aguirre25

My surgery was 10/10/16, I've had more stalls than active weight loss weeks. Yet here I am in a size 14 about to move to a size 12. They aren't stalls, I call them Pauses. Nothing's stopped, your body is still working, you have done so much to it, it needs a little time. The first 6-12 weeks are about recovery and healing. You will lose weight but your body is also in shock, it will retain Water, be swollen, sore and need time.

But then it will happen again and you won't have a good reason. You will be following all the protocols and you will be walking and drinking your water and hitting your Protein goals and yet you will hit another Pause. You need to be mentally prepared for that. It's not all a down slope.

So to prepare you need to do a few things:
Measure yourself, your head (yes, you lose weight there) your neck - super satisfying to watch it shrink, your biceps, your forearms, your writs, hell - measure your fingers too and your palm, your breast, under your breasts, your waist, your hips, your thighs, etc. All the way to your toes. Then do that about once every few weeks or so. And then when you hit another plateau you pull out that sheet and measure yourself again and see that your body is still changing and evolving. The scale does not tell the whole story. When I get discouraged I like to take a few moments and feel the changes in my body. I run my hands along my feet and ankles, my calves and knees. I feel the bones and muscle revealing themselves. I wrap my fingers around my wrist and feel how much smaller they are now. I run my hands along my forearms on the outside and feel my bones up to my elbow. I run my hands along my collar bones, revel in the fact I have them now! I continue on up my neck, circling it with my hands to feel how small it is now and then along my jaw bone, a bone I haven't seen in decades. I take these moments and remind myself how great this is and how great I'm doing even if I don't believe it in that moment. I move. When I'm discouraged I now move. I used to eat. Now I want to remind myself how much easier it is to move. So I go for a very vigorous walk, I put on the happiest, bounciest, fasted rhythmed music I have and get to steppin! Blast that brain with some oxygen, sun, music and endorphins.
There are going to be MANY pauses and stalls and plateaus. It's our job to prepare your coping tools and mechanisms so that you can self-sooth and re-motivate without need for food or a serious mental adjustment. Before I let myself get that far I use these methods. They work for me, you will find what works for you hopefully. Good luck and congratulations!!!

Look up the "three week stall." It is a very real phenomenon that happens to the majority of bariatric surgery patients sometime between the second and fourth post-op week. Since it usually takes place during week three, it is called the three week stall.
For now, it would be wise to stay off the scale. The stall will break. You didn't become obese overnight and you will not become a normal-weight person overnight, either. Patience is king. Weight loss after the sleeve is your personal marathon, not some sprint in which we compare our progress to other sleevers.
You lost 16 pounds in less than three weeks. You are doing wonderfully. With my sleeve I lost an average of 3 to 6 pounds per month, so I was the definition of a slow loser, yet I made it to goal.
Keep in mind that the weight loss phase is unimportant in the bigger picture. Instead, your ability to maintain the weight loss for life is what really matters since the majority of bariatric surgery patients regain some or all of their weight.
Good luck to you!

Not to discourage anyone...
Sleeve on the 5th and I'm down 29ish pounds. I have had nothing but liquids; broth, Water and Premiere brand Protein Shakes. Mostly water! Try putting more Water than anything in your diet. Everyone is different tho.
My starting weight was 287.8 at the day of surgery and I weighed at 259.6 at yesterday's Dr appt.

I'm good with Protein but struggling to get all the Water in. Maybe I need to work on that.

Sleeve on the 12th. Went in at 246 came out at 255... very swollen. Weighed today. 235...

I skipped the movie with the family just so I wouldn't be tempted. @mrsdaniel2013 There is no way possible to go to a movie without popcorn.. and some raisinets... and soda... and nachos. See... this is why I need help :0(

I alternated between diarrhea and Constipation for most of the first 4 months after surgery. I used Citrucel early on to help regulate my bowels, it's methylcellulose and won't produce gas in your stomach or intestines...that was important for me because any gas pains really bothered me for a few months.
Now I use Benefiber, as it's completely undetectable in anything I add it to, plus it helps with your gut flora.
The only other tip I have is to rethink your body's normal bowel habits. I only go maybe twice a week now, sometimes 3 times. I'm taking in so much less food than previously, and it's more digestible food, too, so less solid waste. Good luck, and I hope you're feeling better soon

An enema should help, you may have to take a double dose

mizzzrenee

Hey fellow freckles. Don't get down. I am a newbie too and all I'm reading is stay true to getting Protein and Water goals and it will come off. Stalls are expected