We all have been there. You hit a stall and it lasts so long that you start to believe that your weight loss is done. I know all about stalls...I know everyone gets them, but regardless I still get those little demons creeping up in my mind saying...you arent going to lose anymore weight, you are a failure. This last stall was a duzzy. I had been the same weight plus or minus 2 pounds for almost 3 months. I started to believe that I had let myself down, and started feeling depressed, thinking what was the point? I started eating crap that I knew was bad for me believing that why should I even try to eat right if it isnt going to work anyways. Well just when I was about to give up completely my scale did something amazing.... I lost 5 pounds in a week! Thinking it was just a fluke I got back on the scale the next day and wouldnt you guess it...no I wouldnt have, but I lost another pound! Then a few days later I rechecked to see if I gained any back...and bamb! I lost another two pounds! I lost 8 pounds in a matter of 9 days I just wanted to give a little inspiration to those of you that are in one of those dreaded stalls....just keep positive...keep working that sleeve, and your body will do the rest! keep smiling!

This is great to read. I have been at a stall for over 2 months but this past week I have noticed my lbs staying off not just bouncing up the next day. Thank you for the hope I needed!

that is great!

Yes, been there and just recently broke through an almost three month stall.

I refuse to give up. I have less then 12 lbs to my goal weight. It may take 6 more months, but I can't give up.

We WILL do this.

Thanks for sharing!! I am currently doing something similar, went through a few months with very little loss but now I'm dropping fairly quickly. It is a GREAT feeling, especially after you've gone through the "what if this is it" thinking...

that what if feeling is hard to deal with...but we will make it through...just keep smiling, we are beautiful!

I haven't had my surgery yet but I have lost weight and hit stalls and the key to unlocking your stall is to shock your body and do something new, instead of eating 3 meals a day eat five small ones, breakfast, small snack, lunch, small snack, dinner and nothing after 6. Pump up the fluids (water). Change your workouts, when speedwalking no longer was doing the job my trainer shocked my body by speedwalking for 30sec then jogging a minute, then stop lay down and do 25 sit up and restart the cycle for 1 hour. Out bodies adapt quickly so when you see its no longer responding to what has worked in the past its time to change it up. Interval workouts are the greatest for that continued drop on the scale. All the best to you all.

At nearly 23mths out and the same weight for over 6mths, I really am getting that dreaded feeling of being 'done' and with 14-28lbs left to goal, I don't like it at all... I would LOVE to see my scale move instead of bounce around.

Oh, girl, I understand! While I don't have real trouble maintaining, I have issues with the fact that I CANNOT seem to get any smaller, no matter how hard I try. Just hang in there, coops! You look amazing and have come so far. Every time I see a newbie with a vent about slow loss (that usually isn't so slow at all) I think of you and thinoneday...two ladies that have had long, slow journeys.

You will get to goal!! Be positive and don't give up or slack off too much and you will get there. It's tough to drop those last few pounds. Our bodies simply do not want to give them up without an ugly fight.

And thanks for the inspirational OP, Sassygirl - I lost in a similar pattern of stops and starts the whole time. In a typical month all of my loss occurred in a five or six day period after being stuck (or seeing a three pound gain) for the rest of the month.

~Cheri

I wish I could find the article, but there is an absolute truth that the bodies of people who have yo-yoed their weights have to eat much less that a person who has always maintain the same weight even though they both weigh say 150 pounds. I think we have triggered our bodies to be famine resistant.

It's weird, but I think we would be most able to survive and function well in a state of food deprivation. I need to find that thread about the poor woman who found out she was barred from the military for having WLS. I think we actually better able to function in the field. Bypass patients not so much because of the malabsorbtion and absolute need for supplements. I am actually getting enough from food and could stop my multi.

There is also glycogen storage, Water storage in sore muscles and hormone fluctuations to deal with. You would think our bodies would be dropping like crazy constantly. It's not so simple.

I have broken the last stall and it lasted for a MONTH!!!! I did nothing but cut the carbs below 40 grams and made sure I exercised every day.

It's weird. I think you just have to confuse your body. Reminds me of an old Monty Python sketch about an overly complacent cat. It was called "Confuse a Cat Limited" and they did terribly silly things to get a reaction out of a cat.

SO: CONFUSE THE BODY!!!!

