5 Month Post Op - Stall

[ValShannon 0]

I'm new here and frustrated. I know stalls are common but I'm currently in my longest lasting one. Just wondering when the common stall periods seem to be and others experiences? I will be 5 months post op in just a few days and the scale hasn't budged in a little over a month now. Already feeling like I'm a slow loser and this is not helping.

[VSG2015 1]

OMG I've been on a long stall too!!! but i'm 2 years out now and I know what i'm doing wrong...I just need to face it. Take a look at what your doing...

[blizair09 3,250]

How many calories are you taking in per day? Carbs? Protein? Water? Are you journaling everything that you eat and drink? What are you doing for exercise?

[ValShannon 0]

42 minutes ago, blizair09 said:

How many calories are you taking in per day? Carbs? Protein? Water? Are you journaling everything that you eat and drink? What are you doing for exercise?

Calories, Protein, and Water are the main things that I'm currently tracking. My calories typically average between 700-900 on a daily basis which is where my surgeon wants me to be. Basically at this point he's just said to stay under 1,000 so that's what I'm doing. Protein, I keep that around 80 or so grams daily. Water, I'm currently getting around 70 ounces daily. I'm sure I need to work on increasing that. AND...I definitely need to get more strict with exercise. Walking and the occasional Zumba session are it so far but I know I'm not doing that nearly enough.

[blizair09 3,250]

2 hours ago, ValShannon said:

Calories, Protein, and Water are the main things that I'm currently tracking. My calories typically average between 700-900 on a daily basis which is where my surgeon wants me to be. Basically at this point he's just said to stay under 1,000 so that's what I'm doing. Protein, I keep that around 80 or so grams daily. Water, I'm currently getting around 70 ounces daily. I'm sure I need to work on increasing that. AND...I definitely need to get more strict with exercise. Walking and the occasional Zumba session are it so far but I know I'm not doing that nearly enough.

Are you weighing all of your food and tracking everything down to the calorie/carb gram/protein gram/etc? I ask that because it's easy to underestimate food intake when you don't weigh and track. If you're eating 700-900 calories per day, I don't see why you would stall for that long. You didn't mention your carb intake. Depending on how many carbs you eat per day, that might be part of your problem.

At this stage of the game, it is mostly about consumption, not exercise. Typically, weight loss stops if there is an issue with consumption, not because you are not exercising enough.