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I have hit my first weightloss platue since having surgery this last June. Its so frustrating. How did everyone else keep motivated when this has happend?

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Yes, it is frustrating but remember that the numbers on the scale are only one measure of your success. How are you going with inches lost? What about the size of your clothes?

I think of a plateau as a time when my body is catching up on the changes that I have made. My body has become used to me eating less and working out more so it has stopped reacting (i.e. losing weight). Generally I find that changing something up such as my exercise, intensity, eating a little more, eating a little less, will get the scales moving again.

You will get past it. Hang in there!

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Try mixing things up. Eat more or less than you have been ( don't know what your calorie intake is). Do you exercise? If so change what you are doing. I know it sucks when the scale doesn't move, but what about inches? Take your measurements, bet they have changed.

Don't give up! This too shall pass!

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Hey sarie everyone is right on cause like u I haven't lost on scale but 4 pounds in 2 months but luckily I was measuring and in that 2 months I lost 2.5 inches at three measure points. How that works blows my mind but it is very much true hang in there and keep doing what ur doing

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