3 week stall?

[magpie26 244]

Is this the dreaded three week stall? I thought it was a joke! I weighed in at the doctors on Wednesday and haven't lost anything since! My scale said I even gain half a pound! I am not eating anything I'm not supposed to. I am transitioning to liquids to blended. However, I'm having a REALLY hard time getting my Water in. I try to eat, I get so full I feel like I can't put anything in my body for like 2 hours, and it's not like the old days where you can just chug your water. I sip all day and I can barely finish 24 ounces. I'm 19 days post op today. I have been way more conscious of how fast I'm eating, I am chewing things to death, I use a baby spoon, I put my plate away, I wait between water and good but I'm a!ways so uncomfortable after eating almost any amount i am just afraid to drink! I feel like this is why I'm not losing. I also use the baritastic app AND write in a journal. I'm seriously thinking of having my friend that's a nurse come over with an IV!

[FluffyChix 17,413]

Yeah. Sounds like. It bites big ones. You just have to focus, stay the course, not look too far ahead, and get through it. Forward through the storm. ((hugs))

[Orchids&Dragons 9,047]

2 hours ago, magpie26 said:

Is this the dreaded three week stall? I thought it was a joke! I weighed in at the doctors on Wednesday and haven't lost anything since! My scale said I even gain half a pound! I am not eating anything I'm not supposed to. I am transitioning to liquids to blended. However, I'm having a REALLY hard time getting my Water in. I try to eat, I get so full I feel like I can't put anything in my body for like 2 hours, and it's not like the old days where you can just chug your Water. I sip all day and I can barely finish 24 ounces. I'm 19 days post op today. I have been way more conscious of how fast I'm eating, I am chewing things to death, I use a baby spoon, I put my plate away, I wait between water and good but I'm a!ways so uncomfortable after eating almost any amount i am just afraid to drink! I feel like this is why I'm not losing. I also use the baritastic app AND write in a journal. I'm seriously thinking of having my friend that's a nurse come over with an IV!

It sounds like your stomach isn't quite ready for whatever you're giving it that makes you miserable for 2 hours. Try something else and revisit that other stuff in a week or two. Are you starting with 1 Tablespoon quantities? If not, it might be too much, too soon. And this is from a pro who can still only handle soft/mushy at 10 weeks post op. Are you still getting most of your Protein from shakes?

[magpie26 244]

Ahh I'm so lazy sometimes getting back to forums! That is what I had initially thought, I got too pre-occupied in the next phase that I think I just jumped too quick. I had been measuring out my food in ounces and tablespoons, but I think I was just not quite ready. I just wanted to race to the finish to soft food at least but I realized I'm not there yet. The past few days I've slide backwards a bit and had more fluids than blended trying to get more Water in. I am 3 weeks post op, I had some more blended stuff today rather than Protein Shakes, kept stopping for water, it was ok. Weighed myself yesterday and finally down 1.2 pounds, (it's been a week!) I know there are stalls, but this isn't weight watchers, I just had my surgery, I thought I would be keeping up at least 5+ a week loss. The week before it was 8. I'm staying positive though, I read the forums, I journal, not just food but my first year going through this, I use the apps, and I follow all of my doctor's /dietician's advice. I can do this, I mean my body has to, right?