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For the 6 weeks I had been stuck in this same few pounds, some days going up one pound then down, hover at 189, 190 Now in the last 2 days I went from 188 to 185! What a high!

Just for those of you who are stuck, just know it will move and you are probably losing inches while stalled because even though the scale was not moving for six weeks I just had to order new uniform pants at work because they got too big during the stall.

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I'm so happy to hear that! It's really depressing but it gets going after a while, ESPECIALLY if your doing every right! Just keep it up! Good for you!

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For the 6 weeks I had been stuck in this same few pounds, some days going up one pound then down, hover at 189, 190 Now in the last 2 days I went from 188 to 185! What a high!

Just for those of you who are stuck, just know it will move and you are probably losing inches while stalled because even though the scale was not moving for six weeks I just had to order new uniform pants at work because they got too big during the stall.

So encouraging, thank you! I am in a bit of a stall, and this makes me feel better!

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Thanks for the good news and encouragement. I'm in the dreaded 3rd wreek stall that started at 2 weeks for me.

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Before VSG, I used to Yo-Yo on a period of 5 then 10 years. And during the lean years -- before I dropped down to under 10% body fat from 35 to 40+%, I DID NOTICED that there are "weight milestones" -- by my own definition; this means my weight would get stuck on certain specific weight levels and be pegged and not moved for a bit. For example, in 2005 I dropped from a max of 98kg to 92kg. 92 was a peg. Then, once below 92kgs, I had no problems dropping to 88kgs then would get stuck at 88. The next was 85kgs. Then 82kgs. The lowest pre-VSG weight since college is 78kgs. Never been below that since 21 years of age (48 today). I expect to be in the low 70kg range, preferably 70kgs of 155lbs yielding about a 5% body fat percentage at the end of post-VSG weight drop. But at those pegged weight limits, it didn't matter how many miles I ran and how much I cut back calories (sometimes it wasn't possible or felt right to eat less when I was burning up to 1,000 calories per 7 mile run + weight training), the weight was pegged there for up to 1 to 2 weeks. They just could be certain adjustments your body is doing once it starts to sense .. oh, oh, my "host" is facing starvation -- shut down everything. Lower the metabolism rate. Conserve fat. I know it's something along those biological reasons why those mile stones are there.

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