Stalls mess with your head!

[aNewTanya 109]

I'm 5 weeks post op experiencing my first stall. Those things really mess with your head! I keep thinking, 'ok so 35 lbs is all I'm going to ever lose.' I know it's not true but I start a regular diet on Tuesday and I figured I would lose weight like crazy while on the restricted part of the diet.

Time to take the battery out of scale.

[Ms. Yoyo 4]

Same here, though I only lost 15 and this is my 24th day since surgery. Worst part is that I can actually eat quite a bit and my sleeve is disturbed by no types of food. I fear that this is it, hope that it's not true but I just can't be sure. I haven't started exercising yet, but still have a partial ache in the incision that was used to pull out my stomach. Any feedback from more advanced sleevers would be hugely appreciated!

[She's_Sleeved 93]

I just went through a stall and I know how it basically mind F's you. I didn't lose anything week 3 and most of week 4. I kicked up my calories from 800 to 1000 and also kicked up my exercise to 30 min of walking and an hour of swimming. I woke up yesterday and dropped 3 lbs today another pound. I pray that week 5 I drop a couple more pounds. My surgeon said that my weight loss would slow down to 8 to 10 lbs a month. My advice is to only weigh yourself once a week and just keep chugging along. This wont be our last stall!

[gamergirl 4,609]

Stalls Will mess with your head throughout this journey. No matter when they happen, you always think, this is it, my body is done losing and after you kinda start to accept that, then you suddenly seem to lose again. I'm 9 months out, I've had more days where I did NOT lose weight than when I did, but yet I'm 74 lbs down. So just know that it happens. Stalls happen, weight loss happens.

When I was fresh from surgery I thought all these people crying about stalls were being silly. I was NOT going to be one of then! I was going to be a lot more logical and see a stall for what it was--just a normal part of weight loss.

Wrong!

I worried, fretted, got frustrated, wondered what crazy thing I needed to do to lose, tried this and that, complained about being on a diet despite being sleeved. Lost my mind every time

And I do this EVERY TIME I stall! You'd think I would have learned by now but nope. I've stalled for 4-5 weeks at least 3 times in the last 9 months and that's not counting the 1-2 week stalls that happen all the dang time.

Just got to accept it and keep the crazy to a minimum :-p

Edited May 8, 2014 by gamergirl

[Teachamy 1,042]

Definitely take the battery out of the scale! Over the course of the last 2 weeks I only lost 1 pound, but it was still a loss when I finally got on the scale! They're evil, I don't visit them often.

[Roo101769 742]

If you weigh daily then expect fluctuation. I do. I realize the "norm" is to weigh weekly. I weigh daily to stay accountable. If I see things going in the wrong direction ( and yes they can) then I adjust my brain and my eating. It is sometimes easy to forget when reaching for something to put in your mouth what you are doing. Seeing those numbers on the scale hold me in reality and keep me there. But that is for me. The key is to NOT get freaked out and quit. I said in another post, this is a marathon for me and not a sprint. I am 6 1/2 mos out from surgery and no, I am not at goal. In fact I am not quite at the halfway mark. But you know what I am? I am down 86lbs. I no longer weigh 316 lbs! I feel like a different person. ( although I still fight "fat brain") As Dori said in Finding Nemo "Just keep swimming". Just keep on track and you WILL lose weight. Your body is changing, sometimes it is obvious and sometimes it is subtle. Keep a visual diary if you can. Take pics regularly. That is one of the BEST ways to see the change. Numbers can be scewed, but a picture is right in your face..Good luck!

[Carlotta1 401]

Rather than thinking stalls as negative.. Think stalls as a time to prove you can persevere, time to make changes to your eating habits that will stick for a lifetime. You are probably losing inches.. So the scale is not the only barometer of success. My weight is now moving slow..but that does give me permission to not reaching my goals.. Hopefully this I helps.

[CAinSB 67]

Same here, though I only lost 15 and this is my 24th day since surgery. Worst part is that I can actually eat quite a bit and my sleeve is disturbed by no types of food. I fear that this is it, hope that it's not true but I just can't be sure. I haven't started exercising yet, but still have a partial ache in the incision that was used to pull out my stomach. Any feedback from more advanced sleevers would be hugely appreciated!

Hey Yoyo, I'm 6 weeks out now and find that Im having a harder time now eating than I did around week 2-3. I had a stall around week 3, then lost 20lbs, and stalling again now at week 6. My exercise is walking about 2-3 miles everyday.