I know that there have been posts about this elsewhere at the forum, but please bear with me!! I had the sleeve on 3/29/11 (2 1/2 weeks ago) and lost 17 lbs. in the first 1 1/2 weeks. My problem is -- now I'm not losing - it's depressing already. I'm eating only what I'm supposed to (I'm on purees still), walking at least 30 minutes a day, getting enough water, basically everything I'm supposed to be doing. My question for you all is -- IS THIS NORMAL? WHEN WILL I START TO LOSE AGAIN!! I'm paranoid this will end up being yet another "thing" I fail at. Thanks for the info.

I am in the same boat. I lost at first and now nothing. My surgery was 3/28. I have been exercising, and following the diet and the scale does not move!

Totally normal; they actually have a name for it - welcome to the week 3 stall. This too shall pass.

Hello All,

I was sleeved on 3/24. I stalled at about 2 to 2 1/2 weeks. Now I'm just over 3 weeks and I seem to have started loosing again. I guess you just have to be patient at times. That's what I'm hearing at least.

BTW I'm already down 48 lbs.

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Totally normal. You are not doing anything wrong. Hang in there, live your life, follow the directions, and you will lose. Patients is a virtue!

Your body is in shock after surgery and is now trying to heal, give it a chance to do so and keep following your guidelines. You are only 2,5 weeks out and have lost 17 lbs, so celebrate those lost and be confident that you will loose more once your body has "forgiven" you for putting it through surgery. :-)

I am 5.5 weeks out and I too stalled at 2.5 weeks after loosing 27lbs. through pre-op and that couple of weeks post-op. I then gained almost 10-15 lbs back in the next following weeks. I was terrified of what was happening because I had been following all of the rules. I went to the Dr. 5 days ago, he prescribed a Water pill and guess what??? I've lost 15 lbs in the water weight that my body was retaining since 2.5 weeks out . And each day I go down a few more lbs. SO, I'm hoping that I will see any real additional weight loss from this "stall" period soon! I have decided that I need to severely alter my high expectations, since there is no guaranteed process for each individual. Just keep on keepin' on and it will all be fine in the long run

I know that there have been posts about this elsewhere at the forum, but please bear with me!! I had the sleeve on 3/29/11 (2 1/2 weeks ago) and lost 17 lbs. in the first 1 1/2 weeks. My problem is -- now I'm not losing - it's depressing already. I'm eating only what I'm supposed to (I'm on purees still), walking at least 30 minutes a day, getting enough water, basically everything I'm supposed to be doing. My question for you all is -- IS THIS NORMAL? WHEN WILL I START TO LOSE AGAIN!! I'm paranoid this will end up being yet another "thing" I fail at. Thanks for the info.

I don't think there is a normal or not normal for VSG. Everybody varies. I've found that if you just keep doing the right things through the stall...your time will come. I'll have weeks where I don't lose a thing, but when I look back over the months I have consistently lost between 10 to12 pounds each month after the first month (20lbs the first month). Sometimes it's frustrating to see that some people lose 100 pounds in 4 months, but you know what...this is me. Gotta say...I'm QUITE pleased with my 67 pound loss! I've gone from a size 20 pants and 18/20 shirts from Lane Bryant to a size 8 or 10 depending on the fabric pants and medium or large shirts depending on the cut from Old Navy. If you do what you're supposed to do...it will happen. It might not be as quickly (or as slowly) as someone else, but you will be successful! Chin up.

Around the 3rd week, it's normal to start stalling.

It'll get better! hang in there.

The same thing happened to me. I panicked! In fact, I'm stalled-out again at 6 months, but I have lost 70 pounds, so I'm not terribly disappointed. I'm upping my exercise and upping the Protein and hoping for the best! Good luck!!

I know that there have been posts about this elsewhere at the forum, but please bear with me!! I had the sleeve on 3/29/11 (2 1/2 weeks ago) and lost 17 lbs. in the first 1 1/2 weeks. My problem is -- now I'm not losing - it's depressing already. I'm eating only what I'm supposed to (I'm on purees still), walking at least 30 minutes a day, getting enough Water, basically everything I'm supposed to be doing. My question for you all is -- IS THIS NORMAL? WHEN WILL I START TO LOSE AGAIN!! I'm paranoid this will end up being yet another "thing" I fail at. Thanks for the info.

I actually stalled at 2 weeks and a couple of days- and since I lost a pound yesterday at 3 weeks one day I hope my stall is broken! Luckily I have everyone here talking about stalls so I knew to just keep on keeping on!

It's frustrating but it will pass. Find a distraction from the scale, and measure inches or sizes. It's not you, stalls are normal and the 3wk one is famous on the wls boards.

I'm 2 weeks out as of yesterday. I 'm currently blaming PMS, but I haven't lost anything in days. Woe, I know. I'm trying to ignore it as much as possible.