Hello all, I am a Newbie.

Before my surgery i weighed 267 and surgery was May 12 and i currently weigh 247 and for 1 1/2 weeks ,I have not lost anything. I have maintained 247-246.6

Is this normal?, I have read about the stretching of the pouch, and not chewing your food as fast and drinking Water at the same time. And since i have been reading so much about it ,im scared i will stretch my pouch.

Now when i was loosing a pound a day i was not really eating, just like 3 table spoons of Jello and 3 sips of broth if that and water.

I have now incorporated cottage cheese, hummus here and there and what ever i cook like maybe 4 Table spoons of..

Not sure if i need to stick with just Protein for the whole month or what. Im not so quite sure to know when im getting full. I know when i eat and i swallow at time it hurts, i barf sometime water or soy milk if its like 20 mins after i eat.

Im dreading to call the Dr. But i think i should.

Did anyone else have a stand still, i do exercise like run up the bleachers.

Any help will be appreciated,only those that have had the surgery.

Edited May 31, 201610 yr by yguess

You are smack in the middle of the famous (or infamous perhaps) 3 week stall. You are doing everything right. It is totally normal. Your body just has to catch up. Ride it out. It will break soon and typically breaks by a pretty significant amount. in the meantime, stay of the scale for a week (if you can) and concentrate on your Protein, fluids and Vitamins.

As @InnerSurferGirl says, "Embrace The Stall"!!

Lol thanks ,im trying to stay off of it..

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Oh girl! Trust me, I totally understand! I think I have weighed every single day since surgery (and well likely for the 4 months before surgery!) I am approaching maintenance stage and am going to have to stay off the scale myself! It is so weird to not see the pounds dropping anymore and a tiny bit of panic when it goes up by 1 pound. I just have to get used to that part. I don't want to lose anymore but I don't want to gain either! Promise your stall will end! And the best part is, once it breaks, it sort of free falls for a week or so (seriously some people see 3 to 5 pounds in one day!)

My therapist asked me today "did you ever expect to be down 120 pounds in a year when you started this?" Um, nope. I sure didn't. I thought I was a pretty slow loser too but boy does it add up! You got this!!

Awe thanks, yes im doing everything im asked of..by the Dr, i guess thats how i lost 20 pounds in 2 weeks..but ill embrace the stall..i suppose. Thank you again

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I'm going through the exact same thing...u r not alone. I lost 10lbs pre op and 10lbs my first week ...Nothing since then and I'm now 3 weeks out. 20lbs in a month is a lot so I figure my body is catching up. I'll weigh in a few weeks.

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It took me about 4 weeks to see a weight loss. Drove me crazy, but it finally happened. My surgery was March 14th and I am down over 90lbs. It will happen.

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