How long was your 3rd week stall?
So far mine is just over 3 weeks long. :( Its making me crazy, depressed, and frustrated. I'm trying to remain positive but I'm starting to resign to the fact I might be broken and I will never get under 300 pounds.
I know this is extreme and most likely not the case, but its how I feel. I am so heartbroken. I know I was put through a lot, and that I am recovering more than most have to at this stage. I'm charting my food daily, I sometimes miss my water but I make up for it quickly. I am on PatchMD now for my vitamins. I am not working out yet because of lack of energy, but i am going to start today even if it means I end up sleeping the rest of the day away.
I just don't understand a stall for 3 weeks. Yes, my period could be part of it. It was supposed to start (and hormonally I started having issues) when the 3rd week after surgery hit. today is my last day. And I'm sure my hormones for the last 3 weeks have helped increase my depression. But jeez, this is nuts! I don't like feeling like this! This is why diets didn't work in the past. I just want to give up.
Mine lasted a long while, as well. People say that those having revision surgery will lose slower, as well. I struggle with depression and understand the frustration but many times we are losing inches when we are not losing pounds. For me, I tell myself I am doing this to be healthier and in time (maybe a long time) the weight will slowly come off. I encourage you to not be discouraged but keep up the good work and this too shall pass. You are not broken. Starting to exercise is a good thing and can help with your mood. You can do this!!
Thank you. I know it all, but I need to hear it. And i am glad to know I am not the only one dealing with a super long stall. My husband is having a hard time understanding why I am depressed, and keeps telling me to just stop getting on the scale. I can't do that. I'm addicted to the scale, even when it makes me cry.
Amy, you have been through a LOT! Mine lasted a few weeks and honestly, I thought it was never going to break! in addition, post-surgery, I had gained 14 pounds of water weight from the surgery so it took me about 10 days to start losing beyond the 14 lb. gain, THEN I had about 14 days of loss, then the stall.
You WILL get through this. Don't be tortured about it. I, too, thought that I was going to be the one for whom the surgery just didn't work because dieting never did long-term. You WILL see the payoff. Just don't stay focused on doing everything right and everything will work out. Have faith and trust in the process!!
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HW: 295; SW: 272; CW: 159; Surgeon's goal: 167; My goal: 140
Mine lasted 4 weeks but I did loose inches. It helps not to weigh every day if you can. I had a lot of trouble with that. I finally hid the scale for a while. When I brought it out I decided that I could weigh daily if I wanted but only document weight once a week. That helped some. It just seems like it will never come off but it will.
When I posted about this, I was told that I was not that special and that it was impossible not to loose on what we are eating at that point. Once I thought about that I knew it was true. Just follow your program and it will happen.
Good to know someone else had a stall last a long time. I can't put the scale away. I have tried, but its not going to happen. I have resigned to that fact, and I understand that I am the way I am. As for being impossible, I know! That is what is killing me! When we are taking in under 1000 calories a day, and a lot of that is not getting absorbed because of how we are now wired it makes no sense how one could stall for so long!