Fellow sleevers- i believe i have hit that dreaded stall. Weight is even creeping up and down a pound every week. This has been going on for the past 3 weeks! Eeek.. i was doing soo well. Is it feasable to go back to Protein shakes and liquids for 2 weeks?

Yes...i eat 70 to 80 grams of protein

Yes...i work out 1hr every day

Yes... i drink Water. Min 32oz a day (All i can fit in at 7 wks out)

Yes...i know it was bound to happen.

Yes...i have tried and still do track caloriez. 1025 per day.

Yes...i choose and "chews" my food wisely! Lol

Yes...i need some love from the vst community!!! Plenty of you have been through this.. what did you do?

I have tried taking diurex once or twice a week.

Yes.. im post op. Sleeved on 2/8. Back to work 3/11

Any thoughts?!

Don't kill me but..... Girl, 32oz of water please there's your problem! You need to drink more and at 7 weeks you can!

Oh and if you are not mad at me... You should be drinking AT LEAST 64oz of Water a day!

I lost 3 pounds in 2 days! I was constipated badly. I was not drinking enough water either so I took stool softener it was brutal but it came out sorry maybe too much info. Increase water and fiber good luck

I agree on the Water - MINIMUM 64 oz a day. SIP SIP SIP if it's hard to get it down. I was sleeved 4 days after you, and fortunately for me, drinking water isn't a problem at all - I can actually drink like a 'normal' person - the liquid just seems to flow through my sleeve. On calories, I average around 900 per day, some days as much as 1100, but usually in the 800-1000 range. I'm only drinking one Protein shake a day now, 1 c of 1% milk mixed with 1 scoop of Syntrax Nectars Protein powder. I don't love them, but they're palatable. I usually get at least 80 - 100 g of protein total, so I'm about ready to give that up, because I'd really rather eat my protein than drink it.

I had a stall for about a week at 4 weeks out. I gained a pound a day for 4 days, then it took me the rest of the week to lose it back, even though nothing in my eating/drinking had changed. I've lost 31 lbs in the 6 weeks since surgery, so I'm happy with a little over 5 lbs a week.

Don't kill me but..... Girl' date=' 32oz of Water please there's your problem! You need to drink more and at 7 weeks you can! [/quote']

Drinking that much water would have me throwing up all day. I guess i failed to mention thats not all i drink during the day. If its not the water it is usually a diet green tea which i drink every other day.

Water by itself now makes me nauseous and i refuse to sweeten everything up..

Make sense?

And i have no reason to be mad at you.:-)

let us not forget, "all sleeves are not created equal"

Drinking that much Water would have me throwing up all day. I guess i failed to mention thats not all i drink during the day. If its not the water it is usually a diet green tea which i drink every other day.

Water by itself now makes me nauseous and i refuse to sweeten everything up..

Make sense?

And i have no reason to be mad at you.:-)

Try orange Vitamin water zero or crystal light. They aren't sweet. I also put a lemon in my water to help with the taste. I hate plain water too.

I lost 3 pounds in 2 days! I was constipated badly. I was not drinking enough Water either so I took stool softener it was brutal but it came out sorry maybe too much info. Increase water and fiber good luck

Thanks mariamitani- i had that issue for about a week but have since returned to my regular schedule. I will take your advice and work on my fiber intake as well...lol

Try orange Vitamin Water zero or crystal light. They aren't sweet. I also put a lemon in my water to help with the taste. I hate plain water too.

Me + anything remotely acidic=major backpain fueled heartburn! Yikes. But ill double up on my prilosec and zantac and try it.

Before surgery i could drink like a fish. I could easily chug 64 oz before noon.. now i feel deprived especially now i have the third eye when it comes to water make up between brands...

I dont do gatorade as for son

Me reason i am and have always been auper sensitive to the salt in it. I think next week will be a do over week for me so that i can pin point any reasonable issues.

Will definately try to incrwase h20 intake even if i have to dilute it with the dern tea lol. Anything other than straight Water the tummy doesnt mind

I think a total fluid intake of 64 oz is good. Also...I keep calories between 600-800 usually getting around 700 a day. This to will pass....keep up the great work.

It's a sorry reality, but water, for most of us is harder to drink after surgery... At 4 months I'm handling plain water a little better these days.

But I still flavor my water with mio "sweet tea" drops most days..

It's a sorry reality' date=' but water, for most of us is harder to drink after surgery... At 4 months I'm handling plain water a little better these days.

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Yes what is that?!! I love water and now plain water is hard to drink, makes me gag or nauseous. Why?!! Crystal light an Powerade zero have gone done smoothly. In the morning I drink 16oz of hot mint tea unsweetened. It works perfectly.

I read an interesting theory that someone here

(Forgot who) Was told by a doctor that water has a lot more "surface tension" than other liquids we drink so it's not absorbed as easily as say juice.

It was explained with an experiment with putting a paper clip on top of water and it floats on the surface tension more than it would on a cup of juice...

I have had a hard time drinking water post op as well. I started drinking Lemon Propel Zero water. It's not as good for me as water, but its a start. However, now that I have gone back to they gym, I am able to down a 24oz bottle of cold water after my workout. Usually on the drive home I get another 24oz bottle of water down. I'm very thankful to be drinking more water again. Hopefully you will also be able to in time.

Found it!

Okay a little science here as told to me by my surgeon. Water has a high surface tension, meaning that its barrier to allow it to be broken down is hard. Think of a steel paper clip that floats on the surface. Now your stomach is like the size of a coffee stirrer at this point due to swelling etc. because of the high surface tension it is hard sometimes for the water to be absorbed and gets kind of backed up if that makes sense. So when you dilute water or mix it with something if breaks that high tension and thus can be absorbed faster. Not everyone experiences it but it is one of those side effects that can happen.