I'm almost 7 months post-op and I havent lost any weight since September. I exercise and stay on my surgeon's plan 99% of the time. I guess my clothes are fitting differently, but I never took any measurements.

I'm down 114 overall and 70 since surgery, so I hope this isn't it. I have at least 60 more lbs to lose.

Other than "embracing" it, how do I break this stupid stall?

It's not a stall if you're losing fat and gaining muscles. You need to start measuring (arms, chest, waist, hips, legs) and track that every month. The clothing fitting looser is a sign that things are working the way they're supposed to, but if you're only using the scale to check in on your progress, then you're probably getting pretty frustrated.

Fat is more bulky than muscle, so a pound of fat gone and replaced with leaner muscle means you're losing what you need to lose and gaining lean muscle mass.

You need to reframe what it means to get successful - it isn't just straight up weight loss. You gaining muscle in place of fat is WONDERFUL. The more fat you lose and replace with muscle the better your body is going to operate and the actual weight loss (when it does start happening again) will go even better than before.

Just keep monitoring your Protein intake, watch the calories and carbs and drink your Water. Get your exercise in and if you haven't started seeing the scale start moving down again soon, try adding in a few hundred extra calories of protein and complex carbs (like Beans with a small portion of brown rice) to see if you might be needing a bit more fuel to get your metabolism kick started.

Are you still journaling everything you are eating every day? How many carbs are you eating in a day? Is there anything in particular that you are intaking that you feel might be causing the stall (e.g., alcohol, sugar, not enough Protein, etc.)?

I had RNY surgery and I transitioned into the Maintenance phase at 7 months. Sleeve patients are different. They lose weight at a slower rate. But they often lose weight over a longer period of time, sometimes 2 years.

One thing to do now at this stage is to assess your Protein intake. Your protein requirement is met by a combination of the protein from your meals combined with the protein from your supplements (Protein shakes, protein bars). Since your meal volume is beginning to increase, that also means that the amount of protein from meals is increasing, especially if you concentrate on consuming high protein meals. Therefore you could be able to reduce your reliance on supplements and the calories they contain. I went from 3 protein shakes a day, down to 2, then 1 and finally zero when my meal volume increased to 1 cup per meal at a year and a half. This allowed me to break the few stalls that I encountered.

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What you eat, how many calories, Protein, carbs, really helps people help you with suggestions.

I have lost 170 pounds but sometimes I have issues where I gain and lose the same 3 lbs for weeks. Sometimes it is because of what I am eating (goodbye flat bread pizza) and sometimes it is just my body fighting back and freaking out over my lower weight. I have a way to break my stalls when they happen if it is food base but if my body is fighting back nothing works.

So what are you eating? In detail. Calories and grams.

I was stalled for 6-7 weeks. Almost did my head in!

I followed advice re mainly Protein meals. Have been doing it for a week, and today my scales finally moved!

Finally lost a pound! Hooray!

I also got Bowel Clear (has many herbs), and this relieved my constipation due to very high protein food.

Many of us who were sleeved 8 months ago have noticed that the honeymoon period is over, and that weight loss can stall for longer times at this stage.

At least it it still going down, but at a much slower pace.

I'm almost 7 months post-op and I havent lost any weight since September. I exercise and stay on my surgeon's plan 99% of the time. I guess my clothes are fitting differently, but I never took any measurements.

I'm down 114 overall and 70 since surgery, so I hope this isn't it. I have at least 60 more lbs to lose.

Other than "embracing" it, how do I break this stupid stall?

Hey, just wondering if your stall is over yet?

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