Stall in first month???? Help!
go_iris
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Hi Everyone - sleeved 01/29/16
I've been on a stall now for two weeks! How is that possible so early after surgery? Everything I have lost has come in the first week...someone please talk me off this ledge. I drink all the water in the world, have a hard time taking in ALL the protein and after one or two bites of small, soft food, I am done. Spoke to my doctor and he said to go back to all liquids for 3 days...did that and nothing!
I've been on a stall now for two weeks! How is that possible so early after surgery? Everything I have lost has come in the first week...someone please talk me off this ledge. I drink all the water in the world, have a hard time taking in ALL the protein and after one or two bites of small, soft food, I am done. Spoke to my doctor and he said to go back to all liquids for 3 days...did that and nothing!
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Totally normal. I stalled in my 1st month and my husband finally took our scale to work with him because I was driving myself crazy weighing 10 times a day. In my surgeon's office online board for patients this is a very common thread. My husband took the scale away for a month and it was the best thing he ever did for me. I'm 4 years post op next month. I've lost 160lbs and I've run 2 1/2 marathons and have another one in May. You'll get there. But really if you can have someone take your scale away it will be easier emotionally to get through the stall.
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I'm sorry you're experiencing this so soon when the scale should be dropping! Stalls happen through just about every weight loss scenario. I consider them to be a time when our bodies are trying to heal something, therefore it doesn't have time to drop weight. Just know that they happen, and try not to allow the number on the scale get you down! It will pass!
When I figured up the weeks I stalled through my first year it added up to almost half of the first year! I'm not saying yours will be that way! But that was my experience!
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Hope off that ledge lady!! Lol stalls are completely normal. I had one at week 3 that lasted 4 weeks! In fact, I think I wrote a very similar post to yours! Your body is just recovering from the huge trauma it has experienced. I am now 4 months out from a sleeve and have had a few stalls lasting 2 - 3 weeks but have now lost over 80lbs in that 4 month period - trust the process, it will work
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This stall is so notorious that we really should have a sticky post for it. It is extremely common to hit a stall this close post-surgery. Part of it is your body adjusting. Part of it is you're likely still retaining a lot of the fluids you were given during surgery. A good way to check - can you push down where your ankles are and see it take a few seconds to pop back up? If so, you're still retaining fluids and your body will take some time to flush them out.
Just keep up the program and you'll see results. And don't get panicked if you stall again in the future - they will happen, but they will eventually break as long as you are following the rules.0 -
Totally normal. I stalled in my 1st month and my husband finally took our scale to work with him because I was driving myself crazy weighing 10 times a day. In my surgeon's office online board for patients this is a very common thread. My husband took the scale away for a month and it was the best thing he ever did for me. I'm 4 years post op next month. I've lost 160lbs and I've run 2 1/2 marathons and have another one in May. You'll get there. But really if you can have someone take your scale away it will be easier emotionally to get through the stall.
okay, whew. Reading this makes me feel better about the stall. I will hide the scale in a corner and leave it there 0 -
I'm sorry you're experiencing this so soon when the scale should be dropping! Stalls happen through just about every weight loss scenario. I consider them to be a time when our bodies are trying to heal something, therefore it doesn't have time to drop weight. Just know that they happen, and try not to allow the number on the scale get you down! It will pass!
When I figured up the weeks I stalled through my first year it added up to almost half of the first year! I'm not saying yours will be that way! But that was my experience!
It's the "so soon" part that had me a bit on edge. Reading your rationale really makes a difference. I feel much more at ease. Your last two sentences make me nervous lol but I think as long as the scale goes in the downward direction it counts as a win!0 -
boncharlie wrote: »Hope off that ledge lady!! Lol stalls are completely normal. I had one at week 3 that lasted 4 weeks! In fact, I think I wrote a very similar post to yours! Your body is just recovering from the huge trauma it has experienced. I am now 4 months out from a sleeve and have had a few stalls lasting 2 - 3 weeks but have now lost over 80lbs in that 4 month period - trust the process, it will work
*sweating dripping down face emoji* 4 months out with over 80lbs lost!!! YES! Congrats. I'm on board. Everyone has me excited again. Thank you.0 -
cmchandler74 wrote: »This stall is so notorious that we really should have a sticky post for it. It is extremely common to hit a stall this close post-surgery. Part of it is your body adjusting. Part of it is you're likely still retaining a lot of the fluids you were given during surgery. A good way to check - can you push down where your ankles are and see it take a few seconds to pop back up? If so, you're still retaining fluids and your body will take some time to flush them out.
Just keep up the program and you'll see results. And don't get panicked if you stall again in the future - they will happen, but they will eventually break as long as you are following the rules.
Can we post it somewhere prominent so newbies like me just know it's coming?!?! I was not ready. I will stay the course -- it's too early in the game for anything else to be an option. My ankles don't take a few seconds to pop back up but my stomach area is definitely bloated. Is that my body retaining liquids from surgery?0 -
I'm sure it's the internal surgery sites that are still healing, it should subside soon, unless you're getting gas from some ingredient you're consuming. If it doesn't improve (not necessarily go away completely, but gets better each day until it's gone once completely healed) I would start looking for some substance you're eating that might be the cause!0
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I was sleeced 1/27/16. I have hit a stall also. My Dr says just keep working it :keep eating my protein and drinking my water and the scale will start moving. I just have to trust the process.0
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