Is this the dreaded three week stall? I thought it was a joke! I weighed in at the doctors on Wednesday and haven't lost anything since! My scale said I even gain half a pound! I am not eating anything I'm not supposed to. I am transitioning to liquids to blended. However, I'm having a REALLY hard time getting my water in. I try to eat, I get so full I feel like I can't put anything in my body for like 2 hours, and it's not like the old days where you can just chug your water. I sip all day and I can barely finish 24 ounces. I'm 19 days post op today. I have been way more conscious of how fast I'm eating, I am chewing things to death, I use a baby spoon, I put my plate away, I wait between water and good but I'm a!ways so uncomfortable after eating almost any amount i am just afraid to drink! I feel like this is why I'm not losing. I also use the baritastic app AND write in a journal. I'm seriously thinking of having my friend that's a nurse come over with an IV!

Yeah. Sounds like. It bites big ones. You just have to focus, stay the course, not look too far ahead, and get through it. Forward through the storm. ((hugs))

2 hours ago, magpie26 said:

Is this the dreaded three week stall? I thought it was a joke! I weighed in at the doctors on Wednesday and haven't lost anything since! My scale said I even gain half a pound! I am not eating anything I'm not supposed to. I am transitioning to liquids to blended. However, I'm having a REALLY hard time getting my Water in. I try to eat, I get so full I feel like I can't put anything in my body for like 2 hours, and it's not like the old days where you can just chug your water. I sip all day and I can barely finish 24 ounces. I'm 19 days post op today. I have been way more conscious of how fast I'm eating, I am chewing things to death, I use a baby spoon, I put my plate away, I wait between water and good but I'm a!ways so uncomfortable after eating almost any amount i am just afraid to drink! I feel like this is why I'm not losing. I also use the baritastic app AND write in a journal. I'm seriously thinking of having my friend that's a nurse come over with an IV!

It sounds like your stomach isn't quite ready for whatever you're giving it that makes you miserable for 2 hours. Try something else and revisit that other stuff in a week or two. Are you starting with 1 Tablespoon quantities? If not, it might be too much, too soon. And this is from a pro who can still only handle soft/mushy at 10 weeks post op. Are you still getting most of your protein from shakes?

Ahh I'm so lazy sometimes getting back to forums! That is what I had initially thought, I got too pre-occupied in the next phase that I think I just jumped too quick. I had been measuring out my food in ounces and tablespoons, but I think I was just not quite ready. I just wanted to race to the finish to soft food at least but I realized I'm not there yet. The past few days I've slide backwards a bit and had more fluids than blended trying to get more water in. I am 3 weeks post op, I had some more blended stuff today rather than protein shakes, kept stopping for water, it was ok. Weighed myself yesterday and finally down 1.2 pounds, (it's been a week!) I know there are stalls, but this isn't weight watchers, I just had my surgery, I thought I would be keeping up at least 5+ a week loss. The week before it was 8. I'm staying positive though, I read the forums, I journal, not just food but my first year going through this, I use the apps, and I follow all of my doctor's /dietician's advice. I can do this, I mean my body has to, right?