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03-31-2011, 05:42 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Kentucky
Posts: 708
Weight Statistics September 2010 Start Date:
12/27/2010 Surgery Date:
5' 10"
Height:
264 lb Start Weight:
151 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
113 lb Weight Loss:
-9 lb Lb Left to Lose:
42.803030303 % % Lost:
6/27/2012 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index37.8759183673 BMI Start:
21.663877551 BMI Current:
22.9551020408 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I knew this would be coming...the dreaded first stall.
I had hoped it would be another month before I hit it, but apparently it is happening 3 months post op. 
I have been 204 since Friday. That is not entirely true, because two days I've gone up to 205 and then back to 204! 
I am disappointed, but not freaking out. I know this is part of it, and from what I've read, there are more to come. 
I had set a mini goal to reach "Onederland" by the time I go back to my old job. That is less than 2 weeks away. I was loosing 3 lbs per week. This week, zilch, none, nada.... 
Before people ask, yes, I'm doing the rules, yes I'm getting in the water, yes, I'm doing my protein and vitamins...
Just wanted to share the disappointment of the inevitable...the dreaded first stall.... 
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03-31-2011, 06:35 AM
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| | Big Loser
Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Bethpage, NY
Posts: 149
Weight Statistics 2/15/11 Start Date:
3/14/11 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
283 lb Start Weight:
226 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
57 lb Weight Loss:
86 lb Lb Left to Lose:
20.1413427562 % % Lost:
1/1/2012 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index45.672405877 BMI Start:
36.4733700643 BMI Current:
22.5941230487 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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3 months? mine seems to be happening at 3 weeks!! AND I was still on liquids up to last night. I have been losing consistently for 6 weeks (4 weeks pre op) and this week not a freaking thing. I am hoping that it is because of that wonderful thing that happens to us women every month. Which, btw, I was shocked to find that it arrived 28 days after the last one. Shocked because this is the first time in over 15 years I am not on Birth control pills. I was always irregular, and was hoping it would just stay away, but noooooo, right on time!
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03-31-2011, 06:49 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Oregon
Posts: 863
Weight Statistics 10 yrs old Start Date:
Dec 14, 2010 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
266 lb Start Weight:
164 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
102 lb Weight Loss:
24 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.3458646617 % % Lost:
ASAP Goal Date:
Body Mass Index45.6538085938 BMI Start:
28.1474609375 BMI Current:
24.0283203125 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Dr. Mel and all of the others that use the scale to determine whether or not we are happy about our weightless or feel that we are stalling: SLOWLY, STEP OFF THE SCALE, PICK IT UP , WALK OVER TO THE WINDOW AND TOSS IT; okay, maybe that is a bit dramatic, maybe putting it on a high shelf will suffice.
As is has been said many times before, just because the numbers are not going down on the scale does not mean that you are not loosing inches, your body is changing and readjusting. A stall, especially at the short of a period after surgery, is nothing more than your body getting use to and fitting into the new constricted spaces. I am trying to think of what would be similar; a child growing, a child doesn't grow all at once, there are significant stalls but that is not,usually, because the child is not growing, it is because the body is putting together all of the parts to increase, or in our cases, decrease, the body mass.
Watching a water in a pot does not make it boil faster, it just frustrates you. Give yourself a break!!! Schedule a weekly weighing instead of a daily or hourly weighing.
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03-31-2011, 07:05 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 225
Weight Statistics January 31,2011 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
Height:
310 lb Start Weight:
209 lb Current Weight:
135 lb Goal Weight:
101 lb Weight Loss:
74 lb Lb Left to Lose:
32.5806451613 % % Lost:
2/2012 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index54.908037289 BMI Start:
37.0186444948 BMI Current:
23.9115646259 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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It is also our body getting used to the restricted calories..thinking we are starving ourselves and holding on to everything(at least that is what was said at our support group last night)...remember it's not only the scale but the inches (:
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03-31-2011, 07:07 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Southern Mississippi
Posts: 840
Weight Statistics August 2010 Start Date:
Dec. 21st 2010 Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
295 lb Start Weight:
133 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
162 lb Weight Loss:
-17 lb Lb Left to Lose:
54.9152542373 % % Lost:
Reached 12/17/11 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index46.198485186 BMI Start:
20.8284695923 BMI Current:
23.4907551793 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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As you can see Dr. Mel our surgeries were really close together....I also am going through a stall. In the last 2 weeks up or down 1 to 2 lbs. But I'm going to keep following my rules and cross my fingers all will be well!!!
