The third week is when many people experience their first pause. I have the weight watcher scale which does decimals so even .1 pound shed counted for me. I realized right off that my pauses coincided with something I was processing. When I resolved whatever was stirred up, more weight melted off. The biggest event for me was standing up to and speaking up with a relative. It was not fun but I felt really empowered. This part of my life's journey has been immensely healing and I am grate that I made this choice.

Lcat4,

Thank you so much for your reply. I thought I was doing something wrong. I've worked through the resentment towards the doctor, but this week I had to tell the story again because it was my first visit to the endocrinologist. He had lots of questions about why I was taken off insulin with my sugars so high. He said it would have helped my healing go better and faster. I got mad at the surgeon again for a minute and then had to realize I can't undo the past 3 weeks, but I can do better moving forward. Maybe there is more work to do on this. Thanks again.

Yes, the stress to your body from the anger and resentment could be what is holding you back. Emotional and life stress affects weight and insulin levels among other things. Farmgirl and I are into tapping big time and have found it a wonderful help. Here are a few links addressing how stress affects us and an easy way to help through tapping. The third link gets into the stress response and the effects of hormones and cortisol as a result of the fight or flight system being so affected. There is abundant information on the link between stress response/hormones and it's effects. Understanding is helpful in learning to be gentle with ourselves. I hope this helps.

http://www.thetappingsolution.com/

http://www.thetappingsolution.com/science-and-research/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-mindful-self-express/201308/why-we-gain-weight-when-we-re-stressed-and-how-not

Not sure if this is right for you, but I found myself stressing around the scale, so I stopped getting on it. I kept measurements, hips, waist, bust, neck and wrist, every week, but left the weighing to my doctor visits.

It was great and freeing for me, because plateaus or not, I always lost between doctor visits the first year, and didn't have to worry about it. The measurements keep moving, one at a time some weeks, but always moving, so I knew I was on track.

Watching every week was causing me to go a little nutsy, so I can't imagine checking every day..... If this doesn't fit your plan, feel free to ignore me, but I got a lot healthier in my head a lot faster when I stopped obsessing over the scale.

Yep Robyn...relying on the numbers on a scale isn't always a good measure of your progress. We all have pauses and stalls. Even when the numbers on the scale don't move downward (or fast enough) it doesn't mean we aren't moving forward in our journey. Lots of good advice offered here. Figure out what works best for you and ease on down the road! Good luck!

I also hit a road block at week 4. I was also having so much pain in my stomach when I ate real food and experienced the "foamies". Hang in there and come to this site for support!