The scale is killing me

[mikeloriandkids 3]

I've been stuck at 221.2 for six days!!!!!!!! I'm only 2 weeks post opt. Should it be leaving quicker???? My diet is as boring as a soft diet should be :-(

[joatsaint 2,814]

Just to reassure you, we all go through theses "dry" periods. I am at 6 months and have had 2 and 3 week periods where I'll not lose weight and sometimes gain a few pounds - with no change to my diet or how much I exercise.

It freaked me out at first (not sure I'm "used" to it happening yet! But I'm getting better at living with it. :-))

It's just your body adjusting to your new way of life. It would be nice if the weight fell off in a steady downward pace, but it doesn't seem to work that way for me.

Here is my favorite soft/puree recipe for taco chicken. Maybe it'll help liven up your diet.

http://www.verticals...e-mexican-food/

[LipstickLady 25,682]

I was you at two weeks. About the same weight, too. I was stuck losing and gaining the same pound and a half from week two until almost week four. Very frustrating but you can't change what you did, so just keep on getting in your Protein and Water to the best of your ability. Eventually the scale will move.

I will say that whenever I get stuck I eat a lot of cupcakes run a 5k consume a few bags of M&Ms with popcorn double my calories check to see the last time I made a poodle (usually 3-7 days ago), take a Colace (stool softener) and wait for the magic to happen. Pooping is always a good way to see movement on the scale.< /p>

You are in a common spot for a stall. Patience is hard, but it's your only option.

[skinnygirlin2013 11]

I've been stuck at 221.2 for six days!!!!!!!! I'm only 2 weeks post opt. Should it be leaving quicker???? My diet is as boring as a soft diet should be :-(

I'll be at 4 weeks post op tomorrow and am only down 16lbs from surgery date, 23lbs from pre-op diet. So, I feel your pain. I'm trying to stay calm and just keep getting fluids and Protein on my soft diet - and will be increasing exercise this week. Good luck to us!!

[dgoerlitz 96]

Be patient...this works! Everyone appears to go through the 3 week stall. I stalled then for almost 2 weeks...I was SO pissed! Then I stalled again around 3 months...but miraculously I dropped a whole pants size that time. I haven't been losing super fast, but I've lost almost as much as my husband, who had bypass nearly 3 months before I had my sleeve done. My doctor always says...this is a marathon - not a sprint.

[pottergirl 261]

I try to ignore the stalls and no my body has to start losing and it always does. I had my biggest drop in weight at 3 months out...I lost 20 lbs that month. At 5 months out I am really losing slowly now.

[Susie in Lima 320]

It'll move when your body is ready. There is no way that it wont. Just keep doing what you are supposed to be doing. Try not to look at the scale every day (although I do every every day) I keep a chart of my weight loss and this also helps me to see that at times that I stale but that it is always just for a time. Dont worry too much about it! It happens to us all!!! I have been sleeved for over 9 months and I have stalled off and on the whole time! Just be patient! You too will be down a ton of weight before you know it! You can do it!