3.5 weeks post op 2 week+ STALL......
Ok, i have been counting my non-scale victories and telling myself this is normal after surgery, and it will break, I am getting in everything i can get in, though i know i am light on fluids daily , protein and vitamins i am getting. I am walking 30-45 minutes a day, at least 5 times a week. What if anything am i doing wrong? 
Funny ... you sound just like me. I am 6 weeks out today ... have been the same weight for the last 3 weeks. I get my fluids and protein in, but i think my calorie count is low. BUT, i went for my 6 weeks f/up visit with MD and NUT and they both told me to chill out and stop being so hard on myself. I will lose the weight. So I am going to keep doing what I am doing ... protein, liquids, eat when I am hungry, take all my vitamins/pills, and keep on keeping on. I didn't put the weight on overnight and i really do NOT want to lose it too fast. I too am down 32 lbs. BUT we will get there. Patience ...
Hang in there ...keep getting healthier!
Hang in there ...keep getting healthier!
jameen (take a minute to smile ...)
I posted something similar a few days ago (Monday actually)...
Most of the vets put it to me this way: IT'S TOTALLY NORMAL!
Here is what one of my friends on here sent to me:
"At last month's support group meeting, I only spoke for a half an hour to intro the group and do the "round robin" around the room. But I let something slip that got a lot of reaction in the room. I can't even remember WHY I said it but it was like an "a-ha" moment across the room. It slipped out for the tiniest reason but hit home with a lot of the newbies in the room.
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!
Most of the vets put it to me this way: IT'S TOTALLY NORMAL!
Here is what one of my friends on here sent to me:
"At last month's support group meeting, I only spoke for a half an hour to intro the group and do the "round robin" around the room. But I let something slip that got a lot of reaction in the room. I can't even remember WHY I said it but it was like an "a-ha" moment across the room. It slipped out for the tiniest reason but hit home with a lot of the newbies in the room.
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!
You are getting on the scale too often. If weighing yourself is causing you a lot of distress, you're doing it too often.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
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