This stall I'm having is approaching the 3 week point. I'm getting all my protein in, all my water & vitamins & exercise. I do feel like my body is deflating & shrinking but I just wonder how long this stall can last. ????

Edited January 13, 201610 yr by Susan66

8 long weeks. It was right around my one-year anniversary too. I stalled from October to December (my surgery was on 11/3/14).

Edited to add: I love your picture. Also, I notice inches coming off or skin tightening up during my extended stalls.

Edited January 13, 201610 yr by KristenVSG2014

Good morning Susan66,

My name is Theresa. I am 5 months out. My last stall lasted about 7wks. I had thought my sleeve was deflated. Now, I have to be very careful..BOT on, but, the stalls are awful... Good luck

I am two years out. I have been stalled for over six months, but I am very close to goal. My health has continued to improve all along. Going into my third year, I am concentrating more on fitness instead of the scale and focusing on strength training. From month six to seven I stalled for four weeks. Apparently 1,000 calories will be maintenence for me. Overall, I can't complain.

mine usually last a couple of weeks (3-4). I am currently in one now and was hoping to make a goal of a 6 lb loss by 12/31...didn't happen. I also went up 2lbs! That was different for me, I usually just stall but the 2lbs is a new thing for me.

I have had numerous comments about the weight loss in last few days so I am going to try on my size 12 jeans.

NSVs are the best!

I have been about the same since Nov 21st

Dont stress the stalls...its your body adjusting

as long as you are exercising and eating right the weight will come off!

Stalls are a normal, natural, and necessary part of the process. Does it really matter how long it last of you are doing what you are supposed to be doing?

I think those who treat stalls as separate and apart from their progress rather than an integral part of it experience much too much anxiety.

Embrace the Stall!

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

Going back through my spreadsheet from my weight loss phase, it looks like the longest stall I had was 5 weeks at about 7 months post-op. To be fair though, that stall was at a weight I had been at for well over a year a couple of years back and I have read that your body has "set points" where it "remembers" having been at a specific weight for a long time and when you get to that weight, it tries to stay there for a while.

although I am only 2-months out, I have experienced I think 2-4 stalls.. my NUT said I should start to see them after week 6 but I saw them week 5.. long story short, I have seen them last as short as 2 days to as long 7 days.

during my stalls i change my habits, walk a bit more and I check the scale less...(sorry i am a scale checker) prior to surgery I cared not for a scale, post sleeve I like to see the progress both physically, mentally and by the numbers.

although I am only 2-months out, I have experienced I think 2-4 stalls.. my NUT said I should start to see them after week 6 but I saw them week 5.. long story short, I have seen them last as short as 2 days to as long 7 days.

during my stalls i change my habits, walk a bit more and I check the scale less...(sorry i am a scale checker) prior to surgery I cared not for a scale, post sleeve I like to see the progress both physically, mentally and by the numbers.

2 days of no change on the scale is not a "stall".

I'm in the dreaded 3rd week stall I think. It's been a few days since I've lost any weight. I'm upping my protein and fluids...hopefully that will help!

although I am only 2-months out, I have experienced I think 2-4 stalls.. my NUT said I should start to see them after week 6 but I saw them week 5.. long story short, I have seen them last as short as 2 days to as long 7 days.

during my stalls i change my habits, walk a bit more and I check the scale less...(sorry i am a scale checker) prior to surgery I cared not for a scale, post sleeve I like to see the progress both physically, mentally and by the numbers.

2 days of no change on the scale is not a "stall".

I know, right. I read that post and I was like WTF?!?!?

although I am only 2-months out, I have experienced I think 2-4 stalls.. my NUT said I should start to see them after week 6 but I saw them week 5.. long story short, I have seen them last as short as 2 days to as long 7 days.

during my stalls i change my habits, walk a bit more and I check the scale less...(sorry i am a scale checker) prior to surgery I cared not for a scale, post sleeve I like to see the progress both physically, mentally and by the numbers.

2 days of no change on the scale is not a "stall".

I know, right. I read that post and I was like WTF?!?!?

it is in the mind of simpleton who was seeing number rapidly reduce themselves.. then suddenly stop... hence one could see it as a stall.. the numbers stopped moving as they once where.. the duration my not realistically meet the traditional sense of what one might call a stall, but to me it was

Thank you all for your responses.

I was sleeved 12/10, starting with a BMI of 40.2. I'm doing everything possible to be accountable. One thing that keeps me from tears, is the fact that I do continue to notice my body parts reducing in size. I have a love/hate relationship with that darn scale.????

I will take the advice to switch up my exercise routine & see if that helps. I want that euphoric feeling back of when I see that # on the scale move again. Thank you again everyone your support & suggestions are much appreciated.

Stalls are a normal, natural, and necessary part of the process. Does it really matter how long it last of you are doing what you are supposed to be doing?

I think those who treat stalls as separate and apart from their progress rather than an integral part of it experience much too much anxiety.

Embrace the Stall!

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

Kind of hard to embrace the stall when it's been about 3 weeks and I'm only 5 weeks post op.

Stalls are a normal, natural, and necessary part of the process. Does it really matter how long it last of you are doing what you are supposed to be doing?

I think those who treat stalls as separate and apart from their progress rather than an integral part of it experience much too much anxiety.

Embrace the Stall!

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

Kind of hard to embrace the stall when it's been about 3 weeks and I'm only 5 weeks post op.

That's pretty normal. Almost everyone experiences a stall a few weeks post-op. I HIGHLY recommend just staying off the scale and only weighing about once a week. Focus on the things you CAN control, like your Protein and Water intake and your activity level. The scale is gonna do its own thing and it's best to just ignore it as much as possible. You aren't going to be the ONE scientific anomaly that does everything right and doesn't lose a pound after 2 weeks post-op.