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Hey guys I’m about 8 months out and I’m in a stall. I can not get the weight to drop and I swear it is creeping up or staying the same. I also am loosing motivation and the body dismorphia is worse. I had the gastric sleeve, I’m 23 and I just want to keep going but I need help. I am about 25lbs to my goal weight. Please help
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Unfortunately the closer to your goal, the slower your rate of weight loss. Some weeks it is like the scale barely moves like a stall. It can be very frustrating. A it if what happening is you are eating closer to what your body actually needs to function & you are nearing your new body set point (the weight your body is happy with). A thing to consider is that your new set point may not be the weight you want to be. To get to a lower weight you will have to work harder & then will have to continue to eat less & be more active to maintain at the lower weight.

Have a chat with your dietician & medical team. And if it is a persistent stall, sometimes a small tweak is all that is need to kick start your loss again.

Body dysmorphia affects all of us in some way. It can take a while to see ourselves as we are now & it can also be demoralising & disheartening. You may find it helpful to seek the support & assistance of a therapist. Many have found therapy has helped them a lot. Your surgeon &/or medical team should be able to recommend someone who can be of help.

All the best.

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Hey guys I’m about 8 months out and I’m in a stall. I can not get the weight to drop and I swear it is creeping up or staying the same. I also am loosing motivation and the body dismorphia is worse. I had the gastric sleeve, I’m 23 and I just want to keep going but I need help. I am about 25lbs to my goal weight. Please help
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Stalls are common keep going you'll get there.

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Yep just been there I slowed right down to the point of stopping at the 8 month mark. Now at just over 10 months I have finally dropped again. Hopefully it will keep going but it's slow probably a kilo a month.

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I'm just about 9 months and this month is the first month I haven't lost any weight. It's very frustrating, isn't it? I have about 15 lbs to my "goal" but I'm not at all happy with my body. I try to focus on things like how small my clothes are compared to what they used to be, because when I look at myself nekkid I don't see much progress.

I'm hoping that focusing on the "basics" of tracking calories, avoiding sweets, focusing on whole foods rather than processed junk, and listening to my fullness cues will help me start losing again, but I know I may have lost all the weight I can.

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1 hour ago, lizonaplane said:

I'm just about 9 months and this month is the first month I haven't lost any weight. It's very frustrating, isn't it? I have about 15 lbs to my "goal" but I'm not at all happy with my body. I try to focus on things like how small my clothes are compared to what they used to be, because when I look at myself nekkid I don't see much progress.

I'm hoping that focusing on the "basics" of tracking calories, avoiding sweets, focusing on whole foods rather than processed junk, and listening to my fullness cues will help me start losing again, but I know I may have lost all the weight I can.

my loss slowed down to a crawl after the first year. We're talking like 2 lbs a month. Every time I stalled I'd think "well, this is it...", and then it would start up again. It finally stopped for good at 20 months out. So you may or may not be done losing...

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I feel your pain. As everyone else has said, weight loss definitely slows the more you lose. Sounds like you've recognised that your body dysmorphia is a big issue and feeding into your concern, so I agree that you need to address that asap.

Is there any way you can correct your stats in your side bar as they're not correct and they would help people to help you!

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I am in the same boat - coming up on 7 months, and I've lost about a pound and a half in the last 30 days. My weight goes down, then the next week it goes up (sometimes for two weeks!) then back down to where I was before or maybe a tiny bit lower - its a slog and I'm not sure what to do. Very frustrating! I know to expect a slowdown, and my bariatric nurse warned me a lot of people stall around 200 lbs which is where I am. Its encouraging to hear its common to stall for up to several weeks, just frustrating. I guess hang in there? I'm going to reach out to my team, too, to see if there's anything I need to tweak.

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