I am feeling both up & down lately about my WLS. I feel good after losing 31 pounds in 11 weeks (43 including pre-op)and over 11 inches in my hips alone. I cleaned out my closet today and it's practically bare after removing all of the items I could no longer wear.

I am feeling down because the scale continues to mock me. I was up 3 pounds during my TOM and afterward went back to where I was. The issue is that the scale seems to no longer be moving. Granted, I am struggling with getting my fluids in and getting my exercise. I was walking about 30 minutes a day but the weather has been playing havoc with my rheumatoid arthritis so walking has been out of the question as a result. I feel like I may have been grazing a bit more with the TOM and the holidays so today I joined my fitness pal so I can begin to track each and every bite so that i can see exactly how many calories I am consuming.

I have a stationary bike so I will start riding it 30 minutes a day and see if that will help offset the walking that I am missing out on.

Does anyone have any other ideas? I am open to anything at this point. I just realized that I never had my post op nutritionist appointment so I have it scheduled for next week.

Thanks for reading and for any advice you can offer. I know this was the right decision and I have already left behind high blood pressure and diabetes with what I have lost so far. I know the future is bright.

You and me both, lady. I've lost 35 pounds in 11 weeks. I am not even joking I think we are totally on the same wave length, but nothing is moving my scale and it has almost been two weeks now. I am dying here. I try low carb, high carb, exercise, more fluids, more protein, why won't it move?!

Wishes. Our surgery dates are really close also. Maybe this is normal. I am very happy with my loss thus far. I just get frustrated when the scale doesn't go down in almost 3 weeks. Grrrrrr. Hang in there and I will too. Let's check in next week and see where we both are. I am going to change up with the things I listed here. Adding stationary bike, tracking calories & fluids on my fitness pal and adding in same aerobic activity. Good luck to you as well. We can do this. We've already come so far.

Maybe, I definitely understand, but when it does it is something to Celebrate. And both of us have dropped so many sizes now that our closets are nearly empty. It is just that gosh darned scale.

Add me on myfitnesspal as wish3s, I've been on there since day 1. Yeah, maybe I need a more intense form of exercise. Good luck to you as well!

I feel ya on this. Same here, except mine seem like they are lasting for a month. (LOL) I just keep doing what I'm doing. I don't stress it, the weight loss will crank back up again. I try not to focus on the scales but the way my clothes fit. I do not see it, but others around me do. Keep working your sleeve ladies and it will start back up again.

Deb

The scale will move. You're doing everything right. Stalls happen, unfortunately. How many calories/day are you getting? Not enough calories can cause stalls too since our bodies go into starvation mode.

i am getting between 700 and 1000 calories per day. On average around 800.

Sounds like your calories are in a good range for being 3 months out. My only advice is to put the scale away for 10 days or so and try not to worry about it. The scale does not define all of your success. Think about the inches you have lost - that is amazing!!! At several times on the journey your body will hang on to Water for no particular reason, but your body will start re-distributing and inches will be falling off of you.

If you know you have multiple stalls you may want to only weigh yourself once every 2 weeks. And never, ever weigh yourself during that TOM. That's just torture. Take yourself shopping and marvel in the new small sizes you fit into :-)

Good luck---

Chill. that's my advice. My weight bounces up 3-5 lbs ever month before my period and then starts dropping the week after. It's been doing the same thing since month 3. Don't stress, don't change just keep on keeping on.