My Weight Is Stuck. Help

[laizaone 5]

Help people help!!!!

So before surgery my weight was a solid 350. Surgery was in April of this year from then to now I have gone to weigh 295 pounds..but the problem is I have been at that weight sine August. I have already had two fills and stay within my calorie intake. And I work out almost everyday day from 45-60 min. What is going on. I'm going crazy with this. I wanted to be at 285 by the end of this year. What am I doing wrong. Should I be doing more.

Help fellow lapbanders!!!!!!!!

[August_Alberta 6]

First off, congrats on your weight loss this far.

I can only speak from Personal experience with my journey. My success, I feel can be attributed to logging everything and I mean EVERYTHING I put in my mouth. Not only does it log calories, but Proteins, carbs, etc. I try to eat my carbs in the morning only and rarely after 6 at night.

I also change up my exercise each day with cardio everyday, lower body and upper body alternating days. My cardio is either running, swimming, squash but never the same two days in a row. I feel it fools my body into burning more.

It's worked for me.

Just don't give up. You've come so far and sacrificed a lot by being banded.

Good luck!

[kyrasgrandma 228]

Have you taken your measurements. I would bet you have lost a lot of inches even though the scale hasnt moved.

Just be patient and the weight will come off. Congrats on the 47 lbs you have lost!

[Linze 2]

iI agree with the post above me! if you are doing what you say you are doing perhaps you have lost some inches on your measurements. the only thing i can suggest to you is talk to your surgeon, perhaps an adjustment is in order, also talk to a nutritionist, there is always a possibilty you are eating something you think is good for you but its not as good as you thought. best of luck and congrats on your current weight loss

[FLORIDAYS 3,040]

Ok I am going to be frank. You had a nice loss going...what changed? If you aren't losing weight based on what you wrote something medical is going on.... Because if you are burning more calories than you consume you will lose weight. That's a fact.

I was 377 when I started the pre op and didn't exercise... yet averaged 10 lbs a month to lose 216 lbs. might your calories be too high? 1000 to 1200 should be about right for you. Or maybe you aren't tracking your food and actually eating more calories than you think? If you are tracking are you also weighing and measuring your food?

If I were you I would get into see the dr and be honest with yourself....and him and I bet the scales start to move.

[laizaone 5]

Thank you guys for your advice. It really helped.

[Chad cool 31]

What was the cause of your weight not coming off?