So how many here have had the two to three week stall??

Boy our March board sure is slow.  How are all you March post-ops doing?  Has anyone else hit the dreaded two or three week post op stall.  I lost almost 18 pounds in the first two weeks post-op and now for over a week (9 days to be exact) I have lost absolutely nothing.  I've read posts where it can last two weeks before I start losing again.  I'm frustrated, although my rational brain does still prevail at times and reminds my irrational brain that it's totally normal.  So how is everyone else doing??

Boy was I there! I had the stall 3 weeks after surgery. Then after that I lost 2lbs, 1lbs, 3lbs. Small amounts but it added up. It will happen to you too! Don't worry. Just stick with it and you will see a difference soon. It's very frustrating I know. In fact I hit 30lbs and now I'm at another stall so I'm patiently waiting!

 I had surgery March 17.  Lost about 10 lbs pre-op and 17.5 since surgery.  I am 3 weeks and 2 days out and i am also at a stall.  I'm trying not to think about it too much and need to exercise more but I just haven't had the energy.  Let's keep in touch.  HAPPY EASTER TO YOU AND YOURS!

OMG, you read my mind!!!  I was wondering what was going on with me.  I lost like 27 lbs the first 3 weeks, and then nothing!!  I thought i was eating too much, but I dont know what is happening.  i thought it was too early to plateu, so ???  I noticed the scale even went up a few lbs one day and the next it was back down a couple lbs.  what is going on???  I hope i get back on the losing track real soon!!! 

Same here. Down 22 lbs in the first 3 weeks and nothing this week. I'm okay with it though. I still feel so low energy that I'm more focused on feeling better than the weight loss. I hope I can start feeling more energized soon. Everyone says 4-6 weeks, so I'm hopeful that one day next week I will wake up and not feel like going back to sleep.

Me too! I am 2 weeks out. I haven't lost any since the 4th day post op. I went to see my doc today and he reminded me that the first 30 was water. He said fat comes off much slower and to expect an average of 2-3 pounds per week. If I look at it that way then by the end of the summer I will have lost about 80 pounds. That's something to look forward to.

Yeah, I knew even before surgery that many people have their first stall at two or three weeks post-op, but even knowing that before surgery doesn't make it a whole lot easier when you're going through it.  I've done the whole reminding myself that if I lose just the average of what they say people will lose...20 pounds the first month and 10 pounds a month thereafter that I would be down 130 pounds in one year, but you know that irrational part of your brain that plays those tricks like you're doing something wrong, or you're not going to lose the weight, or whatever else our diet worn bodies tell us, lol.  I know that if I just hang in there the weight is going to start coming off again, it has no choice, but I just don't want to wait another week or so for it to happen, lol.  ;)  

OMG! Thank u for your post!! I never heard of the 2-3 weeks Post-Op weightloss stall. I thought something was wrong with me! Whew! I lost 18 lbs, and have not lost anymore weight in the past week. So, I went back to the gym today to see if I could break this plateau. I definitely thought to myself THIS IS WAYYY TO SOON TO STALL. But now that I read that it is more common that I thought, I feel so much better.

Good luck to all of you...

Same here.  Surgery was on 3/18.  I lost 20 lbs in 2 1/2 weeks and nothing since.  I'm trying to not weight myself everyday.  I really don't want to get obsessed with the scale.  I've been reading the boards for so long and most people seem to have an initial stall.

i am so glad i found this part of the boards!!!!!!!!!

i had my surgery on 3/30 and feel this stall like woah this week ! 

i lost 25 pounds since surgery and this week is my first with the puree and such and like nothing is coming off (and ive started exercising too!! minimally of course!)

im so glad im not the only one this is happening too!!!