What has been your longest stall?

Hi all, Okay, so I know that a true plateau is when you have not lost any pounds OR inches for at least 4 weeks, but....what about a stall. I am 6 1/2 months out and have been on a stall since December 11th, teetering between 164-166. I've lost 76 lbs (67 lbs since surgery). I follow the rules, protein first, very limited carbs, NO sugar, lots of water. I do walk and use an exercise video. I'm just getting a little annoyed. Just wondering how many of you have gone through this, and a little reassurance that my weightloss is not over. Thanks for your input. All the best, Debra 240/230/164-66/125

Debra, hello hun and congrats on your weigt loss!!! We all go through this and I think when we change something up in our diets it gets it moving again. I seem to go 5-10 lbs or less then hold for a while, change my intake on things a little and it starts again.... I guess it is our bodies way of trying to stop us from losing. It gets scared that we are not eating enough, though we are for us, but it might be in starvation mode..... I wish you the best hun and you will start to move again once your body is done catching up with your loss. Take care ~Hugs~ Debra P

Congratulations on your weight loss Debra Well I am on the longest stall there can be it has been 3 months and I haven't lost any more weight.....I still have another 30 to 40 lbs that I want to loss but I can't get it going again......but Ihaven't given up yet.... hang in there hun and keep working at it... Christine

hey DEB... saw this on the main board thought it would be good for you while your in a pause in looseing GOOD LUCK Consider how difficult it is for you to run up ten flights of stairs all in one shot. Can you do it? I'm betting NOT unless you are a top-notch-conditioned Olympian, right? Now, of course, you could EVENTUALLY get up those ten flights of stairs if you rested on the landings periodically to catch your breath and pause for a moment before your heart explodes. you'd get up those stairs - but only if you rested on the landings or PLATEAUS. Well, running up ten flights of stairs in one shot is what we are asking our body to do after WLS in the way we want the body to lose a massive amount of weight. As our body loses weight so rapidly, it occasionally has to "rest on the landings" to catch its breath, get its bearings, take a breather. Then once it feels rested, it takes another shot at dropping the pounds again. It's remarkable that the body can drop so much weight so quickly anyway after surgery. but it can't do it all in one long shot like running up ten flights of stairs in one long shot. It has to rest on the landings or PLATEAUS. Keep this analogy in mind when you hit those plateaus. PLURAL. PLATEAUS. No such thing as ONE. you'll have many along your journey. When those plateaus hit, you still must do what you need to do. DON'T stop the good nutrition, the vitamins, the exercise. keep those routines going. And once your body is done "resting" in between the flights of stairs, it will kick in gear again for the next flight or two. And the more pounds that are dropped, the slower the pounds will drop too. so you will not lose rapidly during that last stretch of 25-30 pounds. it's like an athlete who gives his all during the race, sees the finish line in sight, and does all he/she can to finish. the muscles ache, the heart is about to burst. but the athlete DOES finish the marathon. some athletes "walk" across the finish line. but the point is they FINISHED. Understanding plateaus will help you relax a bit and keep you from self-doubt, which is something you don't need right now along your journey. LISA xoxox

Its so normal. I got stuck around 180 lbs. I couldn't shake it more than 5 lbs and then would seem to put it right back on..Well, I started eating MORE (good stuff) and more often and started losing again. My metabolism just needs to be fed more often than others. Like 6 times a day. I'm not talking about grazing all day but 3 meals, 3 snacks (little ones) try it and see if you don't start losing again.. Faith -125 278.5/153/145