Two Weeks Out And Smack Into A Wall..

[oconnell 8]

So I'm down roughly 30lbs from my pre-op weight and haven't budged since. I'm assuming this is normal as my body is figuring out that I'm not giving it the eleventy-billion calories I did before surgery and it's just playing catch-up. Am I right or should I be doing something different? I'm so far beyond frustrated right now I can't see straight.

[PdxMan 4,292]

Do a search on stall. This is very common at where you are at. The initial loss is fluids and now it is time for the fat to start burning. You are right where you are supposed to be at.

Just keep doing what you are supposed to be doing.

[oconnell 8]

Thanks. I KNOW I'm not getting enough Protein in (it's rough!), so I thought that might have something to do with it.. but glad to know it's just a phase!

[PdxMan 4,292]

Nah, don't worry too much about the Protein at this point. You won't end up in the ER with an IV in your arm because of low Protein, but you will due to low liquids.

Increase your protein as best you can.

[barrbdoll 287]

PdxMan is RIGHT!! Stalls happen to pretty much everyone and your first one usually hits around the 3 week post-op mark... You will start moving again.... Don't worry!

[Curvy Girl 140]

it is funny...30 lbs seems to be the norm...I've lost 29 lbs and haven't lost anything in two weeks. I am eating 300 - 600 calories so I know it is nothing I am doing. Just one of those things we have to go through.

There is no way I can go eating 600 calories and NOT lose....the scale will move.

[Red597 35]

Yep, I'm in the same boat. Just at 3 weeks out, and stalled at 25 lbs lost. But for some reason, I'm not stressed about it. I know that the scale will move again (why did that sound so ala Scarlett O'Hara?!) And I know that I'm not getting all of my Protein or fluids in, but am working on it everyday. It's a process and a journey...