Stalls - what's really going on...

I read this on the RNY board - I found it a really useful analogy: Here's the link to read it directly if you want to http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/rny/a,messageboard/action,replies/board_id,5465/cat_id,5 065/topic_id,3590787/ Okay, I'm no science teacher (my husband is), and my explanation of stalling might be very unscientific, but I wanted to go ahead and share my explanation of what causes stalls. Now, my analogy uses cheese. We start by having fat that is like cheese... solid and it adds inches to our bodies. Then we have WLS, and our body needs more energy than we are supplying it, so The Body sends out for some energy from the Energy Bank (our fat). While it's taking fat from the Energy Bank, we're steadily losing weight. Our fat goes from looking like a block of cheddar cheese, to a block of swiss cheese. Really holey. Then The Body says "I'm sick of this Energy Bank stuff, I want real food." And/or the Manager of the Energy Bank says "We can't stay open 24/7, we gotta close for maintenance"... one or both of these things happen, and we go into a stall. While we are stalling the Manager of the Energy Bank gets his little minions to clean up. He doesn't like the Fat Bank to resemble Swiss Cheese, he Prefers the nice neat order of Cheddar Cheese. So while the body is not checking out fat from the Energy Bank (thus it is not losing weight) the Energy Bank is consolidating it's resources and compressing all those swiss cheese holes into nonexistance. When the Energy Bank is open for business again, the cheese block is no longer holey, and it's not nearly as big as it was. So you lose inches, but not weight. Then you lose weight but not inches, and vica versa. Okay, so it's a cheesy example. Thought I would share anyway. ~Lady Lithia~ First goal... BE COMPLIANT Highest: 350 ~ Day of Surgery: 293 ~ Currently: 268 ~ Goal: 154

How cute and true! My problem is ....I am on a very big stall and NOT losing inches or pounds!!!! My father-in-law passed away,bless his heart,so thought some of my worry and stress would be gone.....now its fighting over property,etc..........so stupid! Then we got custody of the grandkids,thought that would help...but no... I HAVE GAINED 8 pounds and do I ever feel it! I am ashamed to go to the doctor now! I have fallen back to my bad habits again!!! Anyone know how long you have to be out before you can have this done again?????? I may have to the way I'm going!!!!!

Hi Karen good to see you again. i'm right there with ya on the not losing inches OR pounds - haven't for about 9 months now and have put a few back on aghhhhh. It is soooo frustrating isnt it, but we have to remember where we have come from, and all that we HAVE acheived rather than focus on what we would like to still achieve and get on a downer. It's a lifetime goal, we can keep plodding along aiming for the goal - as we've said before, it's not a race and our lives now are greatly enhanced than they were before. how are the grandchildren doing? I bet they keep you busy... hugs,