Stall

Joy:
I am SOOOO sorry that you felt attacked today.  If I hurt your feelings I sincerely did not mean too! 

There has been a running joke here for a while about my "take" on stalls or stoppages or whatever others call them.  I felt the term "body readjustment" more adequately described what happens in the first year but several of the ladies took exception to my term and it has just been a "funny" ever since.

As far as how long these things last, it is different from one to the next. However, try hard not to compare your own journey with others.  If only it were so simple...

Please accept my apologies again. I never want to make anyone feel that they cannot ask a question here and expect compassion and empathy from others.  I expect it and I appreciate you letting me/us know we stepped in it today. 

((HUGE HUGS))  Ruth

*hugs* Body readjustments happen... they suck, plain and simple.  Hopefully you start losing again soon.  I can't say how long it'll take to start losing again as each and every one of us are different in the way we lose and I don't want to give misleading info to anyone.  I don't weigh except at the doctor's office, but maybe weighing 1 or 2 times a week would help you in knowing when you start losing again and would help to ease your mind on this.  I'm sure you're still losing inches along the way.  If you need anything, let me know!

You're ok, Joy.  All (or at least 99.9%) of the posts here are with love, even if they seem like they feel to be a butt whippin.  Someone on the men's forum kicked my butt last week, but I understand.  He added that if he didn't care about my progress, he wouldn't have posted anything.  I understand the "scale stoppage".  It is so very frustrating considering the amount of so-called food you are consuming right now.  Have to concentrate on the fact that it HAS TO, HAS TO break soon.  You will then be able to pay it forward for someone else who is going through this.   Hang in there.  We care about you and your journey.  Michael

Honey, I'm the stall queen. I stalled for a month before, so I only weigh once per month because of that. My DH puts it this way: When you stall, your body gets a chance to catch up and so does your skin. Even when the scales don't move, your inches still do.

What I did was pick a spot on my body to watch. For me, it was my midsection. I made a point to look in the mirror before I showered once a week to see.  The first day I could see my belly button I rejoiced! I won't tell you what i did when I found my collarbone again!