Stalling already??

So I am nearly 6 weeks post-RNY and according to my scale, I've only lost 2lbs this week.  It seems early for the weight loss to start slowing down, since I've been losing an average of 5 1/2 lbs every week.  Is it possible this is a stall already??  If so, any suggestions on how to get out of it?  Feeling a little discouraged.

definitely possible, even probably. I hit a stall at 3 weeks. Just put the scale away, focus on doing the right things. There is no possible way that you can't lose weight at this point.

A loss is a loss.  A stall = no movement on the scale.  This sounds like a slowing down.  It may or may not lead to a stall. 

Congrats on your progess so far!

Judy

When I was going through surgery, I was ready for and expecting the inevitable 3rd to 7th week stall. I often forget that some newbies don't know to expect it. They should. You should be expecting it when it happens so you know that it is coming and you are mentally prepared for that period when the scale doesn't budge early out.

(and don't forget to take your measurements every week early out too so that you have something else to measure yourself by other than the scale).

When your body first goes into surgery, it knows shortly afterward that it is starving. It needs food but you are taking in such little nutrition after surgery that it tries to sneak your glycogen stores. Glycogen stores are the "quick energy" stores that allow you for instance to run out quickly if a mouse is on the floor. It's your "instant energy" in your body.

So your body thinks "hmmm...it's just a little hurdle, I'll get my energy from the glygogen stores".

Well after a few weeks of this, your body realizes that this is not a short term thing anymore. It realizes that using energy from your glycogen stores isn't very efficient and very long term. So it has to THINK a bit.

(This is where the stall comes in).

Then it says "A-hah!!!!". It realizes that it has a lot of fuel on your body - your fat stores, so it's going to start burning some energy from there and shrink those fat cells.

Then the body will resume into full burning mode and guess what? The scale will start moving again.

This is a GREAT things when it happens. Although it sucks that the scale doesn't move, it means that is going to start burning the stored fat you have (especially the stuff in your butt! LOL!).

So be happy about that inevitable stall - it's fat burnin' season!

Dawn

P.S.  5 1/2 lbs a week is a really big number.  Don't get used to those numbers for much longer. Your body will eventually have to settle itself down to maybe 2-3 lbs a week.

Be happy that you have gone for 6 weeks.  My stall started week 3 and is going into week 4.  But... I am able to get into smaller clothes, so that helps me stay sane!

Thanks ladies for the reassurance.  I've never been a scale-watcher ****il now) so I think I'll go back to my old habit of not looking at it for a while. 
What a roller coaster this process is.  Thanks again :)

Oh I've stalled plenty - once for almost 4 weeks - I was told cause I was losing so fast, it's almost like your engine has to have a break lol.