Help! I hit a stall!

[Alley1016 21]

I am a lilttle over 3 weeks out and I have hit a stall. How do I break it? I have lost 16 lbs since surgery which I feel great about but now that Ive hit this stall I dont know what to do!?

[DUBrookie03 142]

This may seem weird but try something a little high calorie. I was sleeved 4 days before you and also hit a stall at the same point. During the end of mushy foods/beginning of soft foods I had a hard time keeping things down and as a result there was a period where i didn't get down much of anything. I ate the burger part of a wendy's jr bacon cheeseburger and some guacamole, and BAM! My almost weeklong stall was over! It was almost like my body had gone into starvation mode and was no longer losing, giving it some fat and calories seemed to do the trick for me. Woke up the next morning and was down 2lbs.

[Alley1016 21]

Thanks I will definitely try this!

[JennieDK 26]

I hit a major stall at almost exactly the same point you are. (I'm 6 weeks out now.) I talked to my nutritionist, and I was freaking out. I went almost two weeks without losing any weight. She assured me that this is totally normal as you start to reintroduce foods, and it's called "refeeding edema". In other words, your body is grabbing salt and food for dear life! But I kept with the program, started working out, and in week 4, I really started losing weight again. I'm averaging 3 pounds a week now, but this week is shaping up to be even better than that. Hang in there! I freaked out when I stalled, even though I had been told to expect it. You WILL get through it!

[Alley1016 21]

Thanks! I was released to start working out last week then I got strep throat and I just came back to work today, its been so hectic and then when I stalled it made it even worse planning on starting cardio this week so I hope it speeds it up!