Question:
It has been 12 days and it seems like I am already at a standstill, is that normal?

I did, what appears, to have lost 20 pounds in the first week, so am I expecting too much with wanting to keep the weight coming off?    — Sherrie S. (posted on July 10, 2002)

July 9, 2002
Your body needs time to adjust to all the changes that have been imposed on it. If you're like me (and a lot of others on this site), you will lose your weight in hitches--2 pounds here, 1 pound here, 9 pounds there, etc. My advice would be to stay off the scales. If you only weigh yourself every 2 to 4 weeks, you will be delighted with the results because you won't even see the small plateaus that your body is bound to experience.
   — Kristie B.

July 9, 2002
I had my surgery 6/17 and lost about 20 lbs. between that date and 7/3. Went back to weigh last Mon. and I had gained 2 lbs. I got greedy, hoping that I had lost the 2nd week like I had the 1st week. In fact, I didn't even give it a week. I sabotaged myself. Don't do it!! Weigh every couple of weeks, or at the very most, once weekly. If you're doing the right things, the weight will come off. Keep up with the water and the protein and don't let the scale be the only way you can tell if you're succeeding.
   — Loretta E.

July 10, 2002

   — lindajenkins