Metabolic rate and stalls

[FatMamaw 7]

I worry about my metabolic rate after surgery. Evidently weight loss slows down after surgery. From the posts I've read people are eating way less and losing less than normal.

Does cardio slow down our metabolic rate as well? I read something about cardio taking the sugar from our muscles, instead of our food.

How do we keep our bodies burning fat and losing weight, without stalls.

[MichiganChic 3,262]

Exercise will help keep your metabolism up. And nothing will prevent stalls, sadly.

[Kapoorvilla 117]

I think it is important to realize what your body will respond to. You learn by experiance. Even if you have not had surgery yet figure out what calorie and carb levels your body looses best at. Every one has a zone of what numbers work best for them. My calorie rate is 800 to 1000. If I hit a stall I lift the calories a few days and then drop them and that starts me back up. My carbs need to stay under 50 to shed pounds. You may be different and only trail and error will tell you.

As for cardio that will speed metabolism and increase weight loss. The proper intake of Fluid and Protein will keep it from being muscle that the body consumes. A little weight training thrown in will help develop tone muscles.

May you receive the best of rewards for your efforts.

[Mensch 150]

lol....stalls will come no matter what you do...

[TheGamer 406]

I wouldn't say I'm losing less, not at all. I've dropped about 100 pounds since late October. That's about 25 pounds a month. I don't feel deprived and I don't feel hungry. I would have been physically unable to achieve this in a sustainable way without the sleeve.

Now that I've been at this a few months, I've noticed my body's own peculiarities when it comes to weight loss. I'll lose 2-3 pounds, then I'll not lose for a couple days, then lose a little more, then not lose. Two days ago, I dropped 3 pounds. This morning, only .4 pounds. I'd probably see better weight loss if I was able to exercise, but a string of injury and sickness has kept me unable to do so since November. Still, I can't complain.

Ultimately, if I'm doing what I am supposed to, I know the weight will come off. Not as quickly as I'd like, and maybe not all the weight my surgeon wants (I think he's slightly nutty to want me to be 150), but honestly, even if I get down to 200, I'll be happy because I will have lost almost half my highest body weight.

[Kapoorvilla 117]

lol....stalls will come no matter what you do...

That can be a dangerous path of thought. Your weight loss and success or failure are effected by your actions. If you feel helpless to effect the out come your own your way to making excuses for less than desirable results.

What you do or do not do will effect your loss and stalls!

[FatMamaw 7]

Kapoorvilla that's so much for you response. I saved it for my notes, so I can read it again after surgery

[FatMamaw 7]

Way to go Gamer!