my scale's laughing at me

i've been stuck for about 2 weeks. zig up, zag down, zig up, zag down. sigh.

Scales are strange creatures for sure! But so far except for once when my scale thought it would be funny to go up by .6 lbs it hasn't stopped completely. When I am losing very very slow....like 1 lb or less a week...I notice my clothes and jewelry get looser. I never measured myself....just couldn't bear the thought of starting numbers. I am letting my clothes tell me how I am doing. I hear that stalls or mini plateus are common....aggravating as that can be. And some folks advise not to weigh yourself so often. I personallly weigh every Tues morning ( I had my surgery on a tues morn) Keep up the good work...it will start coming off again. Carolyn

throw it out! you had the surgery, you follow the guidelines, you will lose weight... in the end, you'll have the last laugh continued good luck!

It's depressing and fustrating. Trust me I am going through the same thing. Argh! Well that's what I allow myself to feel. A moment of fustration and then I put it past me and I go look at my before photos. Then I almost want to cry with appreciation. I would actually be content to stay at the weight I am compared to how I felt and looked before. I have insulin resistence and it causes my fluid levels to be beserk. If I am not retaining water then I seem like I have lost alot of weight. If I am retaining water then it looks like I have actually gained. I base my weight loss mostly off of my clothes which keeping getting bigger and bigger. Sometimes you will only lose inches and not lbs on the scale. If you have started exercising more then you'll be gaining muscle and losing fat...muscle weighs alot more than fat. Try and look at the bright side and you'll get through your stall. Good luck with everything.

well, it's not like i was out standing on the ledge waiting for the right time to fling myself off or anything. just trying to poke some life into this board! an acquaintance said my legs looked a mile long today. i guess it's easier to see that when they're not also a mile wide!

I didn't mean to suggest you were suicidal. I would like to point out though that there is a significant number of people that are depressed before and after surgery. For some a stall in weight loss is a significant thing. I am glad that your mental health is not in question. Congrats on your compliment...I am sure as you continue to lose weight the compliments will just keep a coming. The compliments we give ourselves as we lose weight are nice and all..but it's nothing like when someone else notices! Good luck with everything.

Sorry to hear how frustrated you are. You've already lost a bunch, and you'll lose more too!! Stay positive and focus on the healthy lifestyle. Before you know it, you'll be on the losing side!!! --Dave 350/228/205

I am so glad to hear you are doing it too I don't want to get on the scales fpr at least a week but I am hoping it's just a platue thing everyone says and it's not the nd I am not ready for the end I just got started and about half way there... went to a support meeting last night and was walking out of there on a pure high everyone said wow you are just shrinking in size!!! Thats boosted my spirtes but not the scales???? Hey got to tell you something,,, this is very common comment I get "every time I see you , you look like you are just a shrinking person" so guess what dream I have been having that I shrink yeah the fat is gone but I also am so short that no one can hardly see me and I do have an Aunt that is about 4 foot tall and looks shorter every time I see her gosh sure hope it's just a bad dream!!!!!! well had to tell ya your not alone but it will pass. Take care and thanks for liven things up around here! shirley