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After a 2 week stall I lost 1.5 lbs and now three days later I've gained 3. No reason for that to have happened. Go figure. That's an example of why you shouldn't weigh every day or obsess over numbers.

At three weeks I hit my first stall which lasted a month and very slowly dropped 8 pounds. I read as much as I could about the stalls here and tried to be patient. That is much harder to deal with. At the end of this first stall, I discovered that I now fit into one pants size down from 18 to a 16, and I went from an XL to a medium in blouse size. On the flip side, once the scale moves again, the relief is a great feeling. Remotivated and I am now released from my doctor to go back to the gym. That should help further with loss of inches and weight loss, and most important, health!

Thanks Amazon and Jennifer! I lost the most in the first three weeks or so. I know that some of that was from the 13 lbs of Water I put on due to all the fluids they pumped into me during surgery and the next 24 hours, lol. I have lost steady and have not yet suffered any stalls. Going to the gym three times a week and using my fitness pal app on my phone has also helped!! Where are you at in your journey?

I don't know if I can offer advise but my story is similar. I started out gung whow for three weeks then hit a stall for 10 days and it has been slow going from there. I eat 600-800 calories a day and am only having protein with what ever carbs in food(yogurt). I exercise every day drink at least 64 ounces of water. I have at least 40 more pounds to lose and I thought also that I would be losing a little faster. I can only asssume that my metabolism is so low now that I need much fewer calories to maintain. I don't know what another explanation could be. Hormonal is the other side, many say their hormones are awack in the beginning, maybe this is playing a part to. All I know is that we have to keep doing what we are doing and not give up or give in. Keep eating healthy, exercising, drinking water, tracking food/erercise; with this we can only succeed. If we ask ourselves in 6 months from now how we are doing I am sure we will say that we have lost XXXXX amount of weight and feel great!! I think that is what it is all about! Hang in there we CAN do this!!

Hello, I am so thankful for all the info on this site! I am a 51 year old, wife, mom, grandma and friend. I run a small investigation firm in Northern California. I had my surgery 10/18. I am a Kaiser SSF patient. Dr. Khayat and his support staff were amazing! I felt informed or overinformed all the way thorugh. I was very frustrated by stalls. Failing the first psyche exam and filling conditions. But with all that I still had surgery in record time. In May, I attended orientation (289lbs.). On July 2nd I attended lifestyles 1 and began pre-op diet (273lbs). September 19th I got my date! On the day of surgery I was 258lbs. Today I am 243.2. Feeling good mostly. From what I read I am on track and have had a pretty normal recorvery. Day two at home was horrible. I have been very tired. Today is my first day of work. But that might not be possible if I did not have my own office at home. I could not go out in the field for very long at this point. even though I am practically pain free aside from a little left side discomfort. I came home form the hospital day after surgery. With a big bottle of liquid vicodin. THANK GOD. I used the entire bottle in 6 days at 31/2 hour intervals. It was supposed to be 4 hrs but on day two I learned that 31/2 hrs kept me pain free. I was still uncomfortable and so tired. I slept, drank liquids and protien. Got in 64oz liquids and 60gm Protein each day! I feel hungry until I take a bite. So it may not be hunger. I am still learning what I really feel for sure. I walk around the house often as I drink or eat. I use 3oz cups for Water 1oz cup for Protein Drink (Premier). Easy to keep track too. I track daily. Tried drinking from a regular cup Saturday and I felt bad and burpy. Back on little cups Sunday. It really works for me. I have been pain free since Thursday (a week from surgery). Today I will drive. Doctor is not releasing me until Friday but I am confident all meds and anasthesia free. I walk often. But tire very fast. I have had one nightmare experience. Its graphic but Ill give the polite version. Not the one my family heard...LOL! On day 7 my first BM. OMG it was like having a baby out my bottom. I have had three babies and this was like horrible labor pains and pushing for two hours. For a very little ripping painful rock hard pooh. UGH!!!! Thought I would die. Felt the pain for two days after. My doc said I did not need stool softeners if I got all my Fluid in. He was wrong. I am a twice a day milk of mag'er now. Not risking that again. I love the Kaiser SSF doc and support staff. Everyone from admitting to surgery staff, nurses, aides, etc were postive. Only one complainer in the whole bunch. They were hella funny and supportive too. It was great. My husband stayed in the room with me. Wasnt nesecarry I guess but in my family when we have surgery someone stays the night at least the first night or two. Just wishing my brain was as slow as my body. I am thinking of everything I want to do but cannot keep up. Its frustrating. Would not change a thing. So looking forward to a happy energetic lifestyle. I am looking forward to sports and activities with my adult kids and the grankids my husband and I are raising. I cant wait!!!!!! Feeling blessed in California!

