So I'm just 17 days post op and the pounds fell off in the beginning, something every single day, it seems. For the past five days I've stayed about the same. What's up with that? I'm hardly eating anything yet the scale isn't showing it? Does my body just need some adjustment time or something? I lost about 12 pounds prior to surgery with the pre-diet and I've lost 13 more pounds since surgery.

Just curious....

I am going to go with yes, your body is adjusting. Just make sure you are getting in fluid and protein,and if you aren't walking a lot, you should be. It will pass and your body is still healing

yeah, stalls are common. I stalled just one week after surgery. The scale didn't budge for 4 solid weeks. When I went to my NUT she told me that my body was just adjusting and that the weight would start coming off again. She upped my calories to 800 a day and told me to move towards 1000 by 3 months out. My stall broke and I lost another 10 lbs before the next stall...

My surgeon said basically the same thing at my 2 month check up. He said that with many people weigh loss happens like stair steps. We take a step down - then there is a plateau for awhile while our body adjusts - then we take another step down.

So...don't be overly concerned. You have lost a lot in a very short period of time. Let your body catch up. Keep following whatever your doctor's plan is and eventually the stall will break and you will start losing again (until the next stall )

Stalls are a normal, natural, and necessary part of the process. Almost everyone experiences their first stall about three weeks post-op.

Embrace the Stall!

http://BariatricPal.com/index.php?/topic/351046-Embrace-the-Stall

@@Inner Surfer Girl, thank you! Thanks for the link to the longer info about "stalls," too!

You are absolutely right......sigh.

@@Inner Surfer Girl, thank you! Thanks for the link to the longer info about "stalls," too!

You are absolutely right......sigh.

You are welcome. This is one of those things I wish I had learned pre-op. It might have saved me years of frustration and yo-yo dieting.

There will be many stalls. But as the others have said, it's your body catching up with your body's new normal. I just hit my six month mark with an 80+ weightloss. Looking at it from here, It doesn't make the stalls look that bad. They seem to average out, some weeks fast, some slower.

We're cheering for you. Keep up the good work.

So after my rant, I thought I'd let you know the scale moved today, like two and a half pounds. Yay! Consistency and patience are definitely the words of the day/week/month/year/lifetime!