How many stalls are typical?

I realize we are all different but has anyone else encountered a stall every other week since week 3? I am freaking stalled again for like a week now. I actually was up a pound from yesterday. Yes I am getting all my water and more, I am excercising, I am not going outside my plan, plenty of protein. Its just a freaking stall. But I am stalling like every time I lose 5 to 7 lbs I stall for a week or more.

Yep, same here. Mine is more like this...I lose 0.9 lbs and then I stay exactly the same for 3 days, then I lose 0.5 pounds and then stay the same for 2-3 days. In week 4 I did go for 10 days without losing anything. I am glad I have had 3 days in between losses when I remember that! I think what you are describing is very normal. 5 to 7 lbs in a week is a big loss and your body is taking time to readjust the following week I guess. Don't sweat it, except when you exercise! You are doing fantastic Keith.

Yup. My weekly weights are the very bottom of my profile if you wanna see. Once I hit 250, it was stall, move, stall...

Actually, it's usually like this... Lose 1-4 pounds, stall, gain 1-3 pounds, lose those, stall, lose 1-4 more pounds, stall...

:) You get used to it.

You're probably finding you're a "stairstepper". I am the same way (drove me crazy at first). I'll lose 5 or so lbs. in week, stay the around the same for a week (or two on occasion), lose for a week, stop for a week etc. I think my body just needs time to adjust after a drop before it's ready to shed more. Don't think of them as stalls so much as your pattern of loss. After this happens enough you'll stop freaking out so much because you'll know if you stay on program the loss will come the following week. 

Since my 3 month post-op I have lost 4-5 one week then next week either stayed the same or only lost 1 pound.  Funny I was just thinking about posting about this wondering of others had the same patterns.

Yup, I have a "stall/pause" every two weeks. Seems to be my pattern since 3 weeks also.

For me stalls would seem to be triggered by changes in my body.  If my medications changed, if my routines changed, anything that upset the apple cart would cause my body to go "Whoa Nelly".

Just think of it this way - there are SOOOO many changes going on in your body right now.  Everything is in a huge state of flux  Your liver is working double time breaking down all that fat.  You have massive fluctuations going on in your glycogen levels, water, protein, etc.  There is just so much that your body can do at once.  

When you see the stall, just take a breath and focus on what you can control - you cant control the scale or how fast you lose.  Your body is going to do what it will.  Focus on controlling your diet and your exercise.  Thats all thats really in your control.

You are right. I just had to vent a bit. I am already doing all the things I know I should do and that I tell other people to do but its not breaking. I guess you just have to ride it out. I hadn't thought about the liver. I wonder if adding some fresh lemon juice to my water would help flu**** At the bare minimum it will alkalize my water which is good for you.

I had surgery on November 8th,  and I've been stalled for 22 days now.  I can't wait for it to get going again!  During this stall I actually gained 6 pounds and then lost that 6 pounds back but I'm still weighing the same weight I was 3 weeks ago!   I hope once I get over this that it doesn't happen too often,  I can deal with a week stall,  but 3 weeks is a bit of a mental challenge.

Are you getting enough water and protein? Those are two key factors. If you don't get enough protein your body will conserve. If you don't get enough water, you retain water and water is heavy.