11/2 week stall already?

[jasmineee824 2]

I'm 12 days post opt and the scale hasn't moved in 4 days is that normal??

[Scylla 106]

From what I've read, yes. I was sleeved on 4/23. I lost 12 lbs. in the first two weeks and then nothing since! Must be the dreaded stall. Anyway, I know I'm not eating too much so I will just weight myself once a week so I don't give myself a complex!

[StayingStrong 78]

Same boat here after 2 weeks. BUT I am doing exactly what I should, eating 500 calories or less and exercising 2x a day. Am I skinny yet?

[Jescriba1970 7]

I was sleeved on 4/23 too and starting to see a stall I lost 32lbs in 2 weeks and this week I gained a pound. Ugh!!!!

[tarahuff82 7]

I was sleeved on 4/21. Lost 40 lbs so far and now at the dreaded stall!!! scale has not moved in 6 days. I'm so frustrated, I get my liquid intake in each day and always my protien. I never eat more than 500 calories a day and I go to the gym M-F. I don't get it. I know 40 lbs is a lot but with what I do and what I eat, I should be much smaller, in my opinion any way. Hope we all start losing again

[JeanZ_RN 378]

It may be that your body thinks you are starving, and is therefore holding onto every gram of fat. As odd as it sounds, if you INcrease your calorie intake for a day or two then decrease it again, that might do it. It's the "change it up" school of thought, and it helped me break a 6-week stall a few months ago.

The other possibility is that you are losing inches even though the scale is not moving. Check it out... And if you didn't record your measurements just before surgery, do it now so that the next time the scale is slow to move you'll have another way to assess what's going on.

As someone else on this site said, You can only control what goes in your mouth and the exercise you do. Your body controls the rest...

Sleeve on!!