I have read countless posts about stalls and was full prepared to encounter these "bumps" along my journey. What I was not prepared for was having a stall at 1 week post-op! Just a little background....I had surgery on 7/22. I lost 9 pounds in the first week.

A week to the day exactly, I was feeling super awesome so I started doing an hour of treadmill 6 days per week. I was on purees when I started and I'm on soft foods now. I am tracking my food and exercise with Lose It. My net calories after exercise are between 250 and 500. Yesterday was 643. I am getting 75 - 95g Protein per day and 64 - 90 oz of Water per day.

The scale hasn't moved since last Monday, which is when I began to exercise. Do I need to increase my calories, water, or protein to get the scale moving again? I was absolutely NOT prepared to deal with this at only a couple of weeks out, but it is what it is.

Any suggestions from all you vets out there would be welcome.

TIA

I was sleeved on 7/19 I have a not lost weight since 7/30. It's been incredibly frustrating disappointing and aggravating. I started at 293.4 on surgery day and I'm at 283.2 today and over the last seven days I've seen it go as high as 286. I emailed both my NUT and the nurse and they both said it's normal and it will pass. But I'm beginning to wonder when?! It's been a week now!

I hear you, I'm there too. If its normal it seems to me they would tell you before surgery. I was not told. All I heard was amazing tales of massive loss and very quickly.

A stall between weeks 3-6 is VERY common. I think I read on here somebody said "it's your body wondering if this is another fad diet and holding out until you prove to it that this is the new normal".

I stalled for 4 weeks starting at week 2. Then had a great loss the 5th week and gained half that loss back again and haven't lost again since week 5. Yes ANOTHER 2.5 week stall.

I attribute the gain to the muscle I'm building doing my squat and arms challenges. I'm also down 2 sizes so I cannot complain. I'd rather lose the inches. I am wearing pants today that I haven't worn in years.

Don't worry about the stalls, they happen and other good things happen during them.