I had surgery 8/27/14 and lost 10 pounds the first week. I am three weeks out today but the scale has NOT moved in the past two weeks. I am tracking my food intake with My Fitness Pal and I am getting plenty of Protein.....eating ONLY things on the "approved" diet list (only about 700 calories a day!).....even joined a gym and am working out almost daily (walking a mile on the treadmill and 20 minutes on the elliptical machine). Even people who don't know I had surgery say they notice I am losing weight. I can tell a difference in my face, my stomach, my backside.....my watch is looser, my rings are looser, my shoes are looser, my pants are looser.

How is it POSSIBLE the scale is not moving?????? HELP!!!

My PA told me to forget about the scale right now and focus on how my body is changing. You just had a big shock to your system and your body is trying to hold on to the weight because it thinks you are starving. It will adapt and the scale will start moving. I had surgery 8/26 and the last I checked the scale hadn't moved but I have lost 2 sizes already. So go with it and believe it will work.

Welcome to the 3 week stall.. don't fret it will move, just keep doing all the right things. You may want to take some measurements they are much more accurate than a scale will be.

I use the term 'three week stall' because that tends to be when that first stall happens but for some it does so earlier or later.. as long as you follow your program it will drop pretty dramatically when it ends.

You're probably building muscle. Don't focus on the scale but on how your clothes fit and especially how you feel. Sounds like you're doing everything right so hang in there!!!! You will notice the changes soon enough.

I just came off a stall for two weeks it was so frustrating. Best thing I ever did was take measurements. Those told me everything was working fine. Hang in there I know its a mind game. Just know we all go through this. Its normal.... not easy.. but normal.