Good morning. I have been stalled for 2 weeks and before that I was stalled an additional 2 weeks- lost 3 lb then stalled again. I am discouraged and panicking. I am following Drs orders to a "T". Is there anything I should do?

I am eating a traditional low fat, low carb diet and I STRUGGLE to get 600 Calories in daily.

I do feel like clothes are fitting different through This period.

Run a search for stalls on this forum and you'll find two recurrent themes:

1. Almost everyone has experienced this & was very frustrated by it, so youre not alone

2. Almost everyone eventually realizes it's short-term if they stay the course and focus on the big picture

Good Luck ?

Edited July 22, 20197 yr by GreenTealael

8 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

Run a search for stalls on this forum and you'll find two recurrent themes:

1. Almost everyone has experienced this & was very frustrated by it, so youre not alone

2. Almost everyone eventually realizes it's short-term if they stay the course and focus on the big picture

Good Luck ?

Thanks for your kind words. I definitely need them. I guess I worry because it is lasting so long.

some people lose weight in a stair step fashion (lose some, then stall, lose some, then stall - rinse & repeat). Others don't stall as frequently and have bigger drops between stalls. You may be one of the former. You don't have a lot of control over your pattern of weight loss - the only thing you have control over is whether or not you stick to your plan. So just stick to it - the weight *will* come off. I didn't have a ton of stalls (maybe 3 or 4?), but I was a slow loser from the get-go. I just stuck to my plan throughout the whole weight loss stage. It took awhile, but the weight eventually did come off - all of it!

I had a 10 week stall and thought I was in maintenance even though I thought I was doing everything right, getting in my protein, exercising, getting in water, 800 calories/day. Then I started on a "diet" with my husband, sort of like Atkins, and I'm eating MORE calories and the weight is finally dropping again. Maybe I was in starvation mood with too few calories? Bottom line is that stalls are frustrating but inevitable and you can't give up but have to keep following the program.

I’m almost 4 weeks out and after transitioning to puréed foods iv hit a stall. Anyone have that issue? I’m following my diet and tracking everything. Is this common? I’m almost afraid to transition into soft foods if these past 2 weeks have been so discouraging? Any feedback is greatly appreciated :)

you're the billionth person to hit that early stall. almost all of us get that. It's called the 3 week stall, but it can happen anywhere within the first 4-6 weeks of surgery. Just stick to your plan and it'll eventually break

I am 11 weeks out and last week I was stagnant only to get on the scale this morning and be down 6lbs from last Monday. I am now into staircase style weightloss after the initial rapid drop.

I am with @Brent701 I am also 11 weeks since surgery. I had a stall all last week and today I am down 4 lbs. Continue to do what you are doing and the weight will come come. From the looks of your profile you are doing good.

Thank you all. Really makes me feel better!!

I also really want to make a post/thread but I can’t find on the app where to do that. If anyone can help that would be really appreciated