A repost on stalls or plateaus...

Below is a copy and paste from DX...very knowledgeable man.  It might help.  He had said after WLS it is like decending stairs...
 

Still staying on-track calorie-wise? And the scale shows you stopping? Or Even Gaining?!?!?--Re-Post Unsolicited advice/info… -------------------------------------- Pull back from your ‘daily’ charting, and look at a weekly or even monthly. There are up and down spikes each day, But if you ‘graph’ the highest to the lowest, I’d bet there is still A downward slope over the course of the month. There’s an 8 to 10lb. volume of "wiggle room" due to water alone. And it comes into play a lot. This has to do with our bodies using glycogen for short term energy storage. Glycogen is not very soluble, But it is stored in our muscles for quick energy – One pound of glycogen requires 4 lbs of water to keep it soluble, And the average glycogen storage capacity is about 2 lbs. So, when you are not getting in enough food, (Like when you drop down to your calorie intake) Your body turns first to stored glycogen, Which is easy to break down for energy. And when you use up 2 lbs of glycogen, You also lose 8 lbs of water that was used to store it Voila -- the "easy" 10 lbs that most people lose in the first week of any diet. As you stay in caloric deficit, however, Your body starts to ‘realize’ that this is not a short term problem. You start mobilizing fat from your adipose tissue And burning fat for energy. But your body also ‘realizes’---- (by way of your liver releasing hormones signaling low Cal intake) ---That fat can't be used for short bursts of energy – Like, to outrun a saber-tooth tiger. So, it starts converting some of the fat into glycogen, And rebuilding the glycogen stores. And as it puts back the 2 lbs of glycogen into the muscle, 8 lbs of water has to be stored with it to keep it soluble. So, even though you might still be LOSING energy content to your body, (Thus showing negative Calorie load overall) Your weight will not go down or you might even GAIN for a while As you retain water to dissolve the glycogen that is being reformed and stored. Yes? The whole ‘weight-loss’ process is not a straight "Slide" down the scale. More like "Stair-Steps," (Down then forward, then down, then forward, etc... As your body cycles fat out of "deep storage" and through the Liver Into the muscles as Glycogen. The muscles and Liver can hold about a 3 weeks supply. This is why many people find that their "Stall" or "Plateau" Breaks when adding a bit of exercise And upping their water intake, or in the case of an "extreme exerciser," The total Calorie or Protein Intake, To signal the liver to let go of more Glycogen. Fear not, many people who are now enjoying life at a normal BMI Once had a few weeks or so of thinking- "...my weight loss has been awfully slow, has it stopped..."? Hope this helps some. You are doing Great! Keep it Up! Best Wishes- Dx

Great post.  Thank you! Allison

Thank you I needed this!

WOW! What a great post- and so easy to understand in those terms. This has really helped me "see the light"! Thank you soooo very much for posting!!!

Great re-post, but I feel obligated to say that some stalls cannot be "broken" even with additional exercise, fewer calories, more calories, more protein, fewer carbs, more water, doing different types of exercise, calorie cycling, etc.  Sometimes your body is simply in control and refuses to budge for a while.  Eventually, though, even those stalls pass.

Lora

Very interesting.  Thanks for sharing this.

2 months post op and needed this! Thank you!

11 months post-op and I needed this too. Things are slowing down almost to a halt and it stinks. Thanks Lora for your input as well, always like your insight.

Thanks for the re-post.  In a stall period right now...fighting with the same dang 3-5 pounds for 3 weeks!  Good to know it will pass in time :)

I stalled hard at four months and never lost another pound.  I stayed on the food and exercise plan without losing weight for four more months before I gave up. Now I'm off plan and am the same weight as when I went hungry.

I believe in results the way some people believe in God: 1) no actual evidence, but if I don't believe, I'm psychologically screwed, and 2) following the rules is a better way to live. So I'm trying to get and stay on plan for the plan's sake. Healthy weight? Not going to happen for me. WLS failure.