These stalls are no joke!

[Bryn910 519]

I will be 11 weeks post op soon and am on my third stall. First one lates a week, second one lasted 5 days and this current one I am 14 days in!

I am not too concerned but it’s a total mind trip lol. Just wanted to post to let current post op folk know that this will happen & all of us experience it. I can’t wait for this to be over. And yes my clothes are still falling off because jeans I purchased 3 weeks ago don’t fit but that’s ok!

have I tried switching things up, yes but nothing changed. I just know my body is still adapting

[Matt Z 4,140]

6 minutes ago, Bryn910 said:

I will be 11 weeks post op soon and am on my third stall. First one lates a week, second one lasted 5 days and this current one I am 14 days in!

I am not too concerned but it’s a total mind trip lol. Just wanted to post to let current post op folk know that this will happen & all of us experience it. I can’t wait for this to be over. And yes my clothes are still falling off because jeans I purchased 3 weeks ago don’t fit but that’s ok!

have I tried switching things up, yes but nothing changed. I just know my body is still adapting

Stalls suck hard. As much as we can be mentally prepared for them... they are still mind numbingly frustrating!

[browneyez42 280]

I just experienced a stall as well. I was frustrated and went back to the basics...making sure I had my Protein and increased my Water intake. Stalls will not defeat me!!!!

[Sosewsue61 3,185]

Sometimes there are no logical solutions to stalls, but we all feel 'doing something' is better than just waiting and waiting and waiting. People often lose inches during a stall so take some measurements - that's always a fun discovery.

[KimTriesRNY 1,853]

Five days is technically not a stall.

Im on a three week stall so far and I must say, it has been completely demoralizing. I really feel for the people that have this go on for months.

There is more to it than eat less than x amount of calories and exercise for sure.

It is so easy to encourage others to stay positive during a stall but when it’s happening to your own self....not so much. I’m tempted to just not weigh myself for a few weeks because when I see the same weight or worse, it’s up a pound, I want to cry.

Sigh.

[Screwballski 540]

On 07/23/2018 at 07:10, Sosewsue61 said:

Sometimes there are no logical solutions to stalls, but we all feel 'doing something' is better than just waiting and waiting and waiting. People often lose inches during a stall so take some measurements - that's always a fun discovery.

I seem to drop a size during a long stall. The scale doesn’t reflect it but my body keeps shrinking. I no longer hate the stalls. I look at it as my body’s rearrangement time. I don’t know where the junk it going but my body always looks better after a stall!!!!

[Oceanlove 98]

Well I’m 5 weeks out as of Wednesday. I am experiencing my first stall. I expected from every post I been reading. I have lost 50 pounds up to this point. So I’m not to upset. It’s been a week sitting at this weight.

I just expected to have lost even more this week since I returned back to work and tons more active. I was just super surprised I’m still at the weight.

Then I realized I have not been getting my 64oz of fluids and I’m sitting about 300-400 calories this last couple days.

I just hope all of our stalls break.

[Bryn910 519]

Oh man, stall broke today.

was 204.4 for the longest and now 203 even

just increases Water intake and took rest day from exercise

[KimTriesRNY 1,853]

I’m hopeful after 4 weeks that mine is broken. I’m down 3 pounds but waiting 2 days for confirmation.

Congrats I know how aggravating it is. I had been losing pretty steady and this was my first major stall over 1 week since my surgery. Very discouraging to experience.

[wjgo 272]

I will be 11 weeks post op soon and am on my third stall. First one lates a week, second one lasted 5 days and this current one I am 14 days in! I am not too concerned but it’s a total mind trip lol. Just wanted to post to let current post op folk know that this will happen & all of us experience it. I can’t wait for this to be over. And yes my clothes are still falling off because jeans I purchased 3 weeks ago don’t fit but that’s ok! have I tried switching things up, yes but nothing changed. I just know my body is still adapting

I would start measuring other things than weight. Measure hips, chest, arms, waist, stomach.If you are weight training, or doing other activities (no excuse not to) you could be building muscle that offsets fat loss. Weight might stay the same, but, maybe stomach went in half an inch?Start tracking your measurements. I was on a stall, ( and eating right ) but my jogging intervals are faster and easier, my weights are increasing at the gym.... So screw it, why care about the stall? I know my body is working in the right direction even if my body weight stays the same.

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[Bryn910 519]

3 hours ago, wjgo said:

I would start measuring other things than weight. Measure hips, chest, arms, waist, stomach.If you are weight training, or doing other activities (no excuse not to) you could be building muscle that offsets fat loss. Weight might stay the same, but, maybe stomach went in half an inch?Start tracking your measurements. I was on a stall, ( and eating right ) but my jogging intervals are faster and easier, my weights are increasing at the gym.... So screw it, why care about the stall? I know my body is working in the right direction even if my body weight stays the same.

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You’re so right. I, like a dummy, failed to take measurements pre-op. But I am going to do this tonight with the help of my husband. I get so fixated on weight because my doc/team only see what’s on the scale. They don’t do measurements and the only thing they go off of is scale so I want to make sure I hit decent weight loss before next appt.

thank you for the GREAT information

[Frustr8 7,886]

Well as long as the "junk" don't go back on the " trunk" we got a win-win situation.👣👍👣

[wjgo 272]

I never took measurements until last week, 4 months post-op, so don't feel bad. Weight is a major metadata point for the insurance companies and other entities that needs metrics.

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