Hang in there sweetie!! It feels like forever but things are obviously changing in your body even if the pounds aren't coming off!!

I feel ya, Sara but you're going to have to get used to it unfortunately. I hit my first stall right around week 3 and it lasted for 10 days. Then I was rolling along for a while and about month 3 hit another one for 2 weeks.

At that point I was feeling up to more exercise so I got myself into the gym and started to work out and it pushed me through it.

It's just so discouraging as you know you are doing the right things...so why doesn't the fat just melt away? :-)

I am coming up in 10 days on 6 months since surgery. I'm down 100 pounds and I feel fantastic. You will too! I just finally got over another impasse and figured out that I lose up until I have my period...then gain (water of course) and it takes about a week after my period ends before I get rid of the excess water my body held onto and then I drop 4 or 5 pounds rapidly. I've decided that's just how it works for me so I try not to get too worked up when I know I am going to gain or hold steady even though I'm eating right.

When you're feeling up to exercise like step aerobics or weight lifting get to the gym. I think it has made much more of a difference in my weight loss and my overall health. I feel like I have been able to maintain my muscle mass and hopefully that will help of offset the significant amount of baggy skin I have.

Rest assured...you are doing all the right things I am sure. Just hold steady and keep on the same track. It will start coming off again soon.

Best of luck

Renee

The support group I attend likes to remind the ladies to take regular body measurements but only get on the scale weekly. The consensus is you will see positive proportional changes even when yo may be stalling with actul weight loss. Also remember that fat weighs much less than muscle. A little muscle toning will offset fat weight loss but the overall effect is positive. Hang in there.

Try not to stress over your body having a rest. It has recently been through quite an ordeal and is trying to adjust to a healing stomach, as well as all this sudden crazy weight loss. It will start again very soon...right now its taking a deep breath and trying to adjust.

Whenever I would get upset over things not moving on the old scale, I tell myself...Look this is a lifestyle, not a diet. You are doing the right things and the scale will catch back up with you soon. Just keep doing the right things and the rest will all work its way out. Then keep repeating until you are no longer upset. (smile)

I have a body that loves to lose in fits and starts. It is never consistent...but it does seem to move downwards. I stall in what seems a couple of weeks out of every couple of months. No worries...I am going in the right direction. You are too!!

Thanks so much for posting this. I was feeling some of the same anxiety but feel better after reading the responses.

I have been stalled at 54 lbs for the past month and thought I was doing something wrong. I walk 10/12 miles a week and do aerobics(turbo jam or Hip Hip Ab) for 45-60 each day (Monday-Friday). I have noticed that my ankles and feet are swollen a lot. I never had this before surgery, but now I have. I have a Dr. apt tomorrow to see why i'm swelling in those areas. I think this could be contributing to my stall. I think I am retaining water but will see. Good post. Lots of us are feeling the same way. I just continue to eat right and exercise and hopefully the stall will subside. I even decided to trick my body by going liquid diet like in the first few weeks just to see if this helps, since i'm 3 months out now. I know 54 isn't something to sneeze at but I expected more by now.

I think K and I hit our stalls two weeks out: 2-3 weeks with no loss. Knew it had to change, following instructions, but still frustrating. Then "poof" 3-4 pounds in a weekend. It's such a nice feeling. Let us know when it happens to you, okay?

I bought a "nurse's watch" that could be set to beep every 15 minutes. (An egg timer on your computer will work too.) Then I'd drink my ounce of water. That's what the nurse told me to do. And she was right, if I didn't drink that often, it was really hard to get enough each day.

Best wishes.
Paula

p.s. look at the "amount lost" in peoples tickers on this page. And welcome to the group. I was sleeved in June after losing 40# pre-op.

It will all work out just fine! I have FINALLY reached a point where I do not freak if I hit a stall or even gain a pound or two (which is usually just hormonal or water) because as long as I eat that protein and stay in my calorie count and WORK OUT (big one for me cuz I can still eat to 1200 calories without a problem)... The scale just keeps on moving the right direction!!!

So glad to have come across this post. I just joined MFP last night, in despair. I feel exactly the same sentiments that your husband had said about "losing 85% of your stomach to lose 20lbs". That's right where I am at, and I tell ya, the frustration is mounting. I am 20 days post op, and my stall began 6 days ago. I walk each day, drink plenty of fluids, but I know my protein is terribly low. I never heard of hitting a stall in all of the courses and seminars my insurance made me go through, I am disappointed that I cant even take a bite of food yet even if I tried. I'm in the mushy foods stage. I am thankful to have read all the posts on here and hopefully, this will pass. I am trusting everyone and going with it. At this point, its not like I can do much about my situation

I never stalled the whole way through my main weight loss. Really wish I had tho as it would help me deal with the reality of hitting goal 7lbs before I wanted to and the experience of watching the scales hover around, going up a pound and down a pound!!! It seemed so easy when the weight was just dropping off but now I have to fight it and its a struggle. Just like every 'normal' person who wants to lose half a stone I guess!

I am in a bariatric surgery support group, and they have talked about the stalls as common. They say you will eventually return to a good weight loss, and that it is just part of the body re-adjusting to its new size.

Protein and water. I hit my wt loss goals only when I hit my protein and water goals. Starvation mode just converts so much food to fat.