The whoosh effect and stalls

[Anthrodiva 11]

I had my RNY surgery on 1/26. I started at 214. Immediately afterwards I was 222 with fluids. Then it dropped to 204 pretty quickly, where it stalled for two weeks. Then I had a drop to 197, and it stalled for a couple of weeks. I read a ton of posts on here and elsewhere, but nothing I found explained stalls as well as this article

http://100down.org/the-whoosh-effect

I think I'm starting a whoosh, after two weeks of not budging the last few days I lost .2, .4, 1.4 lbs each day.

DH and I were talking and if you read the article, the starvation hypothesis makes sense, so while I can't cheat I will make more of an effort to consistently hit 1000-1200 kcal and convince my body I'm not trying to kill it (I had a couple of days this week more like 650-800). To that end I am adding Peanut Butter strategically.

I also think this plus the weight memory theory go together well: my sticking points are all places where my body 'lived' for awhile.

Do people know about this? Why am I not seeing it discussed everywhere?

[kimberb 323]

Interesting. I'm a month out. I'm currently getting 250-300 daily. I've been stuck at the same weight for several weeks

[Cookee 1]

I have the same issue. I'm three weeks out and I'm down 22 pounds from my surgery date but I haven't lost anything for 8 days. I can only eat between 1-2 oz. at a time. I had my follow up yesterday and my doctor said to just wait it out. The scale would eventually move.

I think the article is really good and explains a lot.