Just here to gripe

[sc101071 398]

15 days out. scale will not budge. I've always been able to lose weight pretty fast when dieting, but not right now.

600 cal per day since surgery. Went in at 289 and now been stuck at 283 since Sunday.

I'm going to embrace the stall. Embrace it as hard as i can around it's pretty little throat.

[KristenLe 5,979]

15 days out. scale will not budge. I've always been able to lose weight pretty fast when dieting, but not right now.

600 cal per day since surgery. Went in at 289 and now been stuck at 283 since Sunday.

I'm going to embrace the stall. Embrace it as hard as i can around it's pretty little throat.

This isn't about calories. Be sure to meet your Protein and Water goals. You are still swollen and probably dealing with fluids from surgery. The scale means very little at this early stage.

[OutsideMatchInside 10,166]

Just stop weighing yourself. At this point healing should be your focus, not losing.

I think embrace the stall is a crock, you don't have to embrace it, but you should learn how stalls help you in weight loss long term, it makes life easier.

[sc101071 398]

Yeah I'm getting all of my Fluid and Protein and Vitamins daily. I know it's just a number. I guess I just wanted a Friday morning pity party. Thanks, y'all.

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[Babbs 14,681]

Don't stress what you can't control right now. It's the 3 week stall. Here's the scientific reason why it happens:

A "stall" a few weeks after surgery is not uncommon, and here's why.

Our bodies use glycogen for short term energy storage. Glycogen is not very soluble, but it is stored in our muscles for quick energy -- one pound of glycogen requires 4 lbs. of Water to keep it soluble, and the average glycogen storage capacity is about 2 lbs. So, when a patient is not getting in enough food, the body turns first to stored glycogen, which is easy to break down for energy. Then when 2 lbs. of glycogen is used a patient will also lose 8 lbs. of Water that was used to store it -- voila -- the "easy" 10 lbs. that most people lose in the first week of a diet.

However, when the body stays in a caloric deficit state the body starts to realize that this is not a short-term problem. Then the body starts mobilizing fat from adipose tissue and burning fat for energy. But the body also realizes that fat can't be used for short bursts of energy. So, it starts converting some of the fat into glycogen, and rebuilding the glycogen stores. As it puts back the 2 lbs. of glycogen into the muscle, 8 lbs. of water has to be stored with it to keep it soluble. So, even though the patient might still be losing energy content to their body, the weight will not go down or it might even gain for a while as the retention of water dissolves the glycogen that is being reformed and stored.

[KristenLe 5,979]

@@Babbs Always appreciate this explanation! Thank you.

[kelliev2015 136]

Same here. I was sleeved on 8/8 and the scale hasn't moved since 8/15. I honestly don't care though. I know it's going to come off eventually and I figure the slower I lose, the better chance I'll have of not having loose skin. [emoji3]