Stall of a different kind - maybe

I've been expecting a 3 week stall, even 2 week, but I wasn't expecting having a stall at only 1 wk post-op!  It messes with my head, even though I know it's just my body's way of catching up with my losing 40lbs during the 3 mos before surgery and 10 lbs the week after surgery.  Once this stall subsides do people just one morning get on the scale and see a large drop in the number, or will it be just a couple of pounds?  At least I can be satisfied by seeing a difference in my clothes during this stall.

I'm only a few months ahead of you, but I always have to remember that this is a lifetime change. I read about how the excess weight actually leaves your body. You breathe out some, some exits through your waste. Knowing that made me want to exercise more than I already do, and it brought me some solace to know that these changes have the best chance to be permanent if I take the view that the surgery is not the end, but, the beginning.

You're gonna do fine. My loss has been pretty steady at 30 pounds a month for almost 4 months. I'm 6'1" and started at 385 so, it was easier for my body to drop. You're so tiny already. I'm glad you're doing well in recovery. At 1 week out, I was still dizzy when I walked. 

Good luck. I like your posts.

Thank you for your response and the 2 compliments!

Honestly, I think the term stall is tossed around far too often. Are stalls real, yup. But they aren't the answer too every pause in weightloss, not in my opinion. 

Best thing I did for myself is stay off the scale initially. I already had enough of a hard time accepting the rate of weight loss, if I knew what were happening more frequently I may have given up early on. 

Just keep at it, if it's a stall then things will even out, trying to understand it will drive you mad. Soon as you think you do get it, it will totally change on you.

Thank you for your insight!

Yes, absolutely. A few days or a week is not even remotely a stall. If people are honestly, truly watching what yhey eat and logging accurately, the scale will even out over time.

I have been 100% compliant.  Not so much as even a finger lick.  

There is a great website, Trendweight.com. You can input your weights there, or it will import them from Fitbit, maybe MFP. It gives you nice graphs that smooth out the "stalls," and if you give it a goal weight, it will extrapolate and show you a future graph with the date you will reach your goal if you stay on target. Highly recommended and free.

Nice!  I will check out the website. Thanks!

I weigh every day, so no large instant losses for me. I think the most that I've lost in one day was 3 pounds. However, that was just around/after my cycle, so it was most likely jus****er retention. The average for me is probably up or down half a pound.