Lost 8 lbs in pre-op diet and only 13 lbs since my surgery Nov.14th! I'm confused still! I've been at a stall since Thanksgiving and wondering why. I have added calories, increased water intake and do high intense cardio workouts 5 days a week!!!!!' HELP!

I think it all depends on where you start and how much weight you have to lose. I've been wondering the same thing myself because I've lost 22 pounds since Nov 30th and am also stuck for the last 2 weeks. I see my doctor today and will check with her, but considering my goal is 80 pounds, I'm more than 25% there in less than 2 months. I still struggle with the protien (and drink shakes) and work really hard to drink enough liquids. But I trust that my body is going to adjust and the weight will continue to come off.

Wow you really have me looking at it with a whole new view on it. When I had the surgery I only had 60 lbs total to loose and 21 lbs down I'm almost half way there in 2 months! If I loose another 21 lbs in two months I won't be far from my goal!!! Thanks so much for the insight!!!!!!

Yes, if you didn't have much to lose that could be a huge part of the problem. I hit tough spots, or "happy weights" twice and hung there for weeks and weeks both times. Once I hit 190 and once I hit 160 it took forever to move past those points! My body was so happy at these weights that it didn't seem to matter what I did to jump start things it didn't work.

And once I was within 20 pounds of goal it took another SIX months to get there. The less your body has to lose the more stubborn it gets about letting the weight go. I had two months during that time where I lost one or two pounds. I went weeks and weeks weighing the same thing only to have a big drop of 5 pounds out of the blue.

Be patient and keep doing the right things. Track your calories and if you can, try to do the breathing test to get your metabolism tested. It's inexpensive and only takes a little time. I discovered that my basal metabolic rate is significantly lower than the average, so the 1200 calorie diet was destined for failure unless I coupled it with huge workouts several days a week.

Good luck, and I hope you find a solution. I always recommend tracking your food if you aren't already, because sometimes we do slip into denial about what we're eating.

~Cheri