Saturday June 10, Day 19 post-op

Today is Day 19 post-op and I am entering what is known as the dreaded 3 week stall.
I have not lost any weight for 2 days despite the fact that I get only 600-900 calories a day.
I also went shopping today and walked around 3 different stores trying to increase my total number of daily steps.
Note to self if you push a shopping cart then the Fit-bit on your wrist will not track properly.
So I have no idea how many step I had today. My Fit-bit logged 3500 but I know it was far more than that.
Mark was with me and his Fit-bit logged over 7K so I think I am somewhere between the 2 numbers.
I do know I am exhausted and have insomnia at the same time.

Food today was decent:

Breakfast 2 oz scrambled eggs and 1 oz shredded cheese
Lunch 2 oz diced ham and cheese
Dinner Atkins choc chip protein bar
Snacks 10 ounces blueberry/banana/triple zero yogurt smoothie
1 cheeses stick
17 ounces of water

Calories 730
Protein 60 grams

Need to increase the protein, increase the calories, increase the hydration, and increase the steps.

What causes a stall:
https://www.dsfacts.com/weight-loss-stall-or-plateau.php

A "stall" a few weeks after surgery is not uncommon, and here's why.

Our bodies use glycogen for short term energy storage. Glycogen is not very soluble, but it is stored in our muscles for quick energy -- one pound of glycogen requires 4 lbs. of water to keep it soluble, and the average glycogen storage capacity is about 2 lbs. So, when a patient is not getting in enough food, the body turns first to stored glycogen, which is easy to break down for energy. Then when 2 lbs. of glycogen is used a patient will also lose 8 lbs. of water that was used to store it -- voila -- the "easy" 10 lbs. that most people lose in the first week of a diet.

However, when the body stays in a caloric deficit state the body starts to realize that this is not a short-term problem. Then the body starts mobilizing fat from adipose tissue and burning fat for energy. But the body also realizes that fat can't be used for short bursts of energy. So, it starts converting some of the fat into glycogen, and rebuilding the glycogen stores. As it puts back the 2 lbs. of glycogen into the muscle, 8 lbs. of water has to be stored with it to keep it soluble. So, even though the patient might still be losing energy content to their body, the weight will not go down or it might even gain for a while as the retention of water dissolves the glycogen that is being reformed and stored.