track your food so you know the upper limit of your intake - that point where what you're consuming stops your loss - it's often more calories and carbs than you thought you'd be able to consume. Good luck. Hang in there, it's perfectly normal and you're lucky it took five months for your first one! ~Cheri

I think it is all part of this whe thing. Just don't weigh yourself so often and one day that stall will break. I try to weigh only every two weeks maybe three.

I'm in that third week stall and was starting to get discouraged by the number on the scale. I dragged out my handy dandy measuring tape and boom! Despite remaining the same weight, I've lost three inches from my waist, one and a half from my hips, and half an inch from my bust. Take your measurements! Don't be a slave to the scale. I promise it'll be encouraging when the scale won't budge.

YES!!! This Am stepped on the scale weighed 255.6. I was sleeved 12/5 weighed in at 277. On 12/21 at my first preop I weighed 255.? The frustration of being on a very restricted eating pattern and not losing weight is absolutely mental torture. I stopped weighing daily and only weigh on Thursdays so after a week of hitting every goal on my plan and seeing the scales and the measure tape stay the exact same thing for almost a month now YES I regret this surgery! I had a complication so my whole world knows about my surgery. Can you imagine what they all think! I am sticking to all my goals given by NUT because everybody talks about the honeymoon that you have the first few months and how you loose the most then. Well I have only lost the initial 22lbs and nothing for a month. This honeymoon really stinks! I think for me this was a mistake that almost cost me my life and now I am going to look like a fool before everybody who knows me because my body won't loose. I regret this surgery very very much at this stage. I feel helpless I am doing what I am suppose to do and nothing is working. Yes I know about stalls, yes I know about Water, carbs and exercise. None of that is really making a difference in my weight loss or my feelings rigth now. I really regret that everyone knows I had this surgey and now I look like fool. They probably all think I am still eating junk and being lazy but that is far from the truth. As a matter of fact I quit eating fried foods years ago, cut down carbs years before surgery. Was at 900 calories daily for a long spell before surgery. I should have known when I failed to loose much pre surgery on such a strict diet that I was not going to loose post surgery. My highest weight 386 in 2006, I lost to 270 range by 2011 and bounce around between 270 to 320 upto surgery were I was 277. Now for all I have went thru 22 lbs!!! Wow REALLY!! I sincerely am beginng to doubt I will ever be successful. I know some will say well you have already lost 130+ lbs but I had really hope this surgery would take me to a NORMAL weight. I had tried for a long time but hit this wall in the 250's and even the surgery will not let me break thru the 250's!! I thought I had broken this stall by eating really small amounts every three hours upping fluids and activity. Always hitting the Protein but all of that got me 0 lbs and inches for the effort. It is going to be really hard to get motivate to workout. " your gaining muscle" someone said, well I am sure under this fat I look like Hercules by now then. Thank You VST for letting me rant. It feels better to say it all but I am still 255.6 Arhhhhh!!!!!!!!!

I didn't gain anything when I was in the hospital.I had a three night stay too,I mean I only lost 3 lbs when I was there so 1lb a day. But everyone is different and you will also have stalls but don't be discouraged it happens to every one. I started at 300lb and dos I was 267(10/9/12) and my weight fell off steady an I just hit my stall in he middle of December I was stuck at 228 for 3 weeks. I just had my gallbladder surgery jan 10, and in 4 days I lost 10lbs just like that! I don't expect that all the time but I just fallow the flow of what my body is doing. But 5 lbs in a week is great! That's almost a lb a day! Keep up the great work!!!