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Sooo any tips for breaking the infamous 3 week stall?i have researched but still don't know what to do

I've tried upping my cals.. Gained. Lowering, my cals nothing!! Licked my hubby's breadstick last night- and I'm up two pounds today!!! Ahhhh. Logically I know it's Water (ring was loose now it's tight).

Day of surgery I was 229 got down to 213, today was 217! I'm still on soft foods, 5 1/2 weeks out eating 800-1100 cals about 80 oz Fluid. 60-80gm Protein. Just got released for some exercise. Lap band revision, so I get the stair steps but I'm starting to worry I'm going to fail. Help!!!

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For me.. It was patience and just being happy I wasn't gaining. It works if given time and if you don't sweat over the stalls. Promise ;)

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Oh.. And I had a 7 week stall. I just did my best to ignore it and it went away :D I continue to have many stalls.

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If it makes you feel any better I'm about in the same boat. We have the same surgery date. I lost 13 the first week, 8 the second week, and now in week 5 I'm only down 3 more for a total of 24. So I've only lost a lb a week for the last three weeks. I keep calories under 800 and exercise 5 times a week. I feel the same way but I know the scale has to start moving if I keep this up and keep up my Water and protien intake. My friends are sick of my worrying, but you cant help it. One of my friends who had the sleeve in Dec. says I just have to trust my sleeve. I am going to stop worrying about failing because I am determined I won't. I'm willing to put the work in so it WILL get done!

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Don't want to scare you, but my three week stall lasted a month and a half. One day I got on the scale and was down 4 pounds over night. I did nothing but keeps to my diet (protein, Protein, and more protein.) I still cant figure out how someone who is 250 pounds, works two jobs, and eats less than 100 calories a day didn't lose weight. As I said, haven't changed anything, my body just finally caught on.

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That must of been a really good "breadstick"

Your husband let you lick!

Protein baby <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':P' />

Ohhhh you're BAD!!! It was Olive Garden. And they were hot and fresh out of the oven, it was sooo hard not to take a bite!!

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That must of been a really good "breadstick"

Your husband let you lick!

Protein baby :P

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That must of been a really good "breadstick"

Your husband let you lick!

Protein baby :P

I was gonna say that she has shared "TMI" but it brought a smile to my face! LOL!!! Naughty Chinamama! :P :D

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:o

You were thinking the same thing too ~ admit it! ;)

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You were thinking the same thing too ~ admit it! ;)

It was kinda hard not to! :lol:

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I had stalled for a while and then I starting exercising. I find that the harder and longer I work out, the better the scale moves. Start walking or riding a bike...it'll start moving.

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I was gonna stay away from 'breadstick' remark... haha... but in the interest of post op diet...cant help but wonder... exactly how many grams of Protein do you get from licking a 'breadstick'??

I'm stalled at the 3,4 week mark as well. I've always managed to lose 2 lbs a week when I've dieted (a million times before). I'm in ketosis, I'm still on full fluids... around 500 cals a day... and nothin. It's weird. I upped my cals and gained. I've exercised, nothing. It is irritating, for sure!!

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I'm sure I'll get beat up for saying this, but it seems to have worked for me. I had a week long stall, was beyond frustrated and angry. I ate some high fat salmon dip on a couple of crackers (not a binge, a measured 120 cal tablespoon full) and was down 2 lbs the next day. My thinking is that with the huge changes in my diet, my body thinks I am starving and was holding on to everything. With a little fat coming in from food, it realized there is food coming and could go back to burning body fat.

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