This stall is killing me!!!!!!!

[Carolyn 1]

I was sleeved May 4th, lost 10 lbs the 1st week, nothing, and I mean NOTHING since then. I read all about stalling, expected it, but never did I expect it to start so soon and last so long. Almost 4 weeks long..............very discouraging. My clothes are getting bigger, but the scales just won't move lower. I eat about 500-600 calories daily, walk and I have a 2 story house so I'm going up and down stairs at least 50 times daily. No Water retention, haven't put a sweet thing in my mouth nor any fried foods. I go to Dr this Thurs and I am really dreading to get on scales. I will be so embarrassed to face him and not sure what I will say. I just hope and pray I don't make a fool of myself and start crying!!!!

The good news is I'm off 6 of my 12 prescriptions!!

[Roseib 13]

Progress is being made. You are losing inches. You are off several medications. That's great! Just talk to him about what you can do to jog the weight loss. It will start again. I'd take my food diary with me for him to look at. Maybe u need to see the nutritionist if he has one. My personal opinion is that our bodies get all out of whack from this major surgery and sometimes people don't lose like others do. You are just beginning. The weight will come off.

[kids05 4]

If you have not taken measurements DO IT NOW! I try to do mine every Sunday...then if the scale slows I can see the inches! I completely need to see some progress on these difficult early days! Its not to late to start if you haven't yet! One of these days an inch or two could be your solace...or even sanity!

[USMCwifeandTEACHER 3]

I feel the same way. My mother's words are haunting me... "nothing feels as defeating as having your stomach removed and still not being able to lose weight." I'm sure she's like "I told you so" right now. The scale isn't moving. Its been stuck at the same weight for nine days. I'm getting my Protein from real food now instead of shakes and just mushies. I think I healed amazingly well. That or I'm slowly becoming bulimic. Like I can tell I can't eat the same amount of food as I did before but I can surely graze all day long. Maybe I'm unable to be cured of fat thinking.

[pasquini 369]

Sry your having to deal with this. I have been stalled for two weeks. Twice I thought it was broken only to see the scale go BACK UP!!! Soo frustrating.

[Raine 170]

We are all going through this but keep in mind that almost everyone has gone through this before us. I am in the same situationh. Almost 6 weeks post op stalled for 3 weeks and on the third week gained 3 lbs. I don't get it but I do believe our bodies will catch up to what we are doing,

[Raine 170]

The scale this morning said I was up another 2 lbs. So that is a total of 5 lbs!!! I know its Water weight because my feet look like balloons. I just don't know how to get it to go away. *this too shall pass...this too shall pass...this too shall pass* I keep repeating it to myself over and over. My sugar numbers are perfect so I know I am doing something right. It still sux though. :hurt:

[KellyL 173]

Seems a lot of stalls around maybe it's the heat! You're right, this too shall pass!! Keep the faith!