Stalls are not all bad

Feb 28, 2009

I decided I would write this post today for the newbies and for those are experiencing their very first stalls.  As you all know I have crowned myself the Queen of Stalls, although I would be more than happy to give that crown away.

We have all been in stalls, some have them when they come out of hospital, some at 3 weeks, some at 3 months, some every other month we all get worried and think  'what if I am the one that this surgery isn't going to work for' and because we hear so much about the so called 'honeymoon period' . Well, just stop right there, this surgery will work for you it is a tool, not an answer to all your problems you have to learn about how your tool works and how your body works. 

I have to tell you I am not a big believer in the 'honeymoon' period.  Yes you will lose more weight in the beginning, but you are heavier so you burn more calories just doing your daily tasks, but as you lose weight the loss of 1lb will change your physical appearance more than it did at a heavier weight.  And, if you want to lose more weight you will just have to change your habits and increase your exercise.  Remember this is a learning journey and the biggest one you are taking in your life, you are re-educating you.

I am just coming out of another 3 weeks stall, this is the 3rd major stall I have had in my 7 month weight loss journey.  Altogether during my journey I have been stalled for 10 of my 33 weeks.  That means I have been stalled almost a third of my weight loss journey and I have still lost 115lbs.  I don't panic when it happens now, I watch my body, stalls are the time when it is likely to most change.  When it happens I stick to plan, track everything I eat because then I know I have not done anything wrong, mix my diet up a little so my body does not get to know my pattern and start functioning to that pattern and keep on going cause I know it will drop.

When you are in a stall this is the time you must remain most positive, even thought it can be tough, I tend to post less in a stall, but I read every day and I do post.   I also do more positive thinking and even affirmations to work on my mental strength.  Eventually, the stall breaks and down I go.  The stall is perhaps one of your greatest periods of learning and it is preparing you for the rest of your life welcome it, however hard it is.

So relax, take it easy, stick to plan and just know it will drop.

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