How did you break a stall?

[xbrittney90 3]

Hey everyone! I was 5 months post op yesterday. I’ve been stalled for about three weeks now and it’s driving me crazy! I noticed I was slacking in Protein and Water. I’ve been meeting those goals consistently for the last two weeks. I eat around 1000 calories and exercise most days burning on average 400 calories. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Edited March 14, 2023 by xbrittney90

[liveaboard15 1,293]

you just have to wait it out. some stalls are short and some are long. My longest was about 6 weeks. Keep the carbs low, eat well and you will get thru it.

[catwoman7 11,166]

yep - stick to your plan, stay off the scale, and wait it out. Stalls are a normal part of the weight loss process. I think of it was your body having to stop and recalibrate once in awhile. As long as you're sticking to your plan, the stall will break and you'll be on your way again.

[BigSue 1,336]

All you can do is wait. A lot of people have superstitions about how to break a stall, but the truth is that it all comes down to waiting it out. If you continue burning more calories than you eat, your stall will break and your weight loss will resume. Superstitions are usually based on the logical fallacy of equating correlation to causation — I increased/decreased my carbs/fat/protein/exercise/water and my stall ended! So they assume that whatever they happened to change was the cause of breaking the stall, even though it would have happened whether or not they made the change.

TL;DR - you’re doing great, so keep it up and you’ll be successful.

[xbrittney90 3]

Thank you everyone! I’m relieved to know it’s not something I’m doing wrong and I just have to wait! Hopefully soon!