Scariest Stall Yet

[KT1981 294]

My doctor's goal weight for me is 165. My personal goal is 150 (my vanity goal is 135). I've been stalled for about a week now at 167, and I'm freaking myself out that this is it. (Naturally, I have thought that about every stall along the way, but knowing that I'm basically at my doctor's goal weight makes me think this REALLY is it.) This is compounded by the fact that I appear to be going through a hormonal shift of some kind, making me fear that my hormones are going back to how they were before and I've reached my new set point. But I don't want to be here. I want to be at least 17 pounds from here, preferably 32 pounds from here.

Logical me knows that if I continue to average 800 calories and 50 carbs per day, I will continue to lose, even if it slows down. But I'm not feeling logical right now. I'm feeling scared because I feel that I have reason to believe that I've reached "the end of my surgery".

Please talk some sense into me.

[Fara Jacobson 6]

Have you tried actually eating more calories and shocking your body into weight loss again?

[mrblond 56]

i went through a stall that hit about the 8th week and seemed to last 2 weeks but seems to have broken. I was stuck at 325ish and the last few days I have dropped to 316ish, so they happen, just keep it up!

[Cheeseburgh 3,075]

It comes off just a bit slower. I upped my workouts towards my goal weight and I doubled my weight loss over the past 2 months. 16 lbs over 2 months and 5 below my initial goal weight. I kept my calories 700-800.

[KT1981 294]

18 hours ago, Fara Jacobson said:

Have you tried actually eating more calories and shocking your body into weight loss again?

This is on my mind. I tried it purposefully during a stall once before and it didn't do anything to break the stall (it also didn't cause any Water retention or anything), but I was recently told to up my calories in general and I'm still on the low end (should be 800 to 1000 and I'm at 800-850). I've noticed on the rare day when I get up to 1000 I will post a loss, even if it's small. It does have me wondering if I should be hitting closer to 1000 on a more regular basis. I'm going to try that for a few days.

[KT1981 294]

13 hours ago, Cheeseburgh said:

It comes off just a bit slower. I upped my workouts towards my goal weight and I doubled my weight loss over the past 2 months. 16 lbs over 2 months and 5 below my initial goal weight. I kept my calories 700-800.

Thanks for the affirmation. I was recently told to up my calories to 800-1000 and I tend to keep it to 800 (since I'm not done losing) but I've noticed on the rare day that I hit closer to 1000 I will see a loss- sometimes small, sometimes substantial. It has me wondering if I should be more regularly hitting closer to that 1000 mark. I am going to try that for a few days, but I also need to up my workout game. That's my plan for this week!

[looly 361]

At the risk of sounding facetious, I can recommend catching hand, foot and mouth disease. Believe me, you won't want to eat... 3lbs gone in 4 days!

[KT1981 294]

1 hour ago, looly said:

At the risk of sounding facetious, I can recommend catching hand, foot and mouth disease. Believe me, you won't want to eat... 3lbs gone in 4 days!

Lol. I might pass on that remedy. I did have a stomach bug a few months ago that had a similar result. I will probably avoid trying to repeat that, too.

Sorry about your illness! Hope you recovered quickly!