What's A Stall?

[CBT 450]

See people posting about having a stall or a really bad stall. I understand this means they've stopped weight loss for a period of time. This is different than slowing down? How does a person know they have stalled? By time?

life is a journey, not a destination; so, stop running -H.D. THEROUX

[marilyn1022 4]

iam stalling alot iam only 3 months out i lose then i stop for about 3 weeks then lose again its hell lol iam in stall hell

[clk 3,519]

Three weeks or more at the same weight with no fluctuation.

It's normal. For me, short stops and starts were the pattern my body made while losing. I lost on average just over 6 pounds a month, with two nine week stalls in there. In a typical month, I'd stay the same weight for a week, gain three pounds around my cycle, and have a sudden drop of several pounds within a four to six day period of time.

Nothing I did to my diet made me lose any differently, so I used that time to work on my food issues and learn how to eat normally.

Stalls happen. The important thing to remember is that we are all going to lose weight. To not lose the weight you want you would have to eat around your sleeve. That says nothing about how long it will take you, though! Some people lose very quickly and some lose very slowly. Most people are somewhere in the middle. But you will lose.

Good luck,

~Cheri

[Wheetsin 714]

From a response I posted to the same question about a week ago (it's quicker than re-typing):

This stuff is kind of ambiguous sometimes - the terminology - because a lot of it is just stuff that people made up. As people tend to use it around here, a stall is apparently any period of time during which the scale doesn't show decreasing weight. I've seen people say that yesterday they were 200 and today they're 200, and they're stalled.

I would define a stall as 4-6 weeks or longer with no change in weight or fat, up to maybe 8 weeks or so.

I would define a plateau as months with no change in weight or fat.

Not losing any weight for a day or five is NORMAL. People just seem to misspell it is "stall" a lot, I guess.

You can see the thread here.

You'll also find a lot more opinions my searching the terms "stall"and "define".

HTH

[ProudGrammy 8,322]

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if the scale hasn't moved in 2-3 weeks, you are probably at a stall - that doesn't mean you will be slowing down in your weight loss

At about 6 months out I told my DH I never had a stall, DH told me not to jinx myself

sure enough with in a few days I had about a 3 week stall.

never again - oh no - did i jinx myself again

best

kathy

[marilyn1022 4]

Three weeks or more at the same weight with no fluctuation.

It's normal. For me, short stops and starts were the pattern my body made while losing. I lost on average just over 6 pounds a month, with two nine week stalls in there. In a typical month, I'd stay the same weight for a week, gain three pounds around my cycle, and have a sudden drop of several pounds within a four to six day period of time.

Nothing I did to my diet made me lose any differently, so I used that time to work on my food issues and learn how to eat normally.

Stalls happen. The important thing to remember is that we are all going to lose weight. To not lose the weight you want you would have to eat around your sleeve. That says nothing about how long it will take you, though! Some people lose very quickly and some lose very slowly. Most people are somewhere in the middle. But you will lose.

Good luck,

~Cheri

very well put

[CBT 450]

CBT

if the scale hasn't moved in 2-3 weeks' date=' you are probably at a stall - that doesn't mean you will be slowing down in your weight loss

At about 6 months out I told my DH I never had a stall, DH told me not to jinx myself

sure enough with in a few days I had about a 3 week stall.

never again - oh no - did i jinx myself again

best

kathy[/quote']

Those husbands! Lol.

life is a journey, not a destination; so, stop running -H.D. THEROUX

[CBT 450]

iam stalling alot iam only 3 months out i lose then i stop for about 3 weeks then lose again its hell lol iam in stall hell

"Stall hell" made me chuckle. Sorry it's hellish.

life is a journey, not a destination; so, stop running -H.D. THEROUX

[marilyn1022 4]

lol yes it is lol

[CBT 450]

I wonder how resting metabolic rate plays into stalling. (I am pre-op so only having a surgery stall. J/k. Lol) when the Dr tested my metabolic rate it came back that I burn thousands of calories at rest! I have a good metabolism if those tests are at all accurate. I kinda take it with a grain of salt, though. I'll be curious to see just what kind of looser I am.

life is a journey, not a destination; so, stop running -H.D. THEROUX