hey guys

My name is Cory and I'm new here. I'm 23 years old, and I had my Gastric Sleeve surgery on April 27th. My starting weight was 412lbs. I'm currently 371lbs, but frustrated as my weight hasn't changed in 4-5 days. I previously had a 2 day stall, which I chocked up to not getting enough protein, because the problem corrected itself after I fixed my intake.

Is it normal to hit a plateau this soon? Or is it more likely I'm doing something wrong and don't know it?

Yup. So normal it has a name. The Dreaded Three Week Stall. And you are right at 3 weeks. Many, many threads about it in this forum if you want to read up about why it happens. Just keep doing what you're doing, and it will pass. Good job on your weight loss so far!

Do a search for stalls and you will see that Babbs is right. Your question has been addressed dozens of times. There is actually a whole subforum on here that you should go to "Don't Sweat The Stall Stuff".

But the most important thing I can tell you this early on is STAY Off THE SCALE! Stalls are gonna happen, and if you aren't obsessing over the stupid numbers you won't even know about them. I never had a 3 week stall because I only weighed at the doctors office. you should be concentrating on staying hydrated, getting in all your Protein and eating healthy.

What she said.

Oh gosh, thanks a bunch. Guess I should have searched before asking.

I think you will see me being more active on these forums. They've already answered so many questions for me.

Welcome! It looks like you're off to a great start.

I stalled one week after surgery. Lasted for 2 weeks, then the scale started moving a little bit at a time the next week. It's frustrating, but seems to happen to everyone.

I'm 3 weeks post op today....I stalled over a week @ 305 and got down to 297 and now I'm stalled again

My "dreaded 3 week stall" started at 2 weeks and lasted 2 1/2 weeks! UGH!!! Try upping your protein or your calories (I know that sounds strange), but it might help. Also, make sure you're drinking enough water! Good luck!

THIS IS ME TO A TEE!!!

I also had my surgery on April 27th.

I'm so glad I found this thread. I came on here looking for so inspiration/answers as I have sat at the same weight for over a week. It's been so frustrating!! I know i need to drink more Water and I think get some Benefibre into me to get the bowels going a bit more regularly. I'll stay off the scales for a week and will hopefully see some change.

Thanks for the reassurance