I've been the same weight for an entire week and I'm frustrated! I was just sleeved on 5/31 and including pre-op (2 weeks liquid) I'm down 22 lbs. 15 of those were from the pre-op diet. I'm doing everything by the book so I can't understand why I'm stuck. Anyone have advice?

(I'm a once a week weigher, not daily)

Thanks in advance!

Google "three week stall." This happens to everyone. The best advice is to follow your plan, meet your protein and water goals each day, walk when you can, and stay off of the scale for a while. Your body is desperately trying to heal, and weight loss just isn't the top priority right now.

The scale may have not moved but I'm sure your measurements did. I don't believe you stalled at all. ?

At 11days out you may still have some residual fluid retention. My abdomen was still swollen around that time. Don't stress about the numbers on the scale for the first month - you're healing from your surgery so who knows what's going on with fluids you may be retaining. I gained 10lbs the first few days after surgery. Focus on meeting your goals and being as active as you can. The results will come.

2 hours ago, AmandaWho said:

I've been the same weight for an entire week and I'm frustrated! I was just sleeved on 5/31 and including pre-op (2 weeks liquid) I'm down 22 lbs. 15 of those were from the pre-op diet. I'm doing everything by the book so I can't understand why I'm stuck. Anyone have advice?

(I'm a once a week weigher, not daily)

Thanks in advance!

No one really looses the 1st week, some even gain , You should do a little research, The 1st 5-6 weeks is pretty slow ...then things will start happening

Thank you everyone

Don't be upset it will happen. We have the same surgery date I have only lost 12 pounds so far. When I went to the doctor's office I was like that's it they said that was good and some people even gained in the beginning keep your head up. Your doing great...

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Don't be upset it will happen. We have the same surgery date I have only lost 12 pounds so far. When I went to the doctor's office I was like that's it they said that was good and some people even gained in the beginning keep your head up. Your doing great...

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They said the same thing to me and I was like what! But congrats on the weight loss. I will just keep drinking my water, eating my bland foods, and walking. Hopefully I can lose at least another 20 by my wedding in October. Staying optimistic at this point!

Thank you !

23 hours ago, AmandaWho said:

Thank you everyone

Yes, THANKS for this! I'm on day 20 also struggling w/ this infamous stall (I was losing a pound a day until day 11, grr)....

But glad it's not that I'm doing anything wrong... just gotta wait it out! WE can do this!!!

On 6/11/2017 at 11:29 AM, AmandaWho said:

I've been the same weight for an entire week and I'm frustrated! I was just sleeved on 5/31 and including pre-op (2 weeks liquid) I'm down 22 lbs. 15 of those were from the pre-op diet. I'm doing everything by the book so I can't understand why I'm stuck. Anyone have advice?

(I'm a once a week weigher, not daily)

Thanks in advance!

BTW, I just found this old article from a previous thread that sheds some light on the stall.

https://www.dsfacts.com/weight-loss-stall-or-plateau.php

BTW, I just found this old article from a previous thread that sheds some light on the stall.
https://www.dsfacts.com/weight-loss-stall-or-plateau.php

This was helpful. Thank you for posting it!

I'm almost 4 weeks out... have only lost about 13lbs since surgery, and have been stalled for a week now... I was getting frustrated with the scale because it's not moving UNTIL yesterday when I went to Target... I decided to try on an XL and was like yeah right... I was able to get it in although I am definitely not ready to buy any XL shirts yet lol. I thought I was doing something wrong because I can still fit my clothes from before surgery (they are loose but not big enough to stop wearing) and I haven't lost much weight but after trying on that XL and also realizing that I'm probably a solid XXL in juniors instead of a 3x-4x in plus size my mindset is changed completely. I was beyond happy at Target trying on clothes and didn't care about the scale not moving (and could give two fucks at this point) because even though the scale isn't moving those inches are coming off and that's progress too... I bet even though the scale isn't moving (and it will again) you're losing inches. I've learned during this stall (my first but I'm sure here will be many more) to focus on the other weight loss positives and not the scale... it has also helped me break up with my scale and not rely on it so much. Hang in there I'm sure you're doing amazing!!!

BTW, I just found this old article from a previous thread that sheds some light on the stall.
https://www.dsfacts.com/weight-loss-stall-or-plateau.php

Love this. I realized I wasn't getting in enough water. It gets warm, I switch out the bottles. I ended up with so many partial bottles of water. Switched to my big cold tumbler so I could keep a more accurate count. Lost two lbs after not moving for a few days!

I was 9 pounds heavier the first week.. when I said something to my doctor she asked me why I weighed myself!