Hi. I’m 7 weeks post op and lost 40lbs. I’m very excited about this, but haven’t any weight this week. Have I already plateaued? I was walking during my 6 weeks and now joined Pilates. This will be second week doing a full workout, what am I doin wrong?

Stalls are a common part of the journey post-op. It took me 1 year and 4 days post-op to get to my goal. I promise you that more of that time was spent in a stall than actively losing weight. It is just the way it is.

Keep to your plan and make good decisions each day and the weight will come off it its own time.

Good luck!

Agree with that last post - look up “stall” and you’ll see it is a hugely common topic on this forum!

It will break, it will. Just stick to your plan.

One thing that might help - when I am in a stall, it is often then that I drop a size in pants or shirts!

It is a stall. It happens to some during the first 2 months of surgery and others months after. I have had multiple stalls. My most recent lasted over 3 months. At that time, I had to learn to stop stressing the scale and just focus on getting fit. When I tell people how much I weight now, they do not believe me. They say I look 20 lbs lighter than they thought.

That is because I focused those months on toning and getting fit. This journey will help us change our minds and the obsession with the scale if we let it. By changing my focus from the scale, to lifting and increasing my stamina, I was able to track my inches, weight lifting increase and eventually break the stalls.

What is likely happening at the 7 week mark:

1. Rebound fluid retention cuz of the ass kicking you're giving yourself in Pilates.

2. You're building some muscle and displacing fat and hanging on to fluid cuz of the ass kicking you're giving yourself in Pilates and cuz you're losing weight.

LOL> TAke your measurements and lots of photos. A stall is only a stall when neither the scale nor the measuring tape move for 3 weeks. Otherwise, it's a scenic detour.

All- thank you so much! I appreciate the information and positive feedback!

I've been on a stall also. Surgery on 1/10, 18 and lost no weight in February at all. Kept going back and forth from 198, 199, 200, 201, 202. But I've noticed lots of inches going off. I often try on clothes that were too small to gauge myself , the scale isn't friendly sometimes but trying on clothes that you couldn't get on and fitting them will keep you motivated until the scale decides to move again lol.