Mental Block About Going Below 300?

Hi All,

      I am a little more than three weeks out  and was losing nicely until I reached 302.  Now, I have totally stalled out.  I am exercising and doing my best but I can't get that &%*# scale to 299.  I wonder if I have some sort of anxiety about getting out of the 300's.  A couple of years ago, before the surgery, I dieted down and I had the same stall around 300.  Is my mind not ready to let the weight go for some reason?  Is it my security blanket? Or is my brain just being crochety?

I would really appreciate any advice.

TIA,
Pennie

I think this happens to a lot of people, I know it does for me every time I leave a decade. My body will drop drop drop until I'm a pound from moving into the next decade (ex currently between 240-241) and I know that I just have to be patient and keep doing what I'm doing- but man it's frustrating!!!

Hang in there!

Hi Pennie,

I do the same thing. Round numbers. Past weight loss success. Mars too close to Venus. You name it, I'll find a reason to stall. 

Right now I am 5 pounds away from being the lightest I've been since I was 20 (I'm 40). I'm 14 pounds away from my driver's license weight. So, natch, my weight loss has slowed to a crawl despite pounding water and protein and being good about exercising.

I'm thinking about moving over to the metric system.  In that system, I weigh 115!

All I can advise is to do everything you're supposed to and stay off the scale for a week.



Patti

I missed the THREE WEEKS OUT THING!

That's just a normal stall that lots of people get. After four weeks, I stalled for 36 days. You'll be fine. (I know you're probably in the midst of buyer's remorse, but it will get better.)

((HUGS))

 Measure ur body... because even when the scale isnt moving the inches are dropping an ur body is reshapeing its self.. i promise u... take down all ur measurments... now.. while ur just post op... u will be amazed a yr from now.... stalls happen... ur body will play catch up tho once the stall breaks u will wake up pounds lighter every other day... its amazing just stay on track do what u know u need to do.... an dont forget excercising build muscle, muscle weighs more the fat.. so even tho ur burning fat... ur weight might not change for a while...  hang in there.... ur doing great keep ur eye on the goals u have in mind... u can do it! btw i went from a 5/6x to a large/Xlarge  453 lbs - 285 lbs as of today ....in a yr..  if i can do it anyone can!

It's normal and you might as well grow used to it.  Sometimes it seems to me I stall more than I loose, and yet, somehow, 8 months out, I've lost 116 pounds.  Go figure... I think my mind is my biggest enemy .... really!  You're doing great.  connie