Question:
I am at 8 weeks post op and have not lost any weight in 2 weeks is this normal?
— scalifemme (posted on January 19, 2009)
January 19, 2009
I went on a plateau at 3 weeks and I didn't lose anything for about 3
weeks. I again hit another plateau at about 3.5 months. I guess your body
needs time to adjust to the changes going on and that is why you don't
continuously lose.
— Brenda S.
January 19, 2009
I did not lose any weight at all for the first 3 weeks. After that, I was a
very slow loser with many plateaus in between. Stick to the plan and the
weight will come off. It might just take a little longer than others but do
not despair. Remember you just had major surgery and your body might need
time to heal and adjust. Good luck.
— maria09elena
January 19, 2009
At about 9 weeks out I had a stall for 3 weeks. I was trying so hard not
to be a slave to the scale. I noticed that I was losing inches still so I
didn't panic too much. Last week I started moving again in the right
direction and lost 8 pounds!!!
— MastaP
January 19, 2009
Hi, Brandi your body is healing at times this will happen continue doing as
you r suppose to and stay off the scale :) , it helps weigh 1x a week our
body has alot of water and things have been changed drasticially. It gets
scared and holds on for dear life. I had RYN July lost 117 pounds it is
slow at times, you will loose inches, be patience it just starts to melt
off. I moved my scale to a friends house I weigh about 1x aweek at times it
is the same other times down 3 or4 pounds work your tool. Hang in their it
is worth it and if that was u asking about the 5 day pouch u r ok that is
for people out for quite awhile that needs a jump start. wishing u lots of
success
— Tammi Sandoval
January 20, 2009
Yes it is normal and will continue to happen throughout your weight loss
journey. When you go for about 3 months with no loss (About a year or even
two)...It's over...BUT, that doesn't mean you cannot lose anymore
weight...At that point, you'd actually have to cut back on calories, and
step up the exercise to continue to lose...I think too many people don't
realise that once the weight loss stops, it's back to the old way of losing
weight .... the slow way...But not a "no way"...You must give
yourself at least a year to see the long term results... keep on track and
following the basic rules of your surgery and you'll hit these slow
times...but they catch up! It's a natural process in ANY weight loss...Even
without the surgery...This is something that no one took the time to
explain all those years pre op dieting...And so when we have these
stalls/plateaus we think we are failing...because that's when we'd give up
too soon on our dieting pre op! We DIDN'T KNOW it was actually working!
It's working!
— .Anita R.
January 20, 2009
Its normal, just relax. Plateau's happen. Then you get back to losing
weight again. Go back to your clear liquid diet for a while and you will
start losing again. Try some light exercise like taking a short walk.
Good Luck and God Bless,
vinnigirl, retired RN
— vinnigirl
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