The Dreaded 3 week stall

Feb 25, 2015

Well, I'm almost 2 months post surgery but it seems i've hit the dreaded 3 week stall...(I never have been good about being on time LOL)...After reading some, I'm not sure if the 3 week stall necessarily means it happens at 3 weeks, or it lasts for 3 weeks, but in my case, it seems to be the latter. I lost 23lbs my first month but am only at 9 lbs for the second and the scale has been holding at it's current numbers for over a weeks now. I'm not even remotely worried. I've been following my plan, my energy levels are great! I'm walking without aches and pains that I'd suffered from for so long, that i'm still amazed at how I feel now without them! I've played the weightloss game enough to know better than to rely on the scale for an accurate depiction of how i'm progressing. I made sure to take my measurements the night before surgery and I've been taking them every few weeks since. THOSE numbers don't lie, nor do the fit of my clothes! I'm still losing and the number of inches that have come off is all the reassurance I need! 5 inches off my waist alone!!! As someone who has always been bottom heavy, i'm more excited to see that I've  lost 5 in the hips and 3 1/2 in the thighs! I should add a goal to my profile that says I want to be able to have daylight shine between my thighs when I stand! I know there are others like me who suffer the frustration of prematurely wearing out our jeans solely due to thigh rub! Mine has been so bad, that if I were to tape a little tinder to my bare thighs and go for a hike, I'd generate enough friction to start a campfire by evening! Too bad I'm no good at physics or i'd probably be able to find a way to harness all that heat and friction and save on my home energy bills!!! Some day, I'm going to buy a pair of corduroy pants just so I can walk around and NOT hear that loud "ZIP, ZIP, ZIP, ZIP" sound!!  Everyone's WL journey is a bit different here. We all came to our pre-surgery weights differently and we all reach our goals just as differently. Some lose at a steady slide, some flux between dropping big numbers one week and less the next, and some like me seem to drop a few wait a few, drop a few, wait a few. More like walking down steps. If I could give any advice to newbies to this site or their WL journey, it would be to use the offered health tracker and TAKE MEASUREMENTS! Another good tool is to buy a belt and keep track of which hole you use when you fasten it. I've already had to go to a smaller belt and have moved down to the point where I only have one more hole before I'll be able to go to an even smaller belt. My point is, don't let a scale stall put you off! There are so many reasons for that instrument of the devil to sit idle even though you're doing everything you should! Don't get frustrated, don't give up and don't think that if the scale isn't moving, that you're not doing something right or still losing fat! Keep the faith and trust me, the sewing tape measure is a much better friend to you than the scale!

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