Stall, old topic but new for me!

[liteNsun 58]

At 3 weeks post op I was 25lbs. down, 3 weeks later not a pound lost. I am so angry I could bite nails....but I would have to count those as calories...ugggh! STALLED. I am at 400 to 600 calories a day. No complications. I am at 178lbs. I stayed on liquid for 4 weeks of the six weeks post op. I have been in keytosis till last week it seems. I do not want to have paid all this money to stop here. I have slowly been increasing my activites, but mostly 2 times a week I bike for 4 hrs each day. I have less energy then pre surgery but it is slowly building. I need really GREAT advice. I am getting really bummed out. My fiance says "TO COMPARE IS TO DESPAIR". That was comforting for a while, now it just sounds hollow and rhetoric. So, those who have a tool box of tricks, help me fix this PLEASE.

[UK Cathy 977]

If you are biking for 4 hours each day I would think that you are not having enough calories. I am not an expert on this but try upping the calories. Also you say 400-600 calories but how much Protein?

[UK Cathy 977]

Sorry re-read and you said biking twice a week, even so try increasing the calories.

[liteNsun 58]

I eat all Protein, 50 to 60 g a day, 20 grams carbs approximately.

[SuzyB 182]

Stalls suck. Have you taken any measurement? You are probably toning up and building muscle.

[liteNsun 58]

Yes, I do look smaller but numbers don't correlate. Clothes sizes are going down too. I don't understand how muscles build but no reduction in weight.

[atlchick 42]

Yes, I do look smaller but numbers don't correlate. Clothes sizes are going down too. I don't understand how muscles build but no reduction in weight.

Muscle weighs more than fat so if you are gaining more muscle that would account for loss in clothes size and not weight. Also, from what I hear, people get in stalls even at 3 weeks out. I haven't had the surgery yet so I can only tell you what I have read on these boards.