Weight Loss Stall

[Megan Catherine 3]

I’m about 5 weeks post-op and for the last week and a half/2 weeks my weight has stalled. Has anyone else experience this? Any recommendations?

Thanks!

[AJ Tylo 1,398]

All of us have! Very common. You can try and break the stall like i do, Do a complete flush of the body, Fast for a few days.

Also I have said this a billion times here - DO NOT WEIGH YOURSELF EVERY WEEK, YOU WILL END UP IN A RUBBER ROOM WITH A JACKET THAT BUCKLES IN THE BACK

by the way who's lion is that? Nice Cat

Edited November 30, 2019 by AJ Tylo

[catwoman7 10,846]

everybody. Do a search on the "three-week stall" (although it's not always the third week - sometimes it's the second - or fourth- or fifth - but at any rate, sometime within the first 4-6 weeks of surgery). You will find HUNDREDS of posts on this if you search it.

P.S. Don't fast. You need the nutrition for healing. Just stick to your surgeon's program. The stall WILL break, I promise.

Edited November 30, 2019 by catwoman7

[Dances with Carbs 168]

Mine started in week 3 and lasted for 2 weeks. It was concerning then but it is coming off regularly now. Just stick to the plan. It will come off.

[New&Improved 1,780]

I had to up my Protein and it helped

[catwoman7 10,846]

just to repeat - STICK TO YOUR PLAN. The weight loss will start up again. Stalls are common and will happen again and again throughout your weight loss journey. Just stick to your surgeon's plan and stay off the scale if you have to. But the weight loss WILL start up again.

[Nonnaof4 54]

Mine started at 3 weeks and lasted 2 weeks. I started upping my Water as I know I wasn't getting enough and tried to get more calories in. I was only getting 300-500 a day, most days 300-400. Now I get around 500-600 and I have been losing again. Keep trusting your program it really works.

[lvidacovich 372]

Found this on FB and it's been pretty accurate for me. Lost over 20 pounds right after surgery very quickly then things were slow from week 2-5ish but since then it's been coming off at a pound or so a day.

ETA: this is from some Keto thing so ignore the starting weight part but it seems to fit for me and others after surgery.

Edited December 2, 2019 by lvidacovich

[VSGDavid 185]

On 11/30/2019 at 12:38 PM, Megan Catherine said:

I’m about 5 weeks post-op and for the last week and a half/2 weeks my weight has stalled. Has anyone else experience this? Any recommendations?

Thanks!

Everyone does. Your weightloss will not be a steady burn, it will come in fits and starts. You will go weeks sometimes without losing anything, and then drop a bunch all at once.

[SassyBee53 27]

I know this thread is a bit older, but I think at 2.5 weeks I've hit my stall. Glad to read all these replies and know that I'm not going crazy. I was sleeved 12/30 and have since lost about 25 pounds. But the scale has not budged, even went up slightly(like a few ounces) and I'm feeling so discouraged. Trying so hard to get in all my Protein and Water every day, feeling sooo lethargic and just low energy. I have been walking and doing arm exercises, some leg exercises. Just trying to push through and hope that eventually I will feel normal. sleep has been hard, my incisions are still healing, and I'm starting another grad school semester next week which is stressing me out a bit. I think I should just stop weighing myself for a bit.

[Sandra Nuelken 419]

I've had some stalls, some little pound loss, I'm 5 months in, with holidays, birthdays, and all. I just keep to the program with the end goal in mind. I've changed my goals a bit as I'm no longer losing 10 pounds a month, I'm now happy with 5 - 7 pounds. The weight didn't come on in 5 months it won't go off that quickly too. Good news I can stay in my clothes longer.

[ckrewer 8]

I am glad to see the posts here. I have also stalled. I stalled last week (week 4) and am still stalled. One of my co-workers had this surgery 4 years ago and she calmed me down letting me know if happens to every one and not to get discouraged. I am guilty of weighing myself too often, so i will have to stop doing that too. I hope the stall breaks soon.