I had VSG July 10th and had a one week stall (actually a small gain of 0.8) this past week. I finally broke the stall yesterday and dropped 3.9 over the past two days! I'm totally thrilled. There is so much excellent advice from experienced sleevers on this site about staying off the scale and expecting stalls, especially in the early weeks. All that good advice really helped me to keep a calm head during my dreaded 3 weeks stall. So, I want to pay it forward and reassure the newly sleeved that stalls are normal and nothing to freak out about! So many of us are emotional eaters and worrying about a stall can really lead to getting off track. Don't let the stall derail you! Stick to your program and you will drop the weight eventually!

It's so true. The number on the scale is not the end all be all of weight. You can lose inches while you aren't losing pounds. It's very important to not just focus on the numbers, I know it can be hard but if you only focus on the scale you will not be happy.

Thanks for the posts. I had surgery July 11th and lost pretty good the first week and a little the second week. By the third week, my period came on and I had water weight gain. My surgeon totally freaked me out. He berated me and made me feel like such a failure. I have followed all the recommendations and even went down a size. Now that my period is off, my weight has dropped a few pounds. I am doing drinking protein shakes, water, and taking about 6000 steps about five times a week. I know this is a process but I am literally scared to death to go back to my surgeon and not lost like he wants me to. You all have confirm that these things happen, but I am so afraid to return to his office in three weeks without a huge amount of weight loss.

Just keep going? It is all about being positive and sometimes the weight stalls... this is ok. Uour doing an awesome job

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Thanks for the posts. I had surgery July 11th and lost pretty good the first week and a little the second week. By the third week, my period came on and I had water weight gain. My surgeon totally freaked me out. He berated me and made me feel like such a failure. I have followed all the recommendations and even went down a size. Now that my period is off, my weight has dropped a few pounds. I am doing drinking protein shakes, water, and taking about 6000 steps about five times a week. I know this is a process but I am literally scared to death to go back to my surgeon and not lost like he wants me to. You all have confirm that these things happen, but I am so afraid to return to his office in three weeks without a huge amount of weight loss.

Don't let your surgeon shake you up. I had a nurse give me a hard time over not losing weight before my pre-op diet began. It really bothered me, but I just pressed ahead. If your surgeon is hard on you next time it can't hurt to tell him that you it would be helpful for him to give you ideas to get through weight loss stalls rather than berating you.

I just try to keep in mind, "I didn't gain this weight overnight... it's not going to come off overnight". The surgery is a tool, it is up to YOU to eat the right foods and be active. You have to be in it to win it!

Just keep on moving forward! We got this!

Thanks for words of encouragement. Ever since I've been going to this center, the nurse has mostly been negative. I will continue to eat, drink and stay active like it was stated in their manuel.