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I'm hoping so.

As have I. So far, I've lost roughly 10 kg, which is 1/8th of my excess weight. I had two big stalls and I just got over my last big stall a few days ago. In fact, I'm just 0,1 kg away from where I was before my last gain/stall/lose cycle. It feels like the hokey pokey. I put some kg off, I put some kg on, I put some kg off and I try to shake it off. I do the hokey pokey and I turn myself about... that's what I'm upset about!

Everything still fits, which is a bummer, though if my plantar fasciitis goes away, I would consider that a GINORMOUS win. And hopefully soon, winter is coming to Colorado and that aggravates it like nothing else does.

Yeah, I have so many leftovers nowadays, I see the need to buy a microwave.

I have my six-week check on Friday and I weighed in today at 135,2 kg. Since my weight on the day before surgery was 145,6 kg and they say they expect me to lose 10% of my total weight (not my excess, which considering the midpoint for a healthy BMI was 65 kg for my height and age, means that my excess is roughly 80 kg), I would need to lose an additional 4,2 kg before Friday in order to hit that target. There's no way that's happening.

A friend of mine actually saw a picture of me and said that my face is looking thinner. I dunno how accurate that is, but here's the picture I took:

It lasts as long as it feels like lasting. Sorry I can't give you more info that that, but for everyone it's different and the reasons why you're stalling can differ from the reasons others are stalling.

No sh!t, sherlock. I'm aware of this. The immediacy and severity of the reaction helped to reinforce that fact.

... No. I was actually surprised that the night after I checked out of the hospital, I was pooping. I was surprised because I wouldn't be moved to soft foods for another week and a half and I wasn't having puréed anything. But the binder they gave me for taking care of myself after the surgery did tell me both diarrhea and constipation were possibilities for after surgery, so they recommended Immodium and Colace respectively for each condition. Well, I know dumping syndrome is accompanied with dizziness, sweating and eventually, you toss your food. I think I might have it, as when I went to my GP's office for my first follow-up appointment after the surgery with her (but not with the surgeon, as I was still on full liquids/puréed foods), I experienced it. You see, since I was on full liquids/puréed foods and had not adequately prepared for this visit (I did have my medications, but not something to eat). So, I stopped off at Dairy Queen to get a shake. Yeah, I know, poor choice but I was kinda craving it and asked myself why not? Well, I figured out why not shortly after having it. I started getting sweaty and dizzy and I had to puke up the entire shake once I got into the bathroom. Now, I'm not sure WHY it happened, as I have had a few sweet things after the surgery and haven't experienced this.

Yeah, I've been gaining over the past couple of days, which blows. Since Thursday or so, I've gained 1,3 kg back. I know that looking at the bigger picture, I'm doing fine but looking at how much I lose on a day to day basis, I'm thinking "how long does this take?", knowing full well that I probably will take a year to a year and a half to achieve my goal weight.

Oh, Bariatric Advantage, how hard does your website suck? Let me count the ways...

I know I've lost roughly 0,3 kgs since yesterday (as I said, my scale hasn't synched with the wifi), putting me at approximately 298,6 lbs (I think, again, without the exact data synched, this will be tough to say). Weighing myself everyday does have the side effect of making the progress feel slow, but I think looking at the aggregate, I've already lost 10% of my excess weight and I'm 6.84 kg (or roughly 15 lbs) away from reaching 20% of my excess weight lost.

Yesterday when I weighed in, for the first time in a long time, I've weighed in at under 300 lbs. I am down again today but since my scale isn't synching with the wifi and is set in stone pounds for some reason (I dunno why), I couldn't tell you.

Out of curiosity, what's your starting point?

I think I'm stalled again. I'm not gaining a lot, maybe 0,05 kg one day while losing 0,1 kg the next.

So far this month, I've lost 8,5 kg (or 18,7 lbs) and I'm five (5) days away from being one month post-op. Since my excess weight is 79,7 kg, I've already surpassed the 10% mark.

Why not cream of potato soup made with milk to help get your protein numbers up?

I am starting to hit my numbers (or pretty close to them) without the aid of protein powder but I do wonder about the cost-effectiveness of how I'm doing it, so I am going to do a bit of comparison shopping. Oh goody, something to be self-conscious about. I haven't noticed anything different personally but my sense of perception about things like that isn't always the best.

That's a terrible piece of advice. What if you don't have hunger cravings? I know after my surgery, I don't, so that would be woefully irresponsible advice to give.

I think mine might have been protein related. Over this past week, I've been tracking my protein intake and noticed that now that I'm tracking my numbers and being very intentional about my protein and water intake, the stall was able to break. ... Also, on another note, I was at King Soopers the other day and saw protein-infused water in the diet/exercise supplements section of the store. I was intrigued to try it out but considering it's $10 for four bottles, my attitude quickly shifted to "screw that".

I have enough data to confirm that I've beaten last week's inexplicable weight gain. Over the past few days, not only have I lost all the weight I gained over the previous week but as of today, I'm at a lower point on the scale than I was the day before the gain started, being down 0,4 kg (0,8 lbs for the Americans here) from my lowest point and down 1 kg (2,2 lbs) since yesterday.

Well, seeing your surgeon is important because you're fearing the worst case scenario. Best case, you've helped to diagnose a problem and hopefully, it can get fixed.

During daylight hours? Absolutely not! My thighs burn with the fires of a thousand evils.

So far, I've walked about 8 406 steps today. I went to the new hospital they built (and will soon be offering bariatric surgery) to see about the plans they have for offering support groups. So far, nobody knows but I walked along the St. Vrain trail until I got to the trailhead and had to walk along Highway 119 with the prarie dogs. The heat, combined with the fact that my legs keep rubbing against each other, probably means I need to rest for a little while and wait for sundown before trying to get the remaining 1 600 steps.

Fortunately, I'm not. When I was a kid, I had really bad acid reflux but now, it's not nearly as bad. I am holding yesterday's weight loss, as when I weighed in today, I am still at 139 kg even. Still 1,9 kg up from where I was last Sunday but hopefully, this will start to come down.