Still Stalled

[susanfaye 162]

I'm normally not a drama queen. I would walk tem miles up hill in a blizzard to avoid drama. But, I am convinced I'm going to stay stuck at 40lbs lost! In 6 weeks I have been stalled 3! Ii have tried everything I can think of to no avail WTF?!!!

[PdxMan 4,292]

Let me get this straight. You have lost 40 pounds in 6 weeks? Yowsers! That is a lot. For how long do you really think you can lose a pound a day and still be alive?

And now your body is kinda catching up with itself. The best way to avoid stalls is to stop weighing yourself.

Seriously.

The scale lies. I'm sure you are losing inches. How do you feel? I see you have tons of posts, so I am guessing you have also done tons of reading, too. You know this is normal, so ...

[susanfaye 162]

I feel ok. I would feel much better if the scale was going down! I started at 300 so I still have 80-90 lbs to go. I'm terrified it just isn't going to come off like all other attempts! Although I know logically that probably is not the case, emotionally it is kicking my butt! I don't see a 40 lb difference in the mirror either. Although I can breathe A LOT better, so I'm assuming much of that 40 lbs is internal fat surrounding my organs. I'm very happy to have that gone!

Patience has never been my strong suit lol! I don't need to be "skinny" but I do need to be fit and healthy and 260 lbs ain't it!

Reading a lot probally hasn't helped me either. I always expect to see the crazy results other people see, although I know it isn't realistic to judge by other people's experience. It wouldn't be so bad if the scale moved AT ALL, but it isn't. For the last two weeks I have seen the SAME number every morning grrrrr!

[elisa 33]

I'm going through the same lost 35 in 6 weeks. It's frustrating but your body is adjusting.

[Ljp 157]

You guys are upset after losong 40 lbs & 30lbs in 6 weeks? My surgery was July 16th & Im at 31.9 loss but I hv lost a lot of inches & very pleased with it. Of course Id love to loose a bit quicker but its not happening. I thk its awesome you hv both lost so much in 6wks. It will come off.

[Robyn Owens-Miille 132]

Your body is adjusting. Keep on the straight and narrow path and it will catch up. Hide the scale. Go by how you feel and how your clothes are fitting. I'm only 3 months post-op myself. Had a major stall right at 2 months that lasted for almost a month and then my body finally just started dropping again.

I know it's hard... you want it to move.. You're DESPERATE for it to move. Quit looking at the scale. It no longer rules you, you RULE IT!!!!!

[susanfaye 162]

Thank you everyone for the encouragement!

[Izuri 428]

In about 8 weeks I have been stalled 4 of them. I lost almost all my weight loss in the first 2 weeks and have inched down from there. Don't worry, you are doing great.

[Sherry77 166]

In about 8 weeks I have been stalled 4 of them. I lost almost all my weight loss in the first 2 weeks and have inched down from there. Don't worry' date=' you are doing great.[/quote']

Same thing here! I hired a personal training in hopes to jump start the loss again.

[Sleeved&Hopeful 182]

I promise that this is normal and YOU WILL lose weight. ALOT of people hit a stall around 3 weeks or a month after surgery that lasts several weeks. It will play mind games and you might start to think you're a rare person who won't lose the weight with surgery. But you are going to keep on losing. I promise! Matter of fact--I'll bet you 50$ that you will keep losing! If you don't lose more weight in the next 3-6 months--I'll send you a paypal payment!

[susanfaye 162]

I promise that this is normal and YOU WILL lose weight. ALOT of people hit a stall around 3 weeks or a month after surgery that lasts several weeks. It will play mind games and you might start to think you're a rare person who won't lose the weight with surgery. But you are going to keep on losing. I promise! Matter of fact--I'll bet you 50 that you will keep losing! If you don't lose more weight in the next 3-6 months--I'll send you a paypal payment!

Lol! Thank you. I just need toss my scale I think.