Update: my 6-week stall eventually ended, as did a recent 3-month stall. The hunger pangs are definitely back to pre-op levels, and my doctor again recommends appetite suppressants (specifically, the legal half of phen-fen). He says almost all sleevers see a return of hunger at 6-9 months, and some (me) sooner. I'm just relying on the restrictive tool of my surgery now.
Thanks, all, for the input!
I was sleeved 6/22/16.
The first week I lost 3 pounds (okay, I thought, not great but maybe I'm still full of IV fluids).
The second week I lost 3 pounds. (Okay, I thought, at least I'm losing SOMETHING.)
The third week I really upped my exercise, hiking 4-7 miles per days. I lost 5 pounds. (I thought it would be more.)
The fourth week I lost one pound.
The fifth week I lost zero pounds.
I'm in the sixth week now and have lost zero pounds.
Other than the first couple of post-op days, I'm getting in ~125g Protein per day (spread across 5 meals), very low carb, between 800 and 1200 calories. (800 was when I was losing those first 3 weeks.) Plenty of cardio, rotating among different activities (biking, hiking etc). Started up weight training. Mostly hitting my Water goal.
Yet I'm not losing weight (or sizes). And I'm huuuungry, especially shortly after shakes or soft meals. A little weak and a lot cranky. Basically this feels like the same old diet I always do.
I'm emailed my clinic and they say a stall is normal, they are "pretty sure I'll lose weight by three months out," etc. But everyone in my support group, even the lower-BMIers, are dropping almost a pound per day. Versus me; I've lost only 12 pounds in almost 6 weeks.
Help. This is the most expensive diet I've ever done - I am self-pay - and it is one of the least successful so far. (In the month BEFORE my surgery, I lost 21 pounds. Yet with a sleeve, in even more time, I've lost only 12.)
