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I know people ask about this a lot on here but since google was useless to my situation, I figured I'd ask about it here. I'm wondering if I'm at a stall. After 6 weeks of weight loss, everything stopped. I've been stuck at 196 and is fluctuating between this weight and 197. So far I've lost 26 lbs in the first month. This month 3 lbs.

When I went to my two month follow up on the 8th, I asked the nurse and she said that she didn't think I was stalling... Even though she may be right, the answer is not convincing because nothing is changing. I haven't lost many inches either. I was expecting the stall to happen after 3 weeks, not 6. I'm not sure about what I should do to speed up the process. I haven't been cleared to go to the gym yet and it's been 7 weeks since I've had this surgery. Am I actually stalling or is the nurse right?

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HW- 273

Pre-op Wt- 230

SW- 226

CW- 197

GW- 130

Ht- 5'2.5"

DOS- April 26th, 2017

"Only those who try will become." ~FFX

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you'll probably experience several stalls along the way - most of us do. As long as you're consistent in following your plan, the stall will break.

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I'm in the same boat. I think there are just some of us who lose slower. I track my weight and I'm down seven pounds in the past month, but it's been a slow trickle. I've been stuck around 233/234 for over a week now. As long as it's not going back up, I'm trying to accept it for what it is. Hopefully it'll give my skin time to adjust, too.

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My NUT told me that some people (mostly women) lose weight as if they are stepping down stairs (lose and then stay the same for a bit, then lose and then stay the same for a bit). Others lose like walking down a ramp (basically lose the same amount on average every week). For some reason this picture made perfect sense to me and has stuck in my head. I am for sure a stair stepper and it drives me nuts but I keep telling myself that it doesn't matter if you are stepping down stairs or walking down a ramp you'll eventually get to the bottom :) So it may not be a true stall but maybe just the flat part of the step. Hang in there!!

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