Rayven

It’s normal. It’s a plateau, your body will drop it, just stay on course. While you’re not losing pounds, inches are coming off. The pounds will too, eventually. Body is adjusting and will until you hit your goal.

I feel your pain with the stress. I go back to work next week and I'm dreading it. I hope the soups does the trick. If not, the break is on the way.

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Doesn't seem bad. I'm right behind you at 5 weeks. I had stall for 2 weeks and then it broke. So, maybe you're at a point where it stalls and will break again. I thought the honeymoon stage ends around 6 months. What does your surgeon and nutritionist say?

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Thats true. All well an good losing fast, but if you fatten up and dont make maintainance what good is losing fast?When I stall which i havent in awhile as im sick so cant eat lol i look at the fact you lost steady and kept it off and id rather lose steady and keep it off then loose fast and get fat lol

A stall is signs that your body has adjusted, What I am finding is that a lot of people who are successful in their weight loss switched up their routine. Maybe workout in the morning vs. the evening. Stop eating certain foods and switch them up.
I am looking at doing the Keto and Paleo diets and switching those up every month or so. I have a set of dice, and every month I will roll it, and if it comes up even then Paleo, and if the dice is odd Keto.
Also, I have to stay around the 900 calories mark to see real change. I have found for me that at 1000 - 1200 calories per day my weight loss slows.
Stay in the game don't give up! That is the key learn and educate yourself and listen to your body it does speak to you.

You can't compare your weight loss to others....
For comparison, I'd lost 33.5 pounds at 3 months out, so you're actually losing at a faster rate than me if you've already lost 40 in 2.5 months.
What matters is the final result: I reached my goal weight and have maintained the loss. Nobody gives a rat's ass how fast or slowly you lost it if you regain it all. Weight maintenance matters more than weight loss.
Good luck to you.

You will have many stalls and plateaus in you journey and it is just part of the journey. Along the way you will learn to tweak your diet to support weight loss and will identify what works and what doesn’t work and all of that takes times of things not working.

I am almost 5 months out which is nothing compared to some of he vets here but I have learned a lot from their advice that makes a difference. I didn’t believe it when people said they would drop inches and sizes without dropping weight. Or that nothing would happen and then a whoosh of pounds dropped.

Use the plateaus to learn what works and what doesn’t work. And strap yourself in for the process of learning how to maintain your health for the rest of your life. Keep going and don’t make yourself nuts !

Sounds like everything is going great! Stalls happen. There is no way to prevent it or stop it. Just go with the flow, stick to your plan, and eventually it'll break. In the meantime you don't have to keep weighing as often.

Nearly three years post surgery, I still have trouble getting enough Water. Crystal Light helps me a lot, though. Good luck!

eggs seem to bother me some. I will try tuna. Fish is ok not a lot of issue with fish. Thank you for the advice. I appreciate it very much.

I too was constipated for the 1st week post-op. I am now 3 weeks out, and don't have issues anymore. Once I was allowed full liquids (Week2), I started preparing green smoothies. It is just frozen spinach, 1 banana, 1tbsp PBFit, 2tbsp Protein Powder, 1 1/2 cups Water, 1 1/2 cups unsweetened almond milk. I normally add hemp seeds to this as well. I blended it up until smooth. Sometimes, I replaced the almond milk with a banana Premier Protein shake. This gave me over 70 grams of Protein. If it was too thick, I watered it down a bit. Either way, I sipped on that for Breakfast and lunch. I also made sure that I got at least 64 ounces of water/g2/vitamin water zero daily. This helped get everything flowing again. I still make them at least every other day. I also try to add veggies into everything, because lack of Fiber can do a number on you over time. Good luck!

5 weeks is still early for meat. Don't stress if it isn't agreeing quite yet. At 5 weeks out, I was still working on cottage cheese, yogurt, eggs, Beans, tuna salad. Stuff like that. Even cheese was too harsh.
Water is a problem for lots of us.. herbal tea, adding flavoring, etc. can help. Miralax or the occasional enema can help the Constipation.

Thank you for your reply. I will try that.

Hey! I found that drinking water was like swallowing a brick! I now add fresh lemon juice or diet cordial and have no problem reaching the required daily fluid amount. Try adding some stock to loosen up the thickness of your food and introduce 1 meat at a time. Good luck!