Stupid plateau!

[Jenn1214 120]

I've been stuck around the same weight for a few weeks and I'm beyond frustrated. I know I should be happy that I've lost 45 pounds since my surgery but I'm starting to grit my teeth every time I get on the scale. My clothes don't fit any differently either, so I don't even have that to comfort me. I know this happens to everyone but I've been doing so well and now I feel like a failure because the scale won't budge, and now I'm afraid I'm going to go back to my old "all or nothing" mentality that always caused me to fail before. I guess this is just bringing back bad memories from all my other failed weight loss attempts and it's putting me in a bad mood. Sorry to sound so negative...I just needed to vent about this. I know the scale will get moving again soon, especially since I'm going for an adjustment today. *sigh* Sometimes this journey isn't so easy!

[JaGo 16]

Jenn,

I see myself in you - a couple of months ago, the scale wouldn't budge for me either and it does tend to make you feel as you've described. As I looked at your progress, I found it to be amazing!! You ARE doing so well, sometimes we just need to tweak what we've been doing. My last fill has been doing the trick. At first I thought I was too tight because I couldn't keep anything down. But soon learned that I since being tighter, I had to readjust how I was eating and eat much slower and chew much longer. Until I learned this (after upchucking for 2 weeks), I was miserable. You're doing great and have come so far. You are to be congratulated - keep up the good work - despite what the scale says. You probably just needed a little encouragement to hang in there. Let me know how things are after your fill. But remember, take it easy and you may have to chew longer with the new fill. Lastly, you are correct in saying that this journey is not easy, but it is doable and WE CAN DO IT - we just need some support every now and then - we can thank God for this forum!!!

Jago

I've been stuck around the same weight for a few weeks and I'm beyond frustrated. I know I should be happy that I've lost 45 pounds since my surgery but I'm starting to grit my teeth every time I get on the scale. My clothes don't fit any differently either, so I don't even have that to comfort me. I know this happens to everyone but I've been doing so well and now I feel like a failure because the scale won't budge, and now I'm afraid I'm going to go back to my old "all or nothing" mentality that always caused me to fail before. I guess this is just bringing back bad memories from all my other failed weight loss attempts and it's putting me in a bad mood. Sorry to sound so negative...I just needed to vent about this. I know the scale will get moving again soon, especially since I'm going for an adjustment today. *sigh* Sometimes this journey isn't so easy!

[brbm6 6]

It happened to me. I was doing everything right and BAM! I hit the plateau. The only thing that worked was upping my Water intake from 100 oz. to around 120 oz. per day. I don't know why but that broke the plateau. Hang in there! You have come so far.