Surgery was January 2010, weightloss has stalled!

[krstjump03 0]

I am halfway on my weightloss journey and my weightloss has stalled! I am doing pretty well on my portions....a little more than my 4 oz on occasion. My workouts are insane....i take zumba classes, i go to curves and i am training for a half marathon on December 4. (i completed my first 13 miler yesterday...something that i never ever thought possible before my surgery.) I guess my problem doesnt lie with the portions....it lies with what i am eating...aka sweets. I have 7 cc in my band and am comfortable here. I guess my question is once we have gotten comfortable with living with the band, how do we push through. I have even been thinking i should go back to square one....back on lapband talk and back to the preop diet. maybe that would jumpstart things again. Suggestions please....

[vlp1968 83]

That's great your working out! I think you know what you need to do- eat the right foods and continue with the right portions. Cut out the sweets. Being halfway is awsome! You can loose the next half too. Good luck!

[krstjump03 0]

i know...i know...lol! put down the fork! I just have to get back in that frame of mind. Thanks for the response!

[BetsyB 9]

I'm a January 2010 "graduate," too.

For me, going back to the preop diet, or anything I would perceive as remotely punitive, would NOT do the trick.

What does work is journaling what I take in so I get a very realistic view of my intake. I use fitday.com.

I lose best when I take in 800-900 calories/day (low for most people, I know), 80-100 g protein/day, and <50 g net carb/day (from veggie, legume, and fruit sources only). I also make sure to get adequate heart-healthy fat (including omega-3 supplementation), and take a good-quality bariatric Multivitamin.

I exercise daily, often twice. Exercise doesn't sound like it's your problem at all, though! (But in your shoes, I'd strongly considering graduation from Curves to a gym. Curves is outgrown very, very quickly, in my experience.)