I started my journey 3 months ago weighing 170. Three months have passed and I weigh 157. I am doing everything to then tee. Even exercising 3x a week . Drink my fluids .. I went back to 3 protein drinks and water intake. Scale not moving. Total BS !

Am I the only one experiencing this?

When you say "170", are you talking pounds or kilograms?

Pounds ... I'm a size 14 and in a 12 now.

I started at a much higher weight than you (237) but I had an almost 2 months stall at around the 165-170 mark. I'm 1 year and 8 months out from surgery and I only lost something like 33 pounds in the last year, 7 of which took 6 months. The sleeve isn't magic...it still takes time and consistency and a lot of effort to drop weight. At one point I was working out twice a day for almost 4 hours a day and the scale would barely move. Maybe consider increasing your exercise if you are able...that was the only thing that got me out of my big stall.

You cannot compare your loss rates to someone with much more to lose, i.e. many people on this site.

I think you are doing well and making progress.

How do you feel?

P.s. I have been bouncing within 2 pounds of 157 since march.

Go to Youtube and watch the videos by Dr. Matthew Weiner. He is a Bariatric surgeon. I just discovered them today because someone else on the forum mentioned him in a post. I was especially interested in the ones on why you are not losing weight, and are artificial sweeteners making you fat. In the one about artificial sweeteners he mentions how whey Protein shakes (even though his own practice requires them pre-op) can contribute to stalls because of the sweeteners. He explains very well how sweeteners confuse your metabolism. I am going to implement some of his suggestions starting today. Sweeteners are my vice, and now I know that they (and my whey protein shakes) are slowing my roll, I am going to have to make adjustments. Maybe his videos will help you, too.

Totally feeling better after reading your posts. Felt totally defeated but you are all right. Perhaps I need to look at the sweeteners. I do take in my waters but use flavored liquid in it. Hmmmmm. Crystal light. I will look at those videos.

I will add a day to exercise. Maybe that will help. I haven't lost enough weight for people to notice . I'm rather embarrassed Bc I was very transparent about switching from the band to the sleeve. I lost 80 lbs with the band but had slippage and gained some back. I converted to sleeve. I knew I would drop the 25 lbs with no problem. WRONG. I'm not better off now than I was before.

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