Hi all! Just wanted to check in. Yesterday was my 2 week post op date. I am down 14.6lbs! Yay me! However, I have hit the dreaded stall. I have not dropped a pound in about 5 or 6 days. I did take my measurements and am happy to report that I am losing inches though! Lost about 2.5 inches on my waist alone. So I am taking my little successes as they come.

Biggest problem I seem to be having is the bowel movements. Very uncomfortable. Nothing is working. I have been using a stool softener and milk of magnesia to get things moving...still nothing. I went to buy Metamucil today so we shall see. I also do get pretty wiped out by the end of the day too.

Other than that I am doing my best to try and get all of my fluids down as well as the Protein. It is a strange thing to have to remind myself to eat. I no longer know what it feels like to be hungry or stuffed like a turkey. It's pretty amazing. I am also back to walking 3 miles, 5 x's a week. I have to admit it definitely helps to fill the time that I used to dedicate to food!

Congrats! Yes it is painful to not see the pounds decreasing. But it is good to see the inches disappearing. I keep reading that this stall is to be expected, but fear that I am the exception to the rule. Again this would be another failure for me. I know that I'm catastrophizing. Can't help it though. This too will pass! LOL

I hit a stall last week (4 to 5 weeks post-op) and this week I am losing again. I am not doing anything different- in fact, I may actually be eating a bit more. My surgeon said this is completely natural and expected and is the body healing itself. Over a week without the scale changing is very frustrating though, especially at this stage.

I am right there with you! Tomorrow will be two full weeks for me post op. I have not lost a lb since last Sunday. I know stalls are to be expected but certainly didn't expect it this fast. I too am working on getting all my liquids and Protein. I know it will pass but it's a bit discouraging when I don't see it on the scale. I haven't ever measured myself, but I can tell I am shrinking. I received my first compliment at work yesterday.

Keep up the hard work. We will get by this!!

Vance

Thanks Vance! I am down 2 oz today lol! Yay me!

You know that old fear is in the back of my mind...I had surgery and removed my stomach to lose 15lbs and that's it!? Well, rationally I know I have plenty of time ahead of me to lose this weight. But I wanted to be at my goal weight yesterday!

Guess I better learn to be patient!

have to revisit this to ask how its going now? I'm in a stall and wodnering how long its going to last! I even gained a bit, but I also factor in the fact that I switched to soft diet AND didn't poop for a week, so a girls gotta gain some weight from that alone. I'm back down to what i was a week ago now, so I'm hoping the scale will start to descend again....of course AF should hit later this week...booo...that'll probably be another hit to the scale.

Hi there! Well, not much action on the scale for me either. I am still the same weight. I was constipated for a while until I figured out that milk goes right through me now

I did go out and purchase some chewable Fiber tablets. It seems to help and yes I would agree that no BM means no weight loss

I walk a lot and just started weight training (light) today. I did read on here that if you are exercising your loss may be slow because the muscle is replacing the fat. But I will take the chance because I would like to try and avoid the saggy skin as much as possible. So I look at it as a blessing in a way. A slower weight loss = less saggy skin. These are the things I tell myself to stay motivated

Hang in there LoserMama we are in this together!