OK, so I'll break this down a bit more since you missed the humorous intent of the statement. If you stall for two or three weeks, then weighing yourself once a week or every couple of days will only demonstrate to you that you are in a period of plateau. If stalls and plateaus make you crazy, then all you are doing is torturing yourself. If you move to a schedule of only weighing yourself monthly, then, more than likely, you'll still have stalls, but you'll never know they happened, so there is nothing to ever get upset about. I feel that setting arbitrary dates that you want to reach arbitrary weight goals is setting yourself up for failure, as it has been demonstrated in thousands of posts on this forum that we have no control over how fast/slow/what amount of weight we lose in any given time period. So rather than becoming fixated on being at a certain number of pounds on a certain date, we should be more focused on reaching a goal weight when we reach it. If the other way works for you, go for it. My hope is that everyone here is successful. I just like to offer an alternative view that some may find helpful.

Three weeks is a milestone where almost every single WLS candidate goes through a stall. I think other ones occur, but not sure that they are as predictable as the three week stall is. Sweetie, you have lost 18 lbs. in nineteen days. Please tell me, how much should you have lost? What is an amount in those nineteen days since your surgery that you would be "happy" with? More food for thought: You can't rush perfection. If you do, you'll have severe skin left over anyways from it, so avoid that if you can! Anyways, it took you years to put it on, how long do you think it's gonna take to get it off? Slap me if you must, but... think about what I said pls. Oh and btw, you will have an influx of emotions in this journey whenever you lose quickly. Your body is making hormones for you at your largest and doesn't quite 'catch up' with the amount you lose so quickly. It takes time to recalculate. So best thing I can tell you is this ... be patient as you can... work the program (i.e. dr's orders - Protein, Water, exercise, regular BM schedule, sleep as well as logging your food) .... and best of luck to you, always. xx

Exact same thing happened to me great weight loss, three week stall, gained two pounds. Then stall broke have lost the weight plus and am back on the losing road.

Three week is notorious stall date. I think your body says "Whoa, nellie! I'm losing fast here and I'm gonna take a minute to readjust!" If you are tracking and know you are getting the right amount of calories and you are drinking the right amount of Water, you'll be rewarded soon with a drop of that two pounds and then some. Also, if it's that time of month, lots of people bloat up a little and then drop it in the next couple of weeks. It takes a calorie deficit of 3500 calories to lose a pound, and the same is true for gaining a pound. So unless you ate an extra 7,000 calories last week, it's water weight. I was fortunate to not gain at the third week, but I lost only a couple of ounces, compared to the pounds I lost in the previous and following weeks. Best wishes on your journey. Life is grand on the goalies bench - looking forward to seeing you on it soon! Lynda

Katie and bandalyons.. Good luck.. Keep us posted.. Jakat .. Looks like we started softs the same day... I was in a three week stall.. I wasn't eating much during puréed stage.. But I've been on soft since Thursday and the scale is starting to move again, i am so surprised how few restrictions there are.. its so great to eat real food again.. even if it is only 3/4 cup of food.. I was getting really bummed.. But nut thinks body was starving.. Go figure.. ) but I'm 31 pounds down ( this includes 2 week pre op), and down 14 inches on my one month surg-a-versary ... I've been chatting with Rachel (zebra) and she is doing awesome as well.. Hope everyone is doing well.. Keep us posted on your progress.. Where ever you are.. All the best!!! Stephanie...

My three month update Still tired of the stalls.. I have lost 51 lbs since surgery and 68 lbs from a week before surgery. I started this process on November 9 last year and have lost 101 lbs since

Finally after over three weeks my stall has ended. I started out post op at 220 lbs, now I am 169. So happy this morning. Sent from my iPhone using VST

In week two of the three week stall.

I am so glad I have your experiences to help me through this process. I'm close to five weeks post op and it really encourages me to know about the three week stall, etc. Im going on my third week of the three week stall but gradually lost six lbs. Hovering so close to reaching to onederland and you guys give me a lot of patience! Thanks!

I've been stalled for three weeks so a challenge is just what I need! I am 172 now. I will be 160 at Thanksgiving! Game on! Start weight before surgery was 218. I'm 5' 1".

I'm coming up on my sixth week post OP and have been stalled since week three. Scale did move 3 lbs this weekend. Is everyone else experiencing this? Literally feel as if i have failed:(

