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I'm stuck, too. No weight loss for several days. I started counting calories today just to see where I'm at. I agree with everyone else. I think my body is holding on to whatever it can! We will all probably break loose at the same time and the pounds will start dropping! Now, pass the ice cream! LOL

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Yay! It worked!

I basically ate about 7 small meals yesterday! After dinner I totted up my calories at was at 900 (after what felt like non stop eating) so I had some full fat soft cheese on crackers (good for protein) and this morning was down 2lbs!!!! Yay!!!

So basically I was eating too little (not usually a problem for me!) so I am trying to eat more than 3 times a day now. Have been grazing all morning so far (smoothie at my desk and have been drinking my way through it all morning where I used to have a bit for Breakfast and then nothing until lunch). Nice to see the scales move. It's weird though as I feel I am eating loads to lose weight!

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Isn't that the funniest thing though???? It's an odd sensation to be trying to consume more calories in order to lose weight! It works though! At least it did for me. I've been on liquids (full and clear) for the past couple of days since my fill and am eager to be able to eat more so I can get my calorie level back up. Today is the first day in 10 that the scale hasn't dropped so it has to be due to not getting enough calories. Amazing!

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How funny...I was coming here to post about this exact thing today. I have lost 27 lbs and now the scale just won't move. I'm eating about 600 calories, maybe not quite that much all week. I'm frustrated with mushies because I am not liking things in the blender very much so I'm eating yogurt, oatmeal, and mashed potatoes and not much else. My surgeon said not to worry how many calories I'm getting and if I need to bump it up, add milk to my Protein shakes instead of Water. I had dinner with my inlaws on Saturday and just ate what they ate (chicken tetrazzini) and then had leftovers for lunch on Sunday and lost like 5 lbs just over the weekend.

Until I can start soft foods, I'm not sure how to go about getting in more calories. I also have restriction without a fill so when I do eat, I don't even finish 1/2 cup usually. The doctor did suggest trying to eat very small amounts more times a day. My goal for today is to get in all of my Water because the last couple of days have been bad as far as that goes and I feel puffy, which I hadn't felt since surgery.

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Ok girls, I have to tell you...I would be THRILLED if I were at a plateau. I keep gaining every day! And I promise I've been good for a while!!!!

Sassafrassin.

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Hang in there Gibson....for the amount of exercising I am putting in...trust me my scale is not moving neither...I just can't seem to find the way to add more calories healthfully....or any for that matter....

And I can't stop exercising I am hooked...(stress reliever factor my guess)

I go for my first fill tommw If I don't loose some more now..I am afraid to ask what will help..

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