STALLS

[Packerfan61964 293]

OK.......so I knew at some point that I would hit a stall......but my question do everyone is........how long was your stall???? I've been stalled now for 3 weeks and it beginning to get a little depressing. I've upped my physical activity. This past week in 6 days, I walked 12 miles. I take Sunday off because I am involved with activities at church. Anxious and curious to hear everyone's response!!!

[sweetie716 270]

My first stall was 10-14 long days. It was the 3-week stall. I hope my next stall holds off for quite a while because they are very unpleasant. It can really mess with your head some days if you let it. Just remember that if you stick to the plan, the weight will come off.... eventually.

[finediva 979]

I lost ZERO pounds for the entire month of October. ZERO! Hope that helps. Best.

[JamieLogical 8,727]

What exactly are you defining as a stall? No loss whatsoever or just very slow loss?

Edited February 16, 2015 by JamieLogical

[ELI.p.m 44]

My first stall started at start of the 3rd week. I had lost 25lbs before the stall and it lasted 3 1/2weeks. Iam now 12 weeks post op and havent stalled since.

[Pac-woman 325]

Did u up your calorie intake? You could be in starvation mode

[amazon 579]

I've had a couple of short ones (3 weeks). My longest was 7 weeks. But it broke like the others. I think getting through that long one really instilled my faith in what I'm doing.

[Packerfan61964 293]

JamieLogical.......no weight loss at all for 3 weeks. I small loss would be so much better than no loss!! @ Pac-woman, yes I did increase my caloric intake by a few hundred calories. Idk....maybe this is just normal. I read somewhere that you will stall at the weight where you spent the majority of your life at. I was 255-265 for over 20 years.

[amazon 579]

The way it was explained to me by my team is that it's your body taking time to adjust. It's under a lot of stress during this time. When it's ready, it will lose again.

[JamieLogical 8,727]

JamieLogical.......no weight loss at all for 3 weeks. I small loss would be so much better than no loss!! @ Pac-woman, yes I did increase my caloric intake by a few hundred calories. Idk....maybe this is just normal. I read somewhere that you will stall at the weight where you spent the majority of your life at. I was 255-265 for over 20 years.

I guess I'm "lucky" then? I've never had a loss of under a pound two weeks in a row so far (almost 6 months out), but I haven't had many losses much over a pound either. I seem to just lose 1.2 to 1.6 pounds week after week, no matter what I do food and exercise-wise. It's slow going, but at least I am losing.

[aSleeveStory 128]

My first stall was 3-4 days... my next closer to a week... and my longest so far has been 10 days. Stalls are super-frustrating for sure, but don't let it bother you. You can search around on this site and see it as a frequent topic, and probably one of the most common things that happens post-op. Knowing that its normal, and not your own doing... shouldn't let it get you down.

Having said that, though, I know what it feels like and I hate my stalls too. I've tried to just ignore them, keep on doing my thing, and then I skip the scale for 3-4 days at a time and get pleasantly surprised when I find out I'm back on the losing wagon.

A tip I got from support group is to cheat a tad to help reboot things... if I find I'm on a 4-5 day stall, I eat something I normally wouldn't. Granted, cheating for me means a half cookie, or a spoonful of ice cream, or a Venti coffee instead of a Grande one... but I do try to do something a little different and more "naughty" to help spark some movement. Can't say the results are 100% effective... but it feels good to be naughty once in awhile anyway...

[Thinkingthinner1109 485]

I count my blessings. Never had a stall weighed twice a week so if I stalled for a day or two I wouldn't have known it. 6 months post op. When I asked my surgeon early on about the "stalls" I see people talk about on here, it said not everyone necessarily has stalls.

[Alesha34 4]

I am 7 weeks out today and am also going through a stall. For the past 7 days the scales are stuck at 230.8. It is very frustrating. I keep thinking... Is this it?... Even though I know it will eventually start moving down again.

[fit4life123 108]

I am 7 weeks out today and am also going through a stall. For the past 7 days the scales are stuck at 230.8. It is very frustrating. I keep thinking... Is this it?... Even though I know it will eventually start moving down again.

I'm also frustrated! I know I have to be patient but I've been 248 for almost a week now!!!

Edited February 18, 2015 by fit4life123

[AlanaRN 419]

I've had a few stalls. The worst one was around 3 months. I stalled for about 3 weeks. I just kept doing what I was supposed to and it eventually broke. It's so frustrating. Hang in there.