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Hello! I had surgery April 16th. I lost 9 lbs the first week but I have stalled since then. I know stalls are common but it's frustrating to stop losing so soon! Anyone else stall during week 2??

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I stalled on my 2nd week, and I'm still not quite out of it. Monday I started my "rest of my life" phase (with some exceptions, no beef, pork, lamb and most raw veggies until the 3rd month). I'm hoping that this will help break the stall, but even with still getting a couple Protein Shakes in a day I'm lucky if I get 800 calories in. My measurements haven't really changed. I'm getting close to 100g of Protein a day (approved by my NUT) and over 64oz of Fluid in. I exercise daily (walking). My NUT & NP said basically just to keep at what I'm doing & the stall should break up.

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Sounds like you're doing everything right! I'm also walking and taking in under 700 calories per day. I do feel good, just no change on the scales in a while :/ I know it will move eventually, I'm just impatient I suppose. Hopefully we both see a drop soon!!

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I had my surgery April 3 and been on a 2 week stall, it is today frustrating, I'm not sure what to do....

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My surgery was April 5 and I gained 10 pounds in hospital! Then I lost 5 and stalled...and stalled... and stalled, now I am losing like crazy! A pound a day or so! It gets better I promise! It was frustrating but now I am soooooo happy!

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Oh my gosh, that is so nice to hear!! I hope my body does the same thing lol. I was so irritated yesterday,I told my husband how glad I was that I get to stay fat AND now I can't eat either.. I might have been throwing a little fit... :)

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I had surgery on apr 24, and noticed the same. I'm glad I'm not alone.

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Omg. I feel the same way. Had my surgery on 4/10. I was at 243 and I've been at 228 for a week. I'm getting in 60 grams of Protein, it's still hard to get in all the Water. I'm not exercises though cause I just got out the hospital for blot clot on 4/26.

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10 days out and th e losing is sloooow. Driving me nuts!

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anyone else been stalled since week 2? I am currently on week 4 post op and haven't seen a change in the scale since week 2. I'm at the point where I want my stomach back, lol. But seriously, the scale needs to start moving again, it's driving me nutso!

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I was sleeved 4/10 I was stalled for about a week and a half and today I finally broke my stall! I started working out this week and have been making more conscious food choices. I was drinking too many liquid calories, no more of that just Water. Another thing that has helped me is tracking what I eat on my fitness pal. I know how you all feel I was getting so depressed thinking what am I doing wrong?! But the stall will break!!

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I had surgery on March 14th. The week before surgery I lost 19lbs. The week between date of surgery and first post-op visit, I lost 9lbs. I didn't have another post-op until I was 4 weeks post surgery and in that 3 week time span I only lost 5lbs!!! Talk about frustrating. However, I have started to lose again. Although everybody said I would it didn't make me feel any better. I am now down 40lbs total. So that actually is only another 7lbs in 3 weeks but this time it wasn't so discouraging. I have a LOOOONNNNNGGGG way to go but just like everybody else says, the weight will start coming off again. 8 weeks out and my body is still adjusting. Every BODY is different. We will all lose at different paces but as a group we can all support each other. You're doing awesome!!

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I only weigh myself once a week (unless I have a doctor's appt), but I had a loss on Monday :) 7 1/2 lbs finally down (I had been stalled since my 2nd week). I'm hoping that this means my body is ready to move on. Last week I had transitioned to "real food", so that might have helped. It could have been getting my Protein from sources other than shakes too. I had my prealbumin tested the week before & got a letter on Monday saying that my protein levels were low. That really struck me as odd as I've been up to about 100g of protein daily for a while. About 75% of that had been from my Protein Shakes. I'm still having a shake or 2 depending on my levels for the day, but I'm trying to vary my protein sources.

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So glad to hear some of you have broke your stalls! Mine finally broke too after almost two weeks. I have lost 3 more pounds in the past 5 days. I did start using my fitness pal also but I'm sure the stall wouldve ended regardless, just helps to see what im eating. Hopefully I can lose a lot more before the next stall hits...

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I think I may have hit a stall at 2 weeks out. I'm 17 days out today. I'm following my doctor's plan to the letter and I just have to trust that i will in fact lose more than 11 pounds during this journey! Had a very depressing day today.

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