Monica
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03-31-2011, 07:54 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mississippi
Posts: 5,198
Weight Statistics 3/18/2008 (dieted all my life) Start Date:
9/30/2008 Surgery Date:
5' 8"
Height:
292 lb Start Weight:
192 lb Current Weight:
189 lb Goal Weight:
100 lb Weight Loss:
3 lb Lb Left to Lose:
34.2465753425 % % Lost:
2 years Goal Date:
Body Mass Index44.3935986159 BMI Start:
29.1903114187 BMI Current:
28.7342128028 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Hang in there lady. This too shall pass. Watch your inches get less during this time. Your body just needs a little break to rearrange things.. You are doing great...
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03-31-2011, 08:46 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Hudson Valley, NY
Posts: 311
Weight Statistics Too many to list Start Date:
August 17, 2011 (yay!) Surgery Date:
5' 10"
Height:
293 lb Start Weight:
229 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
64 lb Weight Loss:
79 lb Lb Left to Lose:
21.843003413 % % Lost:
no rush, just want to be healthy Goal Date:
Body Mass Index42.0365306122 BMI Start:
32.8544897959 BMI Current:
21.5204081633 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Hi Dr. Mel... I'm new here but I just wanted to say WOW!! 60 pounds in 3 months!! You must be doing something right! Congratulations, and I'm sure that you will reach "onederland" (I like that!!) before you know it. What a wonderful support system there is here.
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03-31-2011, 09:23 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: S. Jersey
Posts: 2,481
Weight Statistics ?? Most recently Oct. 2010 Start Date:
January 31 2011 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
342 lb Start Weight:
194 lb Current Weight:
189 lb Goal Weight:
148 lb Weight Loss:
5 lb Lb Left to Lose:
43.2748538012 % % Lost:
no pressure... 1 year? 1-2012 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index50.4990548204 BMI Start:
28.6456626759 BMI Current:
27.9073724008 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Stick with it Mel.
I try to get on the scale twice a week..no more and sometimes less.
You really cant toss that damn thing, but I know I can't "live" by it.
You are doing great following all of your rules.. I know I need more water a day...
and am always working on more movement and exercise.
Did you say you were returning to a old job? Good luck with that.
I enjoy reading your posts.
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03-31-2011, 09:32 AM
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Join Date: May 2008 Location: Just north of Iowa, not far from I-35. 2nd star on the right and straight on 'til morning!
Posts: 8,641
Weight Statistics December 13, 2007 (pre-op liquid diet started) Start Date:
December 27, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
280 lb Start Weight:
172 lb Current Weight:
184 lb Goal Weight:
108 lb Weight Loss:
-12 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.5714285714 % % Lost:
Originally - 12/08. Actually - 8/08. Goal Date:
Body Mass Index41.3442554085 BMI Start:
25.3971854652 BMI Current:
27.1690821256 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Originally Posted by laughingpainter  ... A stall, especially at the short of a period after surgery, is nothing more than your body getting use to and fitting into the new constricted spaces. I am trying to think of what would be similar; ... | Spring cleaning.
You go through the house, tossing stuff into the trash and hauling it out to the curb. That makes a bunch of open space in the house, so you rearrange the furniture, change the stuff on the shelves, dust and clean, then you look at it and say "I really don't need that either ...".
Then you launch into another round of tossing stuff out, then you clean and shuffle things around, ...
Repeat until you reach your goal of a neat, clean, organized house you're glad to invite folks over to see. Exactly the same thing with a stall, but with a higher, some might say "obsessive", or even "unhealthy", element of emotional investment. You are a passenger. Get used to it. Your body is in control. Your role is to follow the rules as Dr. Mel has said. All you can do is give your body what it needs to do its best for you. Then step back and watch. When it's ready, on its own schedule, it'll start up again and do its thing.
Follow the rules and possess your souls in patience. AND STEP AWAY FROM THE @#$%*&!!! SCALES!!! This is why we tell everyone they need to measure themselves before their surgery. You all did, didn't you????
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03-31-2011, 09:43 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 1,116
Weight Statistics December 1, 2008 Start Date:
January 30, 2009 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
312 lb Start Weight:
170 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
142 lb Weight Loss:
5 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45.5128205128 % % Lost:
July 2010 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index46.0693131695 BMI Start:
25.1018693552 BMI Current:
24.36357908 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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measure the inches you lost, check out the clothes that fit you better, the muscle weight you probably added to the equation ...
But think about this more than anything else: It took you years and years to put on the weight and you expect to see it melt away in a matter of months.
It does melt away pretty darn fast as a matter of fact and your body will naturally adjust to that loss in may ways including these stalls. It is important that it does or there could be other problems with loosing so much so quickly.
Easy for many of us to comment on this having gone through the process but each of us will readily admit that at times we too were guilty of weighing ourselves daily and sometimes even hourly expecting to see change.
I only had to do that a few times before I put away my scale for 3 months at a time before pulling it out and seeing the change.
Just think about what you are going to do with your life after you loose much of your excess weight, reach your ideal weight and no longer weigh yourself to see changes.
Well I guess you might list your scale on eBay and make $5 bucks.
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