Embrace the Stall

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

[OzRoo 1,492]

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Thank you for that!

I need encouragement today, perfect timing.

[RubyWednesday 5]

If you document what your weight is at each stall, you will find it was the set point which you started a new diet. I was a chronic dieter before my Duodenal Switch, so my weight loss was very, very, very slow and my stalls were long and frequent. When I went back to each stall, I compared it to my chart illustrating my diet attempts, the weight I was when I tried each one, and sure enough, my stalls corresponded to the ounce what I had documented.

[Cluelesswinner 32]

Great post. I am going to copy and paste to my file.

Thank you.

[Jenslimmingdown 1]

I needed to hear this today. I’m not unhappy with my progress or feeling defeated. I’ve been genuinely afraid that I’m not losing enough or that I’m not doing well because after a lifetime of yo-yo dieting and being told I must be doing something wrong if I’m not losing weight, it’s all I know.

[Ezinne 18]

Thank you so much surfer girl. I am a newbie and this has helped me

[mousecat88 2,281]

I stalled for 8 weeks just 3 months out from surgery and boom, down 18lbs in the last month. So... I just need to learn to stop checking the scale, basically. They did start to get concerned at my doctor's office about the length of the stall but... I guess we're all different.

Edited March 21, 2019 by mousecat88

[GradyCat 3,695]

On 9/18/2015 at 11:56 AM, Inner Surfer Girl said:

It seems that at least 50% of the posts on BariatriPal are bemoaning a stall. Daily, and sometimes hourly, I am reading about how someone ONLY lost x number of pounds and now the scale hasn't moved in ___ [fill in the blank] days/months, etc. Oh no, they write, I am a failure/unique/my surgery didn't work/life is not fair, ... Why am I in a stall?

I know I am exaggerating but I think you get the idea.

Guess what? STALLS are a NORMAL part of the PROCESS of losing weight. If you want to lose weight, you will stall. Not just once, but over and over. And, guess what? A stall is where your body actually does the hard work of becoming smaller. It takes a lot of work and energy to dismantle a structure that has been holding up, in some cases, hundreds of pounds.

Thanks so much! I'm in a stall now and at first I was beamoaning, "What am I doing wrong?" then I realized I'm doing everything I'm supposed to be doing but my body needs to rest for a few weeks. At first I worried that this was all the weight I was going to lose and I need to lose twice as much more yet, but I now understand that I just need to breathe and ride it out. Thank you for this post!

[GradyCat 3,695]

On 3/21/2019 at 2:16 PM, mousecat88 said:

I stalled for 8 weeks just 3 months out from surgery and boom, down 18lbs in the last month. So... I just need to learn to stop checking the scale, basically. They did start to get concerned at my doctor's office about the length of the stall but... I guess we're all different.

That's very helpful to know that I'm not the only one stalling and that it can start up again when my body's ready. Thanks for sharing.

[sisternewt@yahoo.com 102]

I just read Inner Surfer Girls post from way times past! Many of us need to copy it and paste it where we can read it. OFTEN! Such great advice! Thanks!

[Frustr8 7,886]

Doesn't matter that it was 4 1/2 years ago, it still holds up TODAY!

[sisternewt@yahoo.com 102]

Frustr8 — yep. SPOT ON. So very glad I read this! Needed it! Changed my “stinkin thinkin”

[Ezinne 18]

thanks for this

[sta1067 1]

Thank you all so much! I had sleeve surgery on 4/22/19. Total lost (before and after surgery) is 26 lbs. I have "stalled out" the past few days and started to worry that maybe I am doing something wrong. I came here and spent time reading all of your posts and feel so much better. I am absolutely feeling like my clothes continue to get looser every day, despite what the scale says. (I put on a hoodie today that used to be too tight and it hung on me. Also, the shoulders of my suit jackets are now too loose.) I will embrace the stall and understand it for what it is, my body readjusting to all of this and doing the work to get smaller. You guys rock and are such an inspiration to someone new to all of this!

[Sheribear68 3,201]

Okay. I’m reminding myself every day for the last 3 weeks to embrace, embrace, EMBRACE this stall!!!
I’m a bit over 3.5 months post-op and ran smack into a wall.
One thing I refuse to do is take my eye off the prize of a healthier, fitter, happier, and smaller me!
NSV are extremely important during this phase and even though my body is in a “still” phase, it got me through an increase in physical activity and it’s still (slowly) losing inches.
More importantly, I’ve dropped about a half pant size while gaining over a pound since the stall started. 🤷‍♀️

I’m still almost 50 pounds from my goal weight, but rising the crest of this stall is important to keep moving forward.