Did you notice your weight loss pick up at 6 weeks out? (RNY)

Hi everyone!

I haven't checked in for some time now, but I've been keeping up with your happenings. I'm takin a little survey here. I've been in a 2 week stall now (I hit the one month mark on June 3rd). I'm doing everything I'm supposed to, so it's just one of those things.  I've been asking a lot of you veterans about your weight loss lulls and I've found a little bit of a pattern. It seems that a number of RNY patients I've asked, see a stall around 2-4 weeks and then at around 6 weeks they see a significant increase in pounds lost going forward.

Did any of you experience this?

I know that it's no use obsessing over stalls when I'm doing all that I can be, but it is messing with my head a bit. It's just that I've NEVER been successful at weight loss and it wasn't for lack of trying. Anyway, I'm just hoping to find some rhyme to this reason (or is it reason to the rhyme?).

Thank you, oh-tolerant-veterans!

Hi Laura,
I would also like to know. I've been standing still now for about 2 weeks, and it is really frustrating!
Hope the 6 weeks thing is true, can't wait to lose more!!

If memory serves me my first really ugly stall was at 3 months, and it was so painful. Just hang in there, and remember it's a stall your bodies have to catch up. Everyone is different so each person may encounter them at different times. Just keep doing the right thing and one day that number will just drop and you'll be so happy.

Another thing to remember is your cycle and water gain that happens during that. To this day I still put on anywhere from 4-6 pounds at the same week everymonth and then the next week it just goes right back down.

Good luck!

Umm...but more importantly, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!   Look at you giving me advice on your day. Aren't you sweet. Yeah I gotta chill out and just be patient. Hey, it's a new challenge!

I hope you had a wonderful day!

i think trying to find a reason is like trying to find a needle in a tornado. not gonna happen. just keeping doing what you are supposed to do and it will come off. if you feel like maybe you need to look at what you are doing, let us know what you are eating, how many calories, protein and if you are exercising and we can give recommendations. but it is almost a guaruntee you will stall. just the way it is.

Laura:

I am with Nicole - there's no rhyme nor reason to it all.  I've not lost weight on weeks where I thought I did great in following the rules and lost 4-5 pounds on weeks where I mentally braced myself to see an increase before I stepped on the scale.  Keep following the rules, get what ever exercise you can in and relax and enjoy the ride - cause it's an adventure!

 

Keep up the good work, have trust, it will work!

Thank you everybody! So, it;s gonna work! <---no question mark!

 I have been in what I call a stall (even though it really isn't, I have just slowed to about 1lb a week from like 3-5lbs a week) for the past 3 weeks or so, and today I just hit 3 months.  I was told that i needed to start eating more calories and change up my excerise routine, which I have been working on this past week.   I will weigh in on friday and hopefully I will break the "stall"

Good luck! :) you are doin great!

Heck, I feel like I've been in a stall for 3 months! I lost pretty good in the beginning then about 3 months I only lost 2.8 for the whole month so I changed up my eating and lost 11 lbs but then nothing since! Stuck at 224 UGH!!!