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Thursday the 24th will be Thanksgiving and I haven't lost a pound since the first two weeks when I came home from the hospital my surgery was on the 24th I weighed in at 4:05 and now I'm 364 I haven't lost a pound in 2 weeks am I doing something wrong

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am I doing something wrong

@@matthewsmiguy

welcome, welcome to the board :rolleyes:

405 to 364 lbs - that's great

down 41 lbs within 2 week period after surgery

you're already considered a "big loser"

as long as you are following your doc/nuts rules

you are doing everything right

i'm sure you are drinking plenty of Water (64 oz?)

Protein, etc

the weight WILL come off in its own due time

some people leave the hospital with a weight gain

(IV solution/water) others haven't lost at all

never compare yourself with others

you are taking in such a little amount of calories in

you can't help but lose weight

don't stare at the scale all the time

weigh once a week if you can control yourself

otherwise, hide scale from yourself

good luck bud

you are doing great :rolleyes:

"God Grant Me Patience, Just Hurry Up About It"

kathy

congrats

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Sounds like you aren't doing anything wrong. You lost a massive amount in the first two weeks - seriously, then looks like you hit the dreaded 3rd week stall - do a search on here and you'll see just how common that first stall is. Stick with the plan you were given, stop stressing about the scale, and the weight will come off again. Weightloss is definitely not linear. You will not lose every week, some weeks you might even gain a pound or so but the overall trend over time will be downward.

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You are doing nothing wrong. STALLS are frustrating to say the least, but a natural part of the process that is hard to accept but ya may as well throw your hands up and say oh well, stay on track and wait for that stall to break. It will not be your last one. I've had a stall every month so far but just like clockwork, my weight loss starts up again. Be patient. It will happen if you are doing everything right.

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I had my surgery Oct 25th, I lost 16lbs the first two weeks and nothing since. The dreaded stall has grabbed me, but my question is, everyone says stalls are common and your body is just catching up? Could someone explain that to me? Sorry I'm learning.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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