Y'all! I KNOW it's a thing. I know the pneumonia and related medicines (steroids) have not helped. I know the stall is common at 3 weeks. I've been stagnant weight-wise since starting the steroids at post-surgery day 10. I think the steroid impact and then moving into the 3 week time-frame all culminated in this extended plateau.
The good side is that I'm really really thinking about water and walking and working on nailing those critical pieces. This has been harder than I thought, because I learned that I'm not a good daytime water sipper -- I tend to drink a lot of water in a sitting multiple times a day. Of course this isn't really possible now, and that was a lesson that needed some behavior change. I'm on it now. Truly, I thought this would knock me off the plateau but three days in of great water and I swear the damn scale just went up a pound.
The eating parts are fine and I'm doing great with limits, worked through the phases to normal foods, and feel great. I do think I'm losing some inches but didn't get pre-op measures -- stuff just definitely fits better. But the scale doesn't lie. And right now, it is not validating anything I'm doing.
The bad side is that mentally I am sort of consumed with worry that I've messed something up, that I'm just not allowed to lose weight due to some universal rule. I need to know that staying the course will work. I mean, it will work, right? If I follow the rules, this works?
Talk me down from the ledge! What were your experiences?
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