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VsgKiki

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VsgKiki    1

VsgKiki
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I had surgery on 9/19. I've lost about 30 lbs... But the last 3 weeks I have went up and down 2-3 lbs, not really losing any.

I tried drinking more Water, adding more Protein and nothing seems to be working. I am so discouraged! I hate to have done this for nothing. Could something be messed up?

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Babbs    14,681

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The good news is you've done absolutely nothing wrong. It's very normal to stall at around 3 weeks out from surgery. 99% of us did it, and if you search "Three week stall" on this forum or even Google, you'll get a thousand results.

Stay the course, keep getting in your liquids and Protein and it will pass. Promise.

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Washington_girl    7

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I had my bypass surgery 9/19 also and going through the same thing. I read about the 3 week stall, but hoped it wouldn't happen to me :) it's been 2 weeks without any loss. I haven't read anything on how long it usually lasts. I'm hoping it will be over soon and I can get back on track. I am trying different things to jump start the weight loss. I have made a conscious effort to increase calories and this weekend I tried increasing carbs (from 20 grams to 30). Who knows how to get it to kick in again other then patience... which I have never been good at :)

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VsgKiki    1

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The good news is you've done absolutely nothing wrong. It's very normal to stall at around 3 weeks out from surgery. 99% of us did it, and if you search "Three week stall" on this forum or even Google, you'll get a thousand results.

Stay the course, keep getting in your liquids and Protein and it will pass. Promise.

Thanks for the encouragement

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Nursenia    68

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My 3 week stall lasted for 2 weeks it's a process our bodies go through it normal and from what I hear it's plenty more to come I'm only 8 weeks out but I hear they happen often...

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Kelleylu    34

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I had surgery on 9/19. I've lost about 30 lbs... But the last 3 weeks I have went up and down 2-3 lbs, not really losing any.

I tried drinking more Water, adding more Protein and nothing seems to be working. I am so discouraged! I hate to have done this for nothing. Could something be messed up?

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I've having the EXACT same problem, word for word!

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bigmoma86    2

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I had surgery Oct 3.16. My stall came 3 weeks ago. I called my nutritionist . We talked about what foods I was eating. I was eating to much cheese. Also I had to give up a glass of wine daily too, one on Sunday with dinner.I also learned when you are not losing weight you my be losing inches because of the exercise making muscle. Keep going. sw268 cw 209

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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