I had surgery Aug 6th. It's been a few days and I'm stuck, weight wise. I haven't lost anything for a few days and have slowly added 2 pounds back. I'm still on a liquid diet that's consisted of cream soup and water. I'm exercising about 35 min daily and nothing... Is this normal? I plan to check with my nurse tomorrow but I'm antsy...

Totally normal, happens to everyone and everyone has the same reaction...slight panic! Don't sweat the gain of two pounds, you will find your body fluctuates throughout the month and even sometimes day to day and even hour to hour dependent on a whole variety of factors. Now that you are fourteen days out, you may want to start looking at your protein intake. Are you adding any unflavored or chicken soup flavored protein to your soup? Have you tried protein shakes? Sugar free, lowfat yogurt? That's a great place to start since you can get protein in while still being in the full liquid phase. If your doctor has given the go ahead for pureed or mushies, you can have baby food, or put chicken, tuna, or shrimp salad in a food processor. Adding a little chicken broth will help to make it the right consistency (that of babyfood or applesauce). Increasing your protein intake will help to break the stall. This is your first stall, but it will not be your last. I am at 10 weeks and have two already. The good news is your body is still shrinking and changing even if the scale is not moving. Pay attention to the way your clothes fit, and even take measurements. You will see. Just be patient.

Extremely Normal....... Usually folks hit a stall about 3 weeks out.... Just keep doing what you are doing and your weight loss will start back up again... This happens to pretty much everyone! My advice to you is if you haven't already done it.... measure yourself ASAP! When you stall you lose inches!!

Good Luck!

Thank you. It makes me feel normal, considering everything the past few weeks is anything but.

I'm six weeks out and I've been at exactly 209.1 lbs for 5 days now. It's the first time for me that I've gone more than a couple days at the same weight.

So my question is, all things being equal, how long does a stall last?