Worried I’m abusing my sleeve - 5 weeks post op / 2 week stall

[Once Upon a Sleeve 24]

This may sound like a silly question, but I’m able to tolerate basically everything at almost 5 weeks post-op, and this makes me worried I’m somehow abusing my sleeve.

I started soft solids at 3 weeks and regular solids at 4 weeks per my doctor’s orders.

The only thing I am still working through is coffee - large half-caf over the course of several hours put my stomach in twists. A small Decaf over several hours was fine.

I am a busy mom with two active boys at home, and at least once a week we have pizza for dinner. At week 4, I was able to have a small slice with veggie toppings with no issue.

I can basically eat whatever my kids eat, just in very small portions. I bought some 3.5” Asian dipping sauce bowls as my portion bowls, so I’m getting 1/2-2/3 cup of food at a time. If I eat too much or something that doesn’t agree with me, I get hiccups, so I stop.

I’m trying to keep what I eat moderate fat, moderate carb. Lots of broth and lean meats and tofu and veggies. A little noodles and rice and quinoa (very little).

From reading the boards, it sounds like a stall around 3 weeks is normal. I was also terribly constipated for a couple days. But now I’ve been in a stall for nearly 2 weeks! My energy is moderate - I can make it through the day but tend to fall asleep this week while my kids are playing board games after school.

I stopped logging my food when I started solids because it was too complicated to log things I cooked since I used so many different ingredients.

I started at 199, and have been between 181-183 the past 2 weeks.

Do I need to do something differently, or is this part of the normal stall? I have an appt with my NUT in 2.5 weeks.

Thanks!!

[Healthy_life2 8,319]

10 minutes ago, Once Upon a Sleeve said:

This may sound like a silly question, but I’m able to tolerate basically everything at almost 5 weeks post-op, and this makes me worried I’m somehow abusing my sleeve.

I started soft solids at 3 weeks and regular solids at 4 weeks per my doctor’s orders.

The only thing I am still working through is coffee - large half-caf over the course of several hours put my stomach in twists. A small Decaf over several hours was fine.

I am a busy mom with two active boys at home, and at least once a week we have pizza for dinner. At week 4, I was able to have a small slice with veggie toppings with no issue.

I can basically eat whatever my kids eat, just in very small portions. I bought some 3.5” Asian dipping sauce bowls as my portion bowls, so I’m getting 1/2-2/3 cup of food at a time. If I eat too much or something that doesn’t agree with me, I get hiccups, so I stop.

I’m trying to keep what I eat moderate fat, moderate carb. Lots of broth and lean meats and tofu and veggies. A little noodles and rice and quinoa (very little).

From reading the boards, it sounds like a stall around 3 weeks is normal. I was also terribly constipated for a couple days. But now I’ve been in a stall for nearly 2 weeks! My energy is moderate - I can make it through the day but tend to fall asleep this week while my kids are playing board games after school.

I stopped logging my food when I started solids because it was too complicated to log things I cooked since I used so many different ingredients.

I started at 199, and have been between 181-183 the past 2 weeks.

Do I need to do something differently, or is this part of the normal stall? I have an appt with my NUT in 2.5 weeks.

Thanks!!

You are four weeks out. Congratulations on your weight loss.

I can tolerate anything with my sleeve. It really shows you that surgery restricted calories alone does not get the weight off. It's the food choices I make.

For me logging has been a big part of my success with WLS. There is no way I can guess my calories, Protein and carbs. I use myfitnesspal to log food. you can add recipes with multiple ingredients.

Stalls will happen...Read breaking the stall below.

https://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/351046-embrace-the-stall/#comment-3952027

[Creekimp13 5,838]

Add a little cardio. Power though the stall:) Watch calories. You're doing great! No worries.