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Well broke the stall...by eating like crap for 2 days, go figure... Maybe I need to up my calorie intake?

Thanks all! I feel like a stall queen as well. My patten has been 2 weeks of no scale movement then a week and a half of a quick drop. So a month is a long time for me. And that’s kinda interesting, I am at a weight that I spent a lot of time at.

I know there are hundreds of posts about stalls... However, mine is now really bothering me. I have been stalled, bouncing between the same 3 lbs for a month now. I’m only 4 1/2 months post op. I have been getting my 60+ grams of protein, I’ve been getting my 70 oz of water, if I eat a carb it because I have a little room left and it’s a healthy carb. I’m exercising 2-3 times a week cardio and doing weights every day at home. I take my vitamins. I am beyond frustrated and want to cry. I was on a great steady pace the first 3 months, averaging 10 lbs a month. Everyone keeps saying take advantage of this first 6-12 months...it’s hard to stay positive when you feel like you’ve lost one of those months. Any help would be so appreciated.

I was having the same issue with being nauseous a few weeks back. Nothing seemed to help, not meds, not cutting dairy, not drinking more water. Turns out, after a meeting with my nutritionist, it’s my new signal that I’m hungry...great.

I only just started to feel better in the last few weeks myself. I found weeks 3-6 to be the absolute hardest. I was tired, miserable, wanted to chug a glass of water, wanted to eat like a normal person, felt nauseous all the time... Same responses of “oh it gets better hang in there”. And it does, 3 months post op and I feel so much better. But when you are in those first few weeks, it sucks. And a week feels like forever. I counted the days when I could start the next phase of my diet. You don’t realize how much your life revolves around food. It sounds crazy, but I totally went through a phase in those weeks where I’d walk the grocery store hunting down anything I could eat for the week (and bought way more food than I could ever eat) because so much of it is mental. It’s so much to handle all at once, but you learn. When I was in weeks 3-6 it seemed like an eternity. 3 months out, it seems like an eternity ago.

Met my fiancé online pre surgery. Everyone asks what site, my reply is they all suck, I got lucky lol Have to go through a lot of crap to get to the good stuff, but as long as your prepared for it, it’s fine! Just have fun :)

J San it is my surgeon who was giving me a hard time funny enough.

Thanks everyone for the support. I got in with my PCP this afternoon, and I’m hoping she will hear me out and help me focus on my health instead of work!

Hey everyone, I’ve been kind of a lurker until now... So I am 6 weeks post op, I returned to work 3 weeks ago at the start of the school year. I am a k-8 library teacher, on my feet all day, teaching all day, moving books and bins all day. By 1:00 I’m so sore I am starting to hunch over and get nauseous. I’m finding it very difficult to sip water all day...it’s hard to sip and teach at the same time. Did I go back too soon? I’m having a really hard time taking care of myself while trying to do my job well. I feel like such a wimp. On top of it, my doctors office is being really reluctant to give me a note in case I need a day or two off. Any help or advice would be much appreciated.

I’ve been very open about my process and journey with wls. My coworkers have been so supportive and inquisitive. I’ve been called words like brave, and strong, and beautiful. It’s so easy to want to keep your life private. But Don’t be afraid to be open. I have found a lot of my motivation through my coworkers.