What's with the number 3?

[LCS 21]

Hi There,

I was sleeved on April 19th of this year. At the 3 week mark, I hit a plateau, and lost nothing. It lasted almost 3 weeks. I then began losing again, until the 3 month mark. For the entire third month, I lost almost nothing. As soon as I entered my 4th month, I started losing again. I'm beginning to fear the number 3. Hopefully, I won't have to worry again until year 3!

[nuffbrownin 0]

Wow! Thank you very much for this post. I too hit a plateau at week 3 and have now gone 3 weeks without weight loss. Were you able to figure out why this happened to you? I don't eat much so I thought maybe my metabolism was slowing down. At least I know that this will pass.

Hi There,

I was sleeved on April 19th of this year. At the 3 week mark, I hit a plateau, and lost nothing. It lasted almost 3 weeks. I then began losing again, until the 3 month mark. For the entire third month, I lost almost nothing. As soon as I entered my 4th month, I started losing again. I'm beginning to fear the number 3. Hopefully, I won't have to worry again until year 3!

[LilMissDiva Irene 3,281]

That's so funny you mention fearing the 3rd year. I heard that's the year most sleevers will gain back any weight, statistically.

[300PoundsDown 101]

At 3 weeks I also hit a plateau which also lasted for almost 3 weeks. Weird!

[thinoneday 445]

Diva, any weight or all their weight? Ugh how depressing is that. . . guess some really hard work is coming up huh? Reason I ask is because i tetter between 200 - 210 lbs and have never gotten to my personal goal of 180. . . but I did surpass the doctors goal of 212 ! Yipppee to me!

[LilMissDiva Irene 3,281]

Diva, any weight or all their weight? Ugh how depressing is that. . . guess some really hard work is coming up huh? Reason I ask is because i tetter between 200 - 210 lbs and have never gotten to my personal goal of 180. . . but I did surpass the doctors goal of 212 ! Yipppee to me!

Oh no, I've actually not heard of anyone gaining all their weight back. I'm not saying it isn't possible to either, just haven't ever heard of it.

From what I've heard its usually around 10% back.

So for me, I'd probably gain back around 15 Lbs or so... but I also think it's controllable too. I've just gone through way too much to let any weight creep back up on me. I happen to think its folks who become too complacent, aren't checking their weight or really just ignoring the gain. That's how I gained up to over 300 Lbs and really I don't see that happening for me.

[LCS 21]

Wow! Thank you very much for this post. I too hit a plateau at week 3 and have now gone 3 weeks without weight loss. Were you able to figure out why this happened to you? I don't eat much so I thought maybe my metabolism was slowing down. At least I know that this will pass.

My doctor told me that our bodies are shifting around the weight, and not to worry. (easy for him to say, he's skinny) He said this is when we lose the inches.