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I know I have read several people have stalls in the beginning so I somewhat expected it but it's not fun! I weigh myself every morning in hopes that the number went down even just a couple ounces. I had my sleeve Jan 31 I lost 10lb pre op and 9.6 lb the first week post op. The 2nd week I lost 2 more lbs the first day and now 5 days at the same exact weight. I'm trying not to get discouraged though! All this excess weight didn't come on overnight so i shouldn't expect it to all come off overnight.

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Hang in there, it will happen! I went through several stalls in my 260 pound weight loss journey. Every single one was worth the final result. You have got this!

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Thanks SuperDave!! Just curious when you had stalls in the beginning how long do they usually last? I will be 2 weeks post op on Tuesday and I will get to move on to puréed foods. I've been at a stall for 5 days.

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I had my first stall at 3 weeks, then probably every 2-3 months after that. They suck, but they pass. My worst was at 240 pounds, and lasted 3 months. I really thought I was done losing, but I didn't give in. I went on to lose another 55 pounds after that. Moving to the next stage may help break the stall as well, it always did for me. Your body gets used to a routine and needs to get shaken up once in a while.

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I had my first stall at 3 weeks, then probably every 2-3 months after that. They suck, but they pass. My worst was at 240 pounds, and lasted 3 months. I really thought I was done losing, but I didn't give in. I went on to lose another 55 pounds after that. Moving to the next stage may help break the stall as well, it always did for me. Your body gets used to a routine and needs to get shaken up once in a while.

Congrats on your weight loss and thank you for the motivation!!

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I am the same exactly three weeks and stall it is frustrating as I am barely eating I guess my body is just fighting it to keep as it use to be deep breath and patience I guess

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19 minutes ago, monfer said:

I am the same exactly three weeks and stall it is frustrating as I am barely eating I guess my body is just fighting it to keep as it use to be deep breath and patience I guess

It might be that you are not eating enough.

How many calories a day/protein/carbs a day, do you get?

Kate

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Well after 5 days the scale finally went down!! Yay!! I just tried focusing on making sure I met my Protein goal and plenty of fluids. I had previously had issues getting 64 oz in per day. Trying really hard to do better at that.

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Maybe my doctor have me in 3 full weeks liquid diet after surgery I can hardly make 300-400 calories I get all Protein intake thanks to the Protein  powder , good news is that next Friday I can start purée foods hope it helps

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Sounds very similar to me (RNY 1/26). On another thread they reminded folks that a) different people lose differently and B) the lighter you are to begin with the slower it will go. Two pounds a week CONSISTENTLY without backsliding will still be a blessing imho.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      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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      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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        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.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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