jollyj1977

The same thing happened to me. I panicked! In fact, I'm stalled-out again at 6 months, but I have lost 70 pounds, so I'm not terribly disappointed. I'm upping my exercise and upping the Protein and hoping for the best! Good luck!!

I know that there have been posts about this elsewhere at the forum, but please bear with me!! I had the sleeve on 3/29/11 (2 1/2 weeks ago) and lost 17 lbs. in the first 1 1/2 weeks. My problem is -- now I'm not losing - it's depressing already. I'm eating only what I'm supposed to (I'm on purees still), walking at least 30 minutes a day, getting enough Water, basically everything I'm supposed to be doing. My question for you all is -- IS THIS NORMAL? WHEN WILL I START TO LOSE AGAIN!! I'm paranoid this will end up being yet another "thing" I fail at. Thanks for the info.

If you live where you can get Mootopia millk (HEB in Texas carries it), it's lactose free, fat free, has way less sugar, 12 g of Protein, and tastes like milk! I use that with the high protein slim fast and the Carnation instant Breakfast to boost the protein. Yum!

I was diagnosed with PCOS in July of 2006. I got married in March of 2008 and immediately started trying for children. No such luck. Then came the Metformin and later the fertility drugs and about 40 pounds, much to my dismay. I was sleeved on December 2, 2010. I lost 15 pounds on the pre-op diet, and then I lost about 19 more post-op. I've been stuck at that exact weight for almost 2 weeks, and I feel like a TOTAL failure. It's soooooo disheartening, and I feel myself slipping into a big bad funk. I will go back to work on Monday (post holidays, as I'm a teacher), so I'm hoping that will help kick-start the process again. (I plan to take my sneakers and walk during lunch.) I'm just wondering if anyone else with PCOS is having/has had the same problem? Is it harder to lose weight after sleeve with PCOS? I know it's harder BEFORE sleeve for sure!

Advice?

I'm hangin' by a thread and an angel's breath away from panic!!

I completely understand. I too am stalled-out in the loss department. Of course Christmas vacation isn't the ideal time to be "dieting". I desperately need to amp up my exercise, and maybe going back to work will help the worry wart in me. I am in the biggest funk right now because I keep telling myself that I'm the one who's going to not be successful with this because of this seemingly endless plateau.

The "negative thoughts lead to negative outcomes" comment really helped. : ) I need to work on that.

I'm so glad to know that I'm not the only one who has stalled-out. It's so discouraging, and I'm becoming more and more depressed about it. It may be normal, but I still can't get that to compute in my brain. My husband says I'm getting smaller, but I want to see it on the scale too, darn it! I stalled-out at 34 pounds a little over a week ago. I'm hoping that once I go back to work after the holidays, I'll be more active, and the losing will jump-start itself again.

I agree with finding a new doc who will fulfill YOUR wishes. My surgeon and his nurse both said that they wish more people would get the sleeve done because it's so good. I agree!

Congratulations!!!

I'm almost 4 weeks post-op, and smack in the middle of a 2-week plateau. I too lost 15 on the pre-op diet, and now love ice cold water! I hate that I've stalled, but it's so comforting to know that I'm not the only one and that it will happen. Even though I'm very disheartened now, I'm going to try like heck to get the losing kick-started again!

Just a quick update. I just finished week 8 post-op. It hasn't been easy. I struggle with getting my required fluids and Protein on a daily basis. Everyday is a learning process but I'm glad to be on the journey. I lost 15 lbs pre-op on my 7 day liquid diet. I have lost 35 since surgery 8 weeks ago. I did have a 2 week stall on my third week. My favorite thing to drink is ice cold Water....I hated Water before surgery. I haven't started a work out routine yet. I'm trying to find the energy. I'm posting my progress pics, please forgive the horrible hair as the pics are taken before I get ready for work.