Fat Loss And Stress

[Capt Derel 287]

Hi I have had the VST surgery Feb17th and today is my 10 week postop. I started off at 329lbs and as of today I am at 263lbs. But here is what I have noticed. Post op before I went back to work I was losing a pound a day average and sometimes 2. The first day I went back to work everything stopped moving for about 10 days. Why?

I thought about this and here is what I came up with. Stress, Water retention, change of environment, and sleep patterns are different. At work is a more controlled environment with high levels of stress. So I started watching for patterns. My diets the same everyday 60-90g Protein, 25-60g carbs, >25g fats. This is clockwork so this isnt the problem. After 10 days the weight started coming off again but now its at a pound every 2-3 days and it stayed this way until I went home.

Upon arrival at my home I weighed myself and marked it. Then for 7 straight days there was no loss at all. Then all of a sudden 3 lbs fell off after a nights sleep. I continued to lose a pound every day or two. Before I left to come back to work I noted my weight again. This time it was 269.2. Ok once I get back on my vessel the next morning I lost 2pounds. From that point on there was nothing for another 10 days. After the 10 days I suspect my body adjusts to the changing environment and I lose the water retention, stress calms down and my sleep pattern adjusts to the 12 hour pattern. 12 hours on a boat is actually 8 hours on and off. But to conclude since the 10th day I have lost .5/day bringing me to 263 as of today.

So inretrospect I can assume that stress interrupts fat loss.

[topgun 63]

Rapid weight loss is characteristic of the period immediately following surgery. It will then level off. I think what you are reporting is great and .5 lbs per day average is - I think - a tad above the norm. I am 28 days post op and I've lost about 27 pounds. Way to go!

[Capt Derel 287]

I agree but I am specifically talking about the change in environment causing plateaus. If it would be happening at any other time I could dismiss my theory. I will keep my journal and record for the next 6 months.

[Mews 37]

There have been studies upon studies that show the effects stress has on one's body. I know that pre-op I would gain weight during very stressful periods. It wouldn't surprise me if this is what's causing your stalls.

[Oregondaisy 2,021]

Stress causes me to lose weight. I lost about 35 lbs when my husband died. (a long time before I was sleeved) I wasn't eating differently. If anything, I was eating more because I turn to sweets in times like that.

Recently, around Christmas, I had a big family emergency and I was stressed out for about a month, and I lost 10 lbs. During that time, I went to Disneyland, and ate junk food for a week.

Unfortunately, once the problem was resolved, I gained it back. I was not overeating or anything. I just went back to my normal weight.