Anybody Experience A Stall At 6-8 Months Or Later?

[Ducker 59]

Did great the first six months, now haven't lost anything the past 2 months, just losing and gaining the same 2 pounds. I am so not looking forward to my next appt. with my surgeon on June 22. I am so embarrased that I may not even have lost a pound by then.

Everyone talks about the 3 week stall and the 3 month stall. Anybody experience a stall in the later months?

Help!

Ducker

[LindaS 316]

Everyone talks about the 3 week stall and the 3 month stall. Anybody experience a stall in the later months?

Yes, you can stall in the later months too. I'm 9 months out, and I've lost only 9 pounds since February. That is about 3 pounds a month, and it seems that those 3 pounds happen within two days and the rest of the month -- nothing.

I am exercising and eating right and drinking right. I can feel the muscles forming, and I can see definition in places I've never had definition before.

I think the stall is because my body is transitioning. I know I was really worried that I wouldn't show a weight loss with my doctor, and I was pleasantly surprised to learn it was a 9 pound weight loss.

My doctor said that it is normal to lose slower as I get closer to goal. He also mentioned that my body may change and go down in size without actually going down in weight (he's right).

The good news is that I haven't stopped losing.

When I haven't lost pounds, I have lost inches. I've also noticed that even when my measurements don't necessarily change, the way clothes fit me does. Something is going on as a result of all my hard work even if it isn't showing up on the scale.

[clk 3,519]

A stall can happen anywhere along your journey. I regularly had short spells (not true stalls) where I wouldn't lose for two weeks or so. I had two longer, nine week stalls - one at six months and one somewhere after a year out.

You know the drill for stalls, right? Log your food, measure your inches, get active and wait it out.

If you're eating right and don't give up you'll break it and keep heading down to your goal.

Hang in there.

~Cheri

[FishingNurse 1,210]

At 6 months I stalled for 2 months and have lost 10 more pounds since! ( I'm almost 10 months out) and made goal at 8.5 months out

[Catracks 865]

Absolutely anytime. I am almost 5 months out and last month I stalled but good. Just broke it, but I had to re figure my nutritional goals and take in less carbs, cut the sugar and exercise more. You'd think taking in less that 800 calories would do it alone. Nope!

There is lots of advice in the archives about stalls.

[Ducker 59]

^{Thank you ladies! And, everything you have all said rings very true! I have stayed on track with my exrecise, and even varied it a bit, and while the numbers have not budged, the way my clothes look at the way my body looks has. I was just nervous because my surgeon will only be looking at the numbers. Nobody talks about the stalls later in the journey. So, you have all made me feel good to know that I am not the only one that has experienced this, and I no longer feel like a failure or a slacker. Thank you all so much for responding! You have made my day, and probably my month!}