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staylo60    6

staylo60
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Hi guys, I am nearly 4 weeks out and have hit my first stall. I have lost 2 stone since surgery inc pre op diet. Now I seem to have stalled over the last week or so. I am exercising and am not taking in high calories so I am stumped. I have lost inches though, five off my waist and another five off my chest area and legs. When will the scales start to show more results? Thanks all

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Before 50    20

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I stalled in week 4, 5 and 6 until week 7 and then I lost 10 lbs. I guess everyone is different but it seems normal to stall around weeks 4-6. Just be patient...it will come off.

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Goodgonebad    38

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I'm not saying this will work for you but it always has worked for me, try to increase your calories and see if you break the stall.

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staylo60    6

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Thanks guys, sorry for being a dumb sod but how does raising calories break the stall? Thanks :)

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Goodgonebad    38

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If you are not eating enough your body goes into starve mold and holds on to everything you eat

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staylo60    6

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Many thanks :) worth a shot I suppose

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staylo60    6

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Woo hoo, another 3 pounds off today, stall officially broken :)

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Goodgonebad    38

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Did you increase your calories to break the stall or did it break on it's own?

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staylo60    6

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I increased my calories and stepped up my exercise so one of them did the job, just have to see how it goes now. Thanks :)

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delta_girl    931

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Stalls are so frustrating!

I've been on one for what feels like 2+weeks now. I upped my calories but that didn't work.

I'm thinking it may be the exercise now. Last week I worked late almost every night and didn't exercise even once.

I know intellectually that, over time, the weight must continue to drop (anorexics who eat 500 cals a day eventually look like concentration camp victims and are hospitalized). Emotionally there is some tendency to feel defeated by a stupid scale.< /p>

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tonyarenee    18

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I'm stalling now at just one month out (well it started at three weeks) and its driving me crazy!

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staylo60    6

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Its a long journey guys lets all be positive. :)

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delta_girl    931

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There is probably a stall right before your period too (sorry guys). Water retention.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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