GradyCat

Then it must be natural for us to stall at this point. Whew! At least it's a normal thing and it's not just me. I know I'm doing everything I'm supposed to be doing (700 calories/day, exercising 4 days/week, 60 g protein, 64 oz water) but the scale will just not cooperate. I wish the nutritionists would tell us to expect the Week 4 and Week 16 stalls so we wouldn't freak out and think we're done losing.

I don't know why, but I thought about what if I had a medical emergency and they had to take me on a stretcher to the hospital in an ambulance and they couldn't lift me because I was so fat? That motivated me to want to lose weight.

I used to take them but they gave me heartburn and made me burp.

Your stomach talks to you a lot better post-op than it did pre-op. It lets you know when you're full and when you're really hungry.

My surgeon never said I couldn't have coffee. But I guess the caffeine acts as an appetite stimulant? I have always just drank decaf.

So funny but true! I'm a scale-a-holic too! And . . . I've been in a stall for 3 weeks also. From what I'm reading in the forums for us December sleevers, it must be a natural stall point because I've read at least 4 or 5 of us stalling around Week 16.

That's great news! Good luck and take care and let us know how you're doing post-op.

That's very helpful to know that I'm not the only one stalling and that it can start up again when my body's ready. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks so much! I'm in a stall now and at first I was beamoaning, "What am I doing wrong?" then I realized I'm doing everything I'm supposed to be doing but my body needs to rest for a few weeks. At first I worried that this was all the weight I was going to lose and I need to lose twice as much more yet, but I now understand that I just need to breathe and ride it out. Thank you for this post!

I'm experiencing the same thing now at 4 months post-op sleeve. I gained 2.5 pounds for no real reason. I'm eating the same as you, exercising 4-5 days a week, meeting my protein goals, and getting my water in. Finally, finally, after two weeks now it's finally going back down but I feel like I've lost a month in terms of precious losing time. But, I know stalls are a natural thing and my body needs to rest every now and then, but it's hard to come to terms with and I keep trying to blame myself even though I didn't do anything wrong. It's tough.

Congrats! Keep up the good work.

That's great news! So happy for you. Good luck with the WLS process.

I use MyFitnessPal to track all of my food, water, and exercise. It shows you calories, protein, fat, carbs, etc. It's FREE

Thanks, I had never heard of it. Checking it out now out of curiosity.

I started taking my prescription medication as soon as I got home from the hospital and had no trouble swallowing them. The surgeon explained that they'll still absorb

Yes, I'm much more active now and it's easier to go to the gym and I've been enjoying walks outside this Spring and life is good. Congrats on your rapid weight loss!

I'm on solid foods and get "hungry" about every 3 hours after being able to eat just small amounts. It's a lifestyle change I guess. It does get better when you get to solid foods though.

I'm 4 months out and have lost 35 pounds the the sleeve. I'm in a stall right now, my second stall post-op.

Tea wouldn't do anything unless you'd added sugar. It's probably just a natural stall. I'm in one right now at 16 weeks.

You're on antibiotics, right? Yeah, your surgery might get postponed. Sorry about that. Hang in there.

I've been in a stall for 2-3 weeks now and it's finally going down . . . slowly. I'm so close to getting into Onederland that it's killing me!

I was eating out at restaurants, but then I hit a stall, so now that I'm eating at home again I'm starting to lose again. Even though I count everything I eat in MyFitnessPal, there's something about eating out that isn't conducive to losing weight. But when I do eat out I eat one beef taco or a half portion of salmon.

You've hit the Week 4 stall. Everybody gets it. It'll even out in a week or two and start losing again. Stay away from the scale, it's the enemy.

I didn't have to do anything like that before surgery. I had a bowel movement before leaving the hospital and haven't had any constipation whatsoever.

It looks like nearly everybody gets the Week 3 or 4 stall and it seems several of us have also gotten it around Week 16 as well. That's what I've learned so far from these forums. I've experienced both and am just getting out of a stall going on Week 18.