How do you end a stall?

[amy6152 70]

I know stalls are common, but I'm just over a week into my first and quietly weeping in a corner. I actually gained weight the last two days, which is super sucky and not at all justified based on what I've been eating!!

Which brings me to my question. Do you change your eating to break the stall, or stay the course and toss the scale in the garbage? Is a stall indicative of a problem, or is it just a normal bump in the road? I'm sure it CAN BE indicative of a problem, but is it always?

After gaining yesterday and today, I found myself being hypercritical of everything I put in my mouth. Yesterday I was counting calories like it was my job, leaving me horrified when I saw I was at 1,500. That sounds like a lot, but I've been following the nutrition guidelines and losing weight like a champ until now. Today I tried to eat less, but I spent the whole day preoccupied by food and seriously hungry. Not head hungry. Actual, physical hunger. Then I would eat something, which meant I ate more times than I normally do today, and probably didn't change my calorie intake much at all. * sob *

Thoughts??

Edited January 15, 2019 by amy6152
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[Healthy_life 1,437]

Read embrace the stall below

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

[catwoman7 10,870]

stalls are common. I just stayed the course and they eventually broke.

I don't want to be critical of your 1500-cal-a-day routine because I obviously am not familiar with your particular situation, but I eat that many calories now - two years into maintenance. I don't think I went over 1000 until I was around a year post-op.

[KimTriesRNY 1,853]

I usually just stay the course. If you are following your program and honestly not overeating it will end on its own, when your body is ready.

This will not make you feel better but a week is nothing as far as stalls go. The body often needs time to recalibrate during periods of weight loss. You can fool around with eating a bit more or a bit less, change up the exercise, but in most cases it seems like it ends by just patience and pushing through.

I too am not familiar with your dietary program but do consider that the more weight you lose, the less calories you will burn in a day. Lucky you though if you are able to keep losing on such a hearty calorie allowance.

I hope it breaks for you soon. Be patient, which is easier said than done when it’s your stall I know!

[megamedic691 21]

I hit my first stall and it lasted 3 months. I took a step backs and I was super honest with myself and realized I was adding in extra calories and breaking rules every day - not just occasionally. I am a year post op so I was lucky I made it 10 months months without a stall. (I am not beating myself up, I moved my family across country and it was a huge change, my diet suffered as a result) So I decided to change up how I was eating. Cutting the extra calories and getting back to basic simple meals to focus on my core nutrition for a while. Try a new recipe and cut down those calories for a week and see what happens for you.

[GradyCat 3,692]

I have stalled during Weeks 3 and 4 post-op but it's finally moving again in Week 5. I will just stay the course because I know I'm doing everything the way I'm supposed to be and that my body is just confused with all that's happened to it. I'm eating between 800-900 calories per day at 5 weeks post-op and my dietitian said that was a normal amount for the next several months, so 1500 sounds like a lot to me, but I could be wrong.

[Sophie921 9]

I have had starts and stops since my sleeve in September. I tend to hold Fluid better than a camel in the Sahara and my body is desperate to get a set point to which it clings tenaciously. However, I do keep an intake journal and know that this it will resume its downward trend with a little help. I find that if I have hit a stall, that eating well one day and less the next avoiding sodium will cause it to begin losing again.

[insta_adventurer 1,046]

Stalls happen... mine seem to always be lengthy in nature. Assess what you’re currently doing. If you’re not following your plan, then make the changes to do so. If you are following your plan, just stick to it and the stall will break.

[Frustr8 7,886]

Think of them as pauses instead, your body is regrouping before it loses more weight, they don't last forever but it sure feels like they do. And often while it's seems like your weight is going nowhere you may still lose inches, and that is also a Good Thing.

[Lolo 2020 236]

1500 is a lot of calories ! I was told 600-800 calories and 60-80g ofnprotein , under 50g carbs until I hit goal

[amy6152 70]

Talked to my nutritionist because I was concerned. She said to keep it to 1000-1200/day but my food log looked good--I'm on program. So I felt better, made sure I didn't overdo it by those standards, and the scale started to move again. I'm down 73 since surgery.

[Frustr8 7,886]

And although I haven't stalled as of yet, on 1430 calories from my TPN, yeah THAT MANY- My Body Jalopy🚕is barely chugging along the weight loss trail. 2 pounds a month between December 18- January 15, praying I will get out of this idle-ing and my weight loss deferred will resume because I wanted it all, I wanted to be HEALTHY and THIN, not one or the other.😖