The Infamous "Stall"...

[Hugatime 10]

The word no WLS patient wants to hear (Gasp!!!)

I've hit this bad boy head on this week and have stalled my weight loss. I'm averaging 3-4 miles walking a day. At first, I thought that I was building muscle, because the inches were shredding. Getting on the scale today though, and seeing the same 3 numbers staring me in the face (they're giggling at me, too!), I had to revisit my diet and see if I could find where the breakdown is.

A big mistake on my part was not keeping a food journal. So I had to go by memory, meal after meal. I'm so focused on Protein and liquid, that I'm not really looking at my caloric in-take. Oops. It looks like that is the problem too. Not enough calories!!!! (Am I the only one who finds that comical?)

So I'm upping my calories today to get me around 750-850. I've been averaging about 550, so this should send my body the message that we aren't starving. I'm also going to really try to stick to a food schedule better and eat every 2.5-3 hours to keep that metabolic fire burning.

My big 2 week post op weigh in is Thursday and I'll post my results!

Fired up!!!!

[Amyllf2 206]

I'm 10 weeks post op and facing stall #2. I had one weeks 3-4 as well. I've lost 38-40 depending on the day. While some days the stall really upsets me, there are days I consider it a blessing. I try to tell myself it's good for my body to stabilize. Don't get me wrong, I want the weight off but I also want my skin to have time to adjust.

[Srreeder 78]

I'm 10 weeks post op and facing stall #2. I had one weeks 3-4 as well. I've lost 38-40 depending on the day. While some days the stall really upsets me, there are days I consider it a blessing. I try to tell myself it's good for my body to stabilize. Don't get me wrong, I want the weight off but I also want my skin to have time to adjust.

I had the first stall at 3 weeks and it lasted one week. The second stall I hit at 2.5 months and lasted three of the longest weeks of my life. But during the stall I noticed a drastic difference in clothes fitting and had to adjust wardrobe accordingly! Next time I won't wait till I loose my drawers running through the airport! I had taken them up twice, but apparently they didn't want me anymore!