Discouraged

[babish 19]

I am so discouraged. Surgery date 5-22. Started at 282 and currently at 214.2. Yes I know in down 67.8 and don't get me wrong I am ecstatic about it... but I appear to have just quit losing. I have been battling the same 6 lbs for almost a month now and have only lost 1 lb so far this month. I know stalls are normal but this feels different. I'm down, then up, then down, then up 2 or more days in a row. I'm eating good, active. I have 35 or so pounds to go... Please don't tell me this is it for me...

[KayleeC14 159]

I have been and in your position right now. I have been up and down the scale now for a month and slowly loosing like pound or two. I just have fifty to go to reach my goal. Stalls are normal, I would contact your physician or NUT to help you get out of the stall. That's what I have to do. I know my problem is that I am not eating and also when I do eat I snack. Good luck, and I know your stall will break soon!

[TheRealMeIsHere! 863]

I understand your frustration. Happened to me MANY times on my journey. Though I would NEVER get to where I am today. Looking back, though, the journey was actually fairly quick. Try upping your Protein and liquids. Sometimes a stall is from not enough calories/protein. Without enough Protein you body will go into starvation mode and hold onto every calorie.

Good luck and may the scale start moving in the right direction again.

I may also be that your body is adjusting, you may lose inches and clothing size while you are not losing pounds.

[CowgirlJane 14,259]

I started at 308, and about 7 months post op my weight loss slowed to a CRAWL. i mean like 2# a month. I still weighed in the 190s and at 5'5" had a ways to go.

I found out that for me I had to do a couple of things to get going again.

#1 I had to really face the fact that at 190 I was physically pretty comfortable and still had an nice emotionally shielding fat suit. I looked great according to my friends, but in truth, I looked matronly which was safe for me.

#2 I came to realize that I needed to go low carb to get the weight off. For me, Protein bars where the number one issue - I was having 1-2 a day and that is ALOT of carbs. I had to stop buying them.

#3 I had to change my exercise routine. I was making NO progress spending long times on an eliptical and using the weight machines. I switched to high intensity interval training - using a spinning bike.

I went back to losing 10-12# a month and got to my goal of 158# 14 months post op. I have since lost a few more pounds during maintenance and now weigh about 140ish.