I'm trying to get ready for a stall. I had a week where I only lost two pounds, but two pounds is two pounds so I didn't stress about it. I'm almost five weeks out and have lost 18 pounds and I'm happy with that. Last week I lost four pounds and was ecstatic. I know I will hit a stall, and I will just put my scale away for a week or more and perhaps just take my measurements. I really want to just power through the stalls if I can. I travel for work so maybe I'll hit a stall while I am traveling I admire you for powering through your stall - it must have made you feel great!

Oh, sassy....I wish I can have your luck. I have been stalled since Feb 2 of this year, and cannot break it. That's four months and I've never heard of a stall even close to that until yours. Your post has given me some hope, but I still feel like a loser since I'm now stalled the longest I've seen I haven't even been posting or reading on here like I used to....all the weight loss success stories hurt. I used to be so active here, but feel as if I've lost so much, EXCEPT weight.....*sigh*

Hopefully mine will break, too. Can't even imagine that dramatic of a loss at this point! What a miracle that would be....and get my mind right, again, too.

Oh, sassy....I wish I can have your luck. I have been stalled since Feb 2 of this year, and cannot break it. That's four months and I've never heard of a stall even close to that until yours. Your post has given me some hope, but I still feel like a loser since I'm now stalled the longest I've seen I haven't even been posting or reading on here like I used to....all the weight loss success stories hurt. I used to be so active here, but feel as if I've lost so much, EXCEPT weight.....*sigh*

Hopefully mine will break, too. Can't even imagine that dramatic of a loss at this point! What a miracle that would be....and get my mind right, again, too.

Chris - What ever you do, DON'T GIVE UP! Stayed engaged with this forum or a buddy.

Go back to the basics! Count every carb - even veggies, coffee creamer, everything you put in your mouth. Try to keep it less than 30g a day. Also, make sure you are drinking at least 32 oz of plain Water everyday plus another 32 oz of crystal light or non-calorie flavored water. Make sure you are getting all of your Protein in every day, preferably lower calorie options.

If you have already been doing this (with no cheating) you may have to shock your body. Eat a higher carb diet for a couple of days, then back to the basics.

You can do this!!

When I had my lapband I had a true stall. It was grueling. It lasted about 18 months. No change in weight nor measurements. Then, having changed nothing, one day I decided to weigh (when you "know" the numbers aren't changing, the appeal of weighing quickly goes away) and I was down something like 14 lbs almost overnight. I truly changed nothing.

Oddly enough this happened at 250 on the dot. It seems like in addition to all the fluids and stores and crap our bodies like to do, they also seem to like to stick at certain weights. I haven't seen any real research on this, but I read about it all the time in resources ranging from WLS boards to fitness magazines to just anecdotal stories. It seems like most people have one or two weights their bodies just really, really want to stay at and oddly enough it tends to be full number weights (e.g. 250 or 180 vs. 257 or 183).

That's quite interesting. My personal numbers are 250 & 180. If I ever see 180 again I'll be thrilled.

Yes' date=' been there and just recently broke through an almost three month stall.

I refuse to give up. I have less then 12 lbs to my goal weight. It may take 6 more months, but I can't give up.

We WILL do this.[/quote']

I have been in a stall for several months now too....11 mos. out now with 8 lbs to goal, and I REFUSE TO GIVE UP TOO! Thanks everyone for the encouragememt, no matter where we are in our WL journey we are all in this together!

Oh, sassy....I wish I can have your luck. I have been stalled since Feb 2 of this year, and cannot break it. That's four months and I've never heard of a stall even close to that until yours. Your post has given me some hope, but I still feel like a loser since I'm now stalled the longest I've seen I haven't even been posting or reading on here like I used to....all the weight loss success stories hurt. I used to be so active here, but feel as if I've lost so much, EXCEPT weight.....*sigh*

Hopefully mine will break, too. Can't even imagine that dramatic of a loss at this point! What a miracle that would be....and get my mind right, again, too.

I'm sorry you are feeling so down! I hope the best for you ((hugs)) step up the exercise, and eat a little more...(yes I said more) mabye your body needs it....thinking you are starving. you will break the stall! Just keep smiling!

my weight went back up with my tom, not all the way but I put back on 6 pounds. Then after my tom it went back down to 187....now a few days later I have gone back to 185.5.....so I am still thrilled that it is moving, even if it is at a slow pace.