Common Plateau at 4 months?

[CindyWinFlorida 3]

Hi everyone, I am 51 and struggling a little bit. I started at 270# on surgery date and am down to 220# today. My surgery was on 2/16/15 and I had RNY. I've had no complications and exercise 2-3 times a week. I get my Protein and Water in every day but my weight loss has been slow all along but extremely slow the last month - I've lost 6 lbs since May 20th. THATS IT! I am getting about 1000-1100 calories a day. Is the 4 month mark a common time for a serious plateau? how long does it typically last? I want to loose another 60-70 pounds but I am worried that I wont. Thanks for all your advice, reassurance and help!

[James Marusek 5,244]

My weight loss phase lasted around 7 months and then I leveled off and went into a maintenance phase. I am over 2 years post-op RNY and my weight is stable and very close to my bottom weight. Around half way through my weight loss phase, I plateaued. I looked at my calorie intake including my Protein shakes and thought I could cut back a little. That was because I was gaining more Protein from my meals since my meal volume increased. So I went from 3 Protein Shakes a day down to 2. I began to lose weight again. It was midway in my weight loss journey. As time went on I dropped down to 1 Protein shake a day and then none. The protein requirement is the amount of protein derived from meals combined with the amount of protein from supplements (protein shakes and protein bars). If you concentrate on eating high protein meals, it diminishes your need to consume calories and extra protein supplements.< /p>

[CindyWinFlorida 3]

Thanks, James. I am already down to 1 shake a day - I will drink 2, if my Protein intake for the day is not where it should be. When you hit your plateau mid way through, how long did it last? Thanks!

[Djmohr 6,965]

@@CindyWinFlorida

I had the same problem at 4 months. That was about the point when my weight loss slowed way down. It is a very good month if I lose 10lbs.

I am currently on week 3 of no loss what so ever and I have 34lbs to go so I am really hoping I am not done.

When I hit that plateau at 4 months I was stuck for about a month but at that time I was consuming about 700 calories and exercising an hour a day. I was told to eat more and exercise a little less. I did that and it broke my stall. I was told that your body gets used to routine and you may need to simply change things up a little.

Based on everything I have read this is normal and now it is up to us to fight for every pound loss. I too get my Protein, fluids and am right around 1000 calories to 1050 per day.

Unfortunately I am unable to exercise right now due to a recent spine surgery and it is likely they won't release me from that for another 6 to 8 weeks nor could I handle it right now. I am lucky if I can walk 1.5 to 2 miles in a day when I was doing an hour of cardio prior to surgery. I am hoping as soon as I can to increase my exercise and that may kick things up again.

I would try changing your routine up a little a see if that gets things moving.

[James Marusek 5,244]

Thanks, James. I am already down to 1 shake a day - I will drink 2, if my Protein intake for the day is not where it should be. When you hit your plateau mid way through, how long did it last? Thanks!

Generally when I plateau midway through, it lasted about a week or two.