I went on vacation to the mountains and hiked up mountain trails 3-6 miles each day for 6 days. I drank the right amount of water, took my vitamins, ate between 600-800 calories, stayed low carb and around 72-90 grams of protein. When I got home - THE SCALE HAD NOT MOVED. That was the most exercise of my life and NOTHING happened. Just disappointed - needed somewhere to vent!

Ugh! How frustrating! Hopefully it's just delayed reaction and this week a whole bunch of weight just disappears like magic!

Maybe you lost fat but gained muscle . Sounds like you are on the dreaded 3rd week stall. Try not to let it get you down too much. You will soon see a downward movement on the scale.

OH YEAH, YOU WILL SEE SOMETHING FROM ALL THAT HARD WORK!! Give it 3-5 days. GREAT JOB!!

Give your body some time to readjust! The scale will move. If you're like me your body will start to demand exercise and the pounds will start flying off, sometimes 2-3 in a day!

Thanks for the encouragement. It was just so disappointing! I'll just keep on doing what I'm supposed to. Did 3 miles in 50 min last night.

WOW DEERPARK!! Your encouraging me! Thats great..

4 miles in 1 hour today. Still at 580 calories and still NO loss! Danger, what a stall.

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For the amount of exercising you are doing you are probably not eating enough calories and carbs thus slowing down the weight loss. If you are doing major hiking you are probably burning more calories than you are taking in. Also when you are excercising if you don't eat enough carbs (tit is needed to help burn calories or something of the sort. I remember reading about this and my nut also taking about it when I was early out. Just enjoy what you are able to do now as to what you could before surgery. I was not able to even hike 2 miles before surgery. Hang in there, it will come off.

Agree - you're not eating enough. If you are only taking in 600 calories and then burning 600-1000 hiking, you aren't going to lose weight.

You will see a drop your body is just storing up water from all that it used powering your muscles. We keep several pounds of water reserves and once they are depleted the body starts saving up so you are losing fat just not seeing it on the scale. Grats on your awesome hiking btw!

It's water retention. When you suddenly increase activity, muscles are injured and they retain water to help during the repair phase. My body does this whenever I start a new, strenuous exercise. Stay on the right path and you'll see a big drop as your muscles release the fluid.

Thanks you all. I'll up my calories and add some carbs and more water. Stalling is NOT fun!

Keep us posted. Im curious how your body will respond.

For some reason, I have NEVER been able to lose weight while on vacation. It doesn't matter if I drive or fly. I will always come home the same weight as when I left (or have gained a few pounds). Before surgery I always thought that I was eating more food than I thought and just not paying attention. After surgery I keep daily journals and I know my calories are 900-1000 each day, my exercise is up, and the scale just doesn't move.

I agree with the other's about you not eating enough!! In the first month or so, I was only getting about 500 calories a day, but I was exercising 45 minutes a day and burning alot of that. I was so disappointed when I would not lose each week when I would work so hard during the week eating right and exercing.

Someone posted to me the exact thing about eating enough. Seems kinda silly to eat more, but you really have to or your body will think it is starving. I try to get 700-800 most days and when I exercise, I go up to about 1000.

I lose faithfully every week now!!

Good luck!

Kelly