3 weeks out and end of first stall! yay! :)

[mhugueley 45]

I had my surgery on 11/11/14. The first week was rough. I had terrible back pain, i felt the 'fullness' pain with every single tiny sip of anything, and had terrible heartburn and nausea. I am happy to report that I have none of those issues now! I can eat 1/4 of a cup of food. I can drink larger sips...thank God. And i barely ever get any kind of pain. So far I have tokerated everything Iv tried although I have noticed some changes in how things tastes as far as what I love now. I love unsweet tea for one and before I would have spit it across the room. My starting wait before pre-op diet was 267. I was 260 day of surgery. I lost 17 lbs the first week post op and have been on a stall the last two weeks. I was getting so disheartened. I just kept coming here and looking at old stall threads so I could read their tickers and see how they all got past those stalls. Well the last two mornings I have dropped a pound so Im thinking the stall has broken! so 19 lbs down since surgery. Hope to hit 25 down by12/11 on my one month marker.

Edited December 4, 2014 by mhugueley

[SuperDave 1,115]

Awesome! Great work hanging in there and breaking through!

[Rovobay 920]

that is great! I have been on a huge iced tea kick too. keep it up

[GummyTummy 154]

Great work. I have had the unfortunate pattern of lose for two to three weeks then stall for 8 to 10 days almost my entire post op experience. When I lose its a decent amount however. My body is reluctant to let go of... itself errr its extra luggage. We can do this.

[Elode 8,093]

Yay for the stall break!

[michellew1 72]

I had my surgery on 11/11/14. The first week was rough. I had terrible back pain, i felt the 'fullness' pain with every single tiny sip of anything, and had terrible heartburn and nausea. I am happy to report that I have none of those issues now! I can eat 1/4 of a cup of food. I can drink larger sips...thank God. And i barely ever get any kind of pain. So far I have tokerated everything Iv tried although I have noticed some changes in how things tastes as far as what I love now. I love unsweet tea for one and before I would have spit it across the room. My starting wait before pre-op diet was 267. I was 260 day of surgery. I lost 17 lbs the first week post op and have been on a stall the last two weeks. I was getting so disheartened. I just kept coming here and looking at old stall threads so I could read their tickers and see how they all got past those stalls. Well the last two mornings I have dropped a pound so Im thinking the stall has broken! so 19 lbs down since surgery. Hope to hit 25 down by12/11 on my one month marker.

I also had my surgery on 11/11/14 and after surgery I was dropping 2 lbs a day. I was loving it. I lost 25 lbs since surgery. But then it all stopped. I haven't lost anymore in the past week. I am totally bummed. I mean...is this it? How did you get through the stall?

[mhugueley 45]

Its terrible!!! I lost that 17 lbs that first week and then my scale did not move for 2 weeks and one day....It was really hard! I just stayed positive bc all of my clothes are getting loose. I searched stall threads on here and see that everyone goes thru it. Some people stall for a month!!! But if you look at peoples tickers you see that they obviously surpassed their stalls bc they had met goal by now. So I just kept with the program and it finally broke. Im sure there will be many more along the way.

[mhugueley 45]

From what Ive read your body has to play catch up to the rapid weight loss and caises the stall. I felt like I was still losing inches during my stall...just not pounds.. it will pass!

[sarina55 8]

This is an encouraging thread. I think I stalled already. And I just had my surgery two weeks ago on Nov. 21. I was 215 day of surgery and dropped to 202 -- 13 lbs -- by day 10 but have been sitting there and it is day 15. I thought the stall was supposed to hit on the third week, not the second. Frustrating. I am still tired from the surgery and wondering if I am not moving enough. Also, getting my full 800 calories a day has proven to be a challenge.. but I get very close.

[mrsbailey921 117]

I have to say I'm ok with stalls. I want my body to properly adjust so I am very patient with myself. I even stopped checking my weight every day lol, it was making me paranoid lol

[mhugueley 45]

Sarina- I hir my stall after just one week!! So I was very scared. But logically I knew that the low amount of calories that I qas eating qould eventually lead to more loss. So I just tried to think of other things and wait it out.

MrsBailey- I think I kept my cool pretty good. I think it will be a lot bettwr from here on out since Im past my first one and know that they do end eventually.

[sarina55 8]

Thanks.. I think I am going to stop weighing every day. Also, working to make sure I hit the Protein mark every day. Very difficult, I find.

[alwaysvegas 702]

My first stall post-surgery (which started at the infamous week three) lasted almost a month. As long as my weight continues on a downward trajectory, then I'm cool with a stall, but it can be demotivating so soon after surgery.

Hang in there and the weight loss will start again!