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Hey guys, I know a lot of people here went through the stall but I read many people said they at least lost inches during that time. I'm on my 10th day of stalling and both the scale or the measuring tape hasn't moved since then. Besides that I drink around 80oz of Water a day but I pee super little and in the morning wake up very bloated. Is all of these things normal?

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I think the stalls you have read about are later stalls on the journey. This first stall is scary because you will not yet believe the process. My first stall was 2 weeks and my second 5 weeks. I didn't bother to count them after that. Ride it out, weigh yourself less. Keep doing what your surgeons team told you.

Is your urine dark or light? If its dark increase your Water intake if you can and contact your team if you are worried. Are you having salty drinks ? like homemade broths ? These make me retain water

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10 days on a stall is normal. They normally last 1-3 weeks (although I've heard of them lasting even longer). The bloating combined with infrequent urination sounds like you're retaining Water. I agree with summerseeker - may be due to salt intake.

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7 hours ago, summerseeker said:

I think the stalls you have read about are later stalls on the journey. This first stall is scary because you will not yet believe the process. My first stall was 2 weeks and my second 5 weeks. I didn't bother to count them after that. Ride it out, weigh yourself less. Keep doing what your surgeons team told you.

Is your urine dark or light? If its dark increase your Water intake if you can and contact your team if you are worried. Are you having salty drinks ? like homemade broths ? These make me retain Water

Thank you! I'm trying but it's hard not to be bothered especially when I'm 5 weeks post op and not losing inches too. My urine is definitely not dark. I don't have salty drinks but my foods are definitely on the saltier side

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5 hours ago, catwoman7 said:

10 days on a stall is normal. They normally last 1-3 weeks (although I've heard of them lasting even longer). The bloating combined with infrequent urination sounds like you're retaining Water. I agree with summerseeker - may be due to salt intake.

Oh my god, 3 weeks? 😭 I'm going to lower my salt intake and see if there are any changes

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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