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Do you consider a stall when the scale stops? I see a lot of people talk about the scale stopping but their bodies continue to change through the scale stall. Do you consider a stall to be when you see the scale stop AND you stop losing inches? Just curious.

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For me it's two weeks without weight loss. I don't measure myself very often so that's not really a factor for me.

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I consider a stall to be no weight loss in at least one week. Stalls can last for a few weeks, or even months. I had a long stall recently that was about 2 months long. I broke it by going back to the pre-op diet and exercising more. I quickly lost 10 lbs within a week after doing so.

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For me, it is strictly a scale thing - no movement (even pounds moving back and forth) for atleast 10 days or two weeks. I can fluctuate 2-3 pounds in a day or so...and also do that for a day or two. I think that caused by a multitude of thins such as eating too much salt, TOM and physical activity.

That is also why I only focus on the weight in the morning and I don't hit the "panic" button until about day 4-5 if more than 3 or so pounds seem to be hanging on. I can generally tell why... I ate too many carbs, salt, sat on the couch all weekend. Once I hit the "panic" button I get back on the WLS program to the letter and generally I recover :D

I am a scale junkie :(

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