We will all tend to see the most rapid weight loss at the beginning, no matter what our diet may be (assuming that it does have the requisite caloric deficit to trigger weight loss!) When we first go into a caloric deficit, as when we start a weight loss program, or get into a famine, that deficit is made up with our quick energy reserves of glycogen (basically carbs) which burn fairly rapidly at a rate of about 2000 calories per pound. When our body gets the idea that you are into something serious and the caloric deficit is not going away anytime soon, then it starts tapping into its long term energy stores of fat, which burns more slowly at about 3500 calories per pound. It typically takes 2-3 weeks to get to this point, which often coincides with a change in diet phase in post op WLS programs. This is also when many people experience their first stall - the dreaded third week stall - when the body has to take a rest and rebuild its glycogen reserves to more normal levels, which involves some hoarding of Water to keep it in solution. I was on mushies and soft Proteins from the outset, and also experienced my most rapid loss those first three weeks after which is slowed down as my body moved into fat burning mode. So, it really doesn't matter if one is on clear liquids, thick liquids, mushes or steak and potatoes those first couple of weeks, you will lose quickly assuming that the caloric deficit is there. On the original question, I typically ran in the 90-110 g Protein range (appropriate for the metabolism of a guy with relatively high lean body mass,) carbs were in the 80-120g range (workable and at times essential for a relatively high activity level,) simple carbs & sugars were minimized, though some fruits, berries mostly, worked their way in over time, and calories averaged around 1100 during my loss phase. The 50g protein level quoted by the OP is on the low side of typical recommendations (normally in the 60-80g range) but is in the ballpark if the OP is a relatively short and small framed woman (say, 120lb or less of "should be" or ideal weight.) Many find that 600-800 calories to be something of a sweetspot for weightloss with the sleeve, and at that level, if one is meeting the protein goals, there isn't a lot of room to go wrong on fat and carbs with the remaining calories.

Well you could stall at week three and it could last for 3 weeks. Mine lasted for 10 days and started at week 3.

Three months and 46 lbs down and stalled at 172 lbs. Been here for two weeks. Stepped up exercise and cut back calories. Just have to ride it out I guess. Wonder how long.

I am 39 days out. I am just coming off a 10 days stall where I gained 2 pounds. The most calories that I can take in is 750 but normally I sit around 600-700 calories. Make sure as others have posted that you are drinking your 64 ounces or more of water. I am vigilant to make sure I get this amount in daily or more. Your stall will break I really feel your pain. I also lost really quickly weeks two and three, 21 pounds, I will bet this is why I went into a stall too.

I just broke a three week stall. I know it frustrating but everyone says it normal. I have lost 3 lbs in four days. I hope it continues for a while. I was sleeved on 9/18.. I lost 10 lbs before surgery and 23 lbs after. I started at 243. 210 this morning. I am still fighting fatigue.

I had a three week stall that started at week 3.

Start weight: 227 Weight today: 198, at last weigh in. What are you eating and how much: I eat most foods, I do not eat fruits yet. I still eat a lot of soft foods, my sleeve likes them better right now. I eat chicken, cheese, cottage cheese, Greek yogurt, eggs, a lot of Soups, Beans, and soft cooked veggies. I do not eat meat yet like steak, roast or pork. Daily workout: my husband and I walk in the evening, I get up in the morning and do some light exercise with resistance bands. I have not joined a gym. I prefer to exercise as home. I am going shopping this weekend for a workout DVD. How hungry are you: I would not say that I get truly hungry, I know when I need to eat (I try to focus on eating every 3 hours). I get head hunger when I see commercials but I know that I do not need that type of food now. How do you feel physically: I finally feel like I am back to normal, energy wise. I do not need to nap every day now. I can make it through a full day at work and feel good. I can walk farther than I could even two or three weeks ago. How are you emotionally: I had a sad week a couple of weeks ago but that has passed and most days I feel great. Some days things get on my nerves very quickly, not really sure why. Are you glad you chose the sleeve: YES....there have been tough days but I know that with my sleeve, I will lose weight, get off my medications, be healthier, and I will not be morbidly obese again. I will be able to enjoy life for the rest of my life. This surgery experience has been harder than I imagined. Not the actual surgery, but the days and weeks that followed. I still have hard days, when my sleeve does not like to have real food in it. I have never had nausea or vomiting but I do have issues some days with foods, I still prefer soft foods. The weight has not melted off, as I had hoped it would. It is slow and there are stalls, lots of them. I still struggle to get in all my Protein and Water. I am not sorry though, not at all. I know that my sleeve will eventually get me to my goal weight and I will use it to help me maintain that weight for the rest of my life.

It's been three weeks since surgery and I was losing really good 15 lbs total and 5 lbs before I go under the 200 lb mark. I thought for sure this was going to be the week to get there. As of today, I have walked 28 miles and didn't lose even 1 lb and to be honest, that's always been the case with me. I use to walk 36 miles a week and never lost a single pound nor got under 180. I still have a hard time getting 800 calories in, but I'm getting about 70 grams of Protein in and around 50 or so in carbs which is what they told me to do. Maybe the carbs are killing me. I just want this band to work and so far it's been great. I eat almost three cups of food a day and feel very satisfied, so why is the weight stalling so soon after surgery?

I was sleeved on Sept 18 and have lost 20 lbs since. Two week ago I stopped losing weight. I have read many post saying this is normal. My question is?? How long so they usually last. I'm ready to see that scale move????????