Stalls and how to deal with them...

[Rach8610 60]

So, I was 423 at my HW in June of this year...I started the modified liquid diet to lose a few lbs prior to surgery and my SW was 383!!

Now I am 5 weeks out and I am 363 but I have not lost a single lb in three weeks....

I know after years of yo yo dieting with weight watchers that I would gain and lose the same 10 lbs over and over and I always knew why I didn't show any loss in the weekly weigh in, it was always because I would over eat or binge out and I knew it then I would struggle for a couple days to lose what I ate.

With this I am NOT eating anything or binge eating or anything and I am just at a loss for words!!!

I have about 150 lbs to lose still and I cant imagine this being all I am going to lose!

I have heard everyone say that stalls are going to happen and I just never expected it so soon!! How long do they last? is there anything you can do to kick your body back into gear???

[NavyMom2006 119]

Hi Rach8610 - I'm kind of feeling the same as you! I am 4 weeks post-op today, and 23 lbs down, but the scale hasn't moved for several days. It's sort of freaking me out! I don't want to believe this is where it starts getting harder already! I'm following your thread and hoping some veterans will give us some words of wisdom!

[vincereautmori 323]

Ok, I'm about 9 weeks post op and I've been on these forums with the same concerns and I'm not supposed to tell you this little secret about stalls, but if you promise to keep it low key I guess I can tell you. So, if you are doing what your surgeon told you to do, and you're following your NUT's guidelines and you hit a stall then what you want to do is..........NOTHING!!! You're doing all the right things, its just your body making some serious adjustments to a serious change. Most people will tell you that your body is trying desperately to hang onto those calories, so your metabolism slows down and who knows what else. You're going to wake up one day and drop like 2-3 lbs., take my advice, don't be too concerned with the scale, I only weigh myself once a week. I've hit two stalls since surgery, one at 3 weeks, then about two weeks later I lost 5-6 lbs., then a week after that I stalled again, but when I look at it I'm averaging about 3 lbs./week. I know I'm not eating anywhere near what I ate before, so I know I have to be losing something no matter what that scale says. Relax, this is a journey, not a fad diet that's only going to last a few months, we have to learn to live with our new freind and the sleeve has to learn to live with us. Your doing great, 4lbs./week Rach and navymom 6lbs./wk? I'd say that's pretty good.

Edited October 21, 2014 by vincereautmori

[NavyMom2006 119]

Thank you so much!! I'm going to stay away from that scale except for once a week. I feel so much better after reading your post!!