Weight Standstill

[MrsRobinson4411 5]

I am at 5 weeks post op and am at a standstill with my weight.
I was very sick for about 2 weeks and am just now able to incorporate soft foods into my diet.
I want to continue to lose slowly, wondering if anyone else has experience they can share ?

[New&Improved 1,780]

How long standstill? From my experience Protein is very important...

[AJ Tylo 1,399]

Stop weighing yourself every day - Keep on the journey and it will break lose and you will start losing again

[catwoman7 11,163]

If you're following your surgeon's plan, then you've just hit your first stall. Almost everyone has their first stall sometime during the first 4-6 weeks after surgery. Just stick to your plan and the weight will start to drop again.

[FluffyChix 17,414]

Oh the infamous 3 week stall that hits anywhere between weeks 2 and 6. ((hugs)) It's awful. Hang in there!!

[lvidacovich 372]

If you're getting your Protein and Water in then yes, this is the normal 2-5 week stall. Can happen anytime in there. My weight loss slowed (but didn't stall) to 1-2 pounds a week during that time. I'd be the exact same weight 2 or 3 or even 4 days in a row (down to the tenth) and then I'd lose 1 pound. Did that for about 3 weeks and lost 6 pounds over 3 days over Thanksgiving. Now I'm back to about a pound a day.

All that to say, this is normal. You'll make it through. Yours might be a little longer since you're just now integrating normal foods.

[Chardonnay40 153]

Im at my 4 week stall. But I am losing inches. I expected it from the comments on this forum

[Meadow76 150]

Got Bronchitis that affected my asthma. Needed to get dreaded steroid shot. Gained 4 lbs overnight! Hope it comes off & then doesn’t produce stall. Never had that Initial 2-5 week stall. I’m about 10 weeks out.

[looly 361]

I do weigh myself every day. Sometimes I stall, sometimes I lose weight, sometimes I put on a pound. But over the months, the overall trend has been downwards. If you're doing the right thing, it will come off.

[Meadow76 150]

In my support group- one of our mantras is trust the process. I’ve never been fast loser. But I’m steadily losing. Then of course having to take 2 steroid shots from having bronchitis that affected my asthma showed 4 lb weight gain literally overnight! Tried not to panic. It came off but it was definite set back in overall weight loss. Nothing I could do but just keep moving forward.