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Okay IM 6 weeks post-Op AND ON MY 2nd STALL!! HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD 2STALLS IN 6weeks. Ive lost 20 lbs on 6 weeks!! THIS REALLY FEELS THE SAME TO ME AS WHEN I WOULD YO YO DIET!!!! I REALLY HATE MY scale TOOO!

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Hi Jinjin, I just started week 10 post op. I had 2 stalls within 8 weeks.

My first 4 weeks were awesome...lost 30 lbs. Then at week 5 I came to a screeching halt...I even gained close to 3 lbs in weeks 5, 6, and 7. Yes, I had a 3 week stall and was freaking out the whole time!!! Reading these boards helped me so much. I stopped weighing myself every day, now just weigh-in every other day. Somewhere between week 8 and 9 I stalled again for a few days...BUT, after all is said and done...Since July 1st (the date my first stall started) I have lost another 7 lbs. And I'm good with that. If you look at some postings of long-time sleevers, you see the number of lbs. lost really go down after the 1st and second month. I've realized it isn't how fast I get it off, but that I KEEP getting it off...and ultimately that it stays off.

I was complaining on previous posts that when I stalled at about 30-35 lbs, this was the same amt I've lost on countless other diets, it felt like the same old bad vibe. BUT with my pre-op diet loss, I am at 45 lbs. lost. Now that is a new one for me! I have not seen this weight since I was a teen. And now I know, the weight loss may stall, but it will not stop anytime soon.

Stop worrying! :) You WILL keep losing and you will become happier and healthier! It took me a week or 2, but now I'm not worried, I am just trying to stick to the rules...and rule#1 for me, low carbs...40g or under a day if I can; less than 1000 cal a day if I can, and all my Water. Exercise is my issue right now, but it may not be a coincidence that when it increased, my weight decreased and my stall broke.

I am a very "the glass is half full" kind of person, and this is what I now say to myself: "I CAN'T wait for my next stall !!!" Because that means between now and then I will lose some weight, and then once the stall is over, I will lose again!!! Yay for stalls!!

(I know, I know...get over myself! :D ) Take care, I hope some of these words are helpful to you.

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Thank YOU VERY MUCH ADRI! made me feel so much better! Your very right, im having trouble w- my exercise. Im so tired all the time. Some days are better than others. And my Water intake needs to go up.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPLY!

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