weightloss stall

I am 5 weeks postop and have lost 24 lbs.  My guestion is, has anyones weight stalled this early?  I haven't lost anything in two weeks.  Is this normal?
Anyone have any suggestions for helping the weightloss to continue?
Thanks for your help!

This is normal. Go to the search function at the top of the page and type in stalls. Lots of info should come up.

Thanks so much for the suggestion to go to search.  I did that and found many people who have similiar experiences.  It has made me feel sooo much better that I am not alone.

It's very normal. I've read it here many many times about an early stall around week 3. Just hang in there and it will break!

I'm right there with you. I am 3 weeks out and down 16 pounds, but my scale hasn't budged for a week now.

Thanks for your reply.  Now I know I'm not alone.  I will hang in there if you will too.

It is totally normal for your weight loss to slow down or stall at this point.  It happens to almost everyone.  If you keep sticking to your plan, exercsising, getting your protein in and doing what you need to do I can guarantee the weight WILL come off.  I personally think our bodies stall because they just need to take a break.  We're putting a lot of stress on them that they aren't used to.  They need to take a chance to breathe.  Don't be shocked when you don't lose.  If you weigh daily you may find that you even gain a little.  It's not the end of the world or the end of your weight loss. 

Thank you for respnding.  It makes me feel better knowing that I have this site to fall back on for encouragement and support.

I keep forgetting that so many people go into surgery not knowing as much as I did when I went into surgery. I need to remember this and remind the members of things that they might not know in the future.

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

Thanks Dawn.  That was new knowledge for me.  I appreciate your explanation.  It was very clear and I feel a lot better knowing that the stall is normal.  Thanks again!