Stalls and the mind game.
juliebccs
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Well I have just hit stall number 3. Had a big loss week just before it. First few days,,,oh just another little stall,,no biggie. But at just on a week now my head is playing mind games. First no changes, then up a pound (ish),,,then no changes. I know it will be fine,,,but I am getting impatient. Does anyone else recognise the pattern of big loss then a stall? I was quite surprised the week before as things had sped up a bit and I had over a 5 pound loss. Then ,,,,nothing. It really is ok. Just getting bored.
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It is amazing to me the games my mind plays on me. When I go thru a period of no weight loss I immediately start thinking that the weight loss will never happen again- that once again I won't be successful when others have been. It's crazy..... I try to remind myself to trust the process and to keep doing what I know I need to do. I am now at a weight I have not been at for over 25 years, so I seem to vacillate between anxiety over this "uncharted territory" to the fear of not being able to lose additional weight. The mental work involved in this journey is every bit as difficult as eating healthy and exercising. But I keep plugging along!0
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I would lose 3 lb rapidly over 3 days then nothing for 10days. And just when I got accustomed to that I would lose a lb go up and down 3 lbs for a wk or two then lose another net lb. I can never eat over 1000 calories or I just won't lose wt. Of course, my activity level has a big effect and when I get my 10000 steps in for the day on a regular basis my stalls don't last as long. When people say maintenance is the real challenge I completely believe it now. It is just as much energy for me to manage my lifestyle after losing 92lbs as it was after surgery. It is less stressful as I am educated on all my options for almost any food situation but you can never just not pay attention to what you are eating. A 5'5" 45 yr old woman with a sedentary lifestyle gets 1450 calories a day whether or not she had WLS. That is just reality. The only dietary difference I will see is adding an extra 300 calorie snack. I try to put most of my energy into planning my meals and developing recipes. This alleviates the stress of a stall. It is amazing to me to see people lose 5 lbs at once. My loss has been smaller increments. I am finally past the "oh, is my wt loss just going to stop here?"phase. If I work the plan I lose wt. no need for my brain to freak as I keep telling it
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Lately I've been stalling for 3-4 weeks, then losing 4 lbs quickly, re-gaining 1 or 2,and starting all over again. It's frustrating, but as long as the trend is downward, I can live with it.0
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I noticed this morning that I woke feeling a little less frumpy. So I checked the scales and although I had not lost since my last check in,,I had lost since my little gain during the week. I just felt less stuffy and as if things were moving again. I suspect tomorrow when I check the scales they will have gone down a little and I will be doing a check in as well for the first time in over a week.0
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Sounds like my life for the last couple of years. Lose 1, gain two, lose 2 and stall for a week or 6, then lose another 1, repeat. Frustrating, but as Pattycakes said, as long as it's still a downward trend, it's all good.0
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STALLS SUCK. There, I said it.
Since I have that out of the way..... I have been dealing with stalls lately. I jsut keep reminding myself that i have to eat this way forever, anyway--- loss or no loss. I need to make good choices, exercise, and take care of me. If I lose weight while doing it, BONUS.... if I don't, well, I am still doing what I need to do. :happy: 0 -
Stalling out is the pits! I finally had to remind myself that this is a journey. Sometimes we pause... then we pick up again. I also had to stop weighing myself all the time. I now weigh myself every Monday at 7:00am. Then I don't see the little gains and losses that set my emotional wheel going.0
