I am upset...

[iwalktheline 1]

i am very upset because i have not lost 1 pound in 4 weeks.

i was banded on 2/16/09. i have lost over 40 pounds and i weigh myself once a week. so my weight hasn't budged in 4 freaking weeks. i just don't get it. i work out like crazy and am only eating 1200-1500 kcals. i thought i would have lost so much more by now. should i just stop eating. i had a fill a week ago and it feels great. i think i finally have a sweet spot. anyone else ever go through something like this?

[ocotillo 0]

I think everyone loses at their own rate. I think you might be surprised and get on the scale one day and have dropped a couple of pounds. Maybe shake things up a bit and drop the calories to 1000 for a couple of days or try the pouch test diets (couple of days of liquids, then mushies) just to change something. I'm just spouting stuff I've read here and that seems to work for some people.

I wish you the best....and don't give up. You will start losing again.

[blackcherry2002 5]

I didn't lose a single pound for almost 5-6 months. I was stuck at 35lbs lost, which I lost the first few weeks. Thought I was a failure. but since then I've lost almost another 50lbs. Keep your head up!

[maclynn 0]

The scale didn't go down for almost four weeks and then this morning, it finally did go south. Granted, I got a very small fill yesterday but that wouldn't be reflective so soon.

I didn't give up or give in to temptation. I tried to up my exercise and change the foods I eat when since I was told our bodies can get used to diet and exercise by getting more efficient and burning less calories. I was also told that muscle holds more Water than fat and if I've built up muscle, I might not show the weight loss even though I've lost body fat. My scale seems to show that since it records body fat, which has gone down every week.

Good luck and hope the scale moves for you soon!

[krtork 0]

Don't give up. I was on a plateau for 4-5months before the scale started moving again. It is moving slow, but moving.

Be glad that it is not going up! Keep exercising and eating right and you will lose. The other thing you might want to do is measure. Sometimes the weight is moving but the inches are melting!

Ocotillo had some good advice about mixing it up. Change up your exercise or mix up the amount of daily calories, that can also help get the scale moving again!

Good luck

[coloradobanding 5]

Don't get frustrated!! I lost no weight at all for 8+ weeks!!!

In fact I would gain 3, lose 2, gain 4 lose 5. But all in all, I didn't lose a thing. Then all of a sudden..BAM..6lbs GONE and I've been losing ever since.

Keep trucking on..it will come off!!

[NCLisa 0]

My scale hasn't gone down in 4 weeks, but I've gone from a size 18 pants to a size 16 in those 4 weeks. )I was a size 22 in May. I just put my sizes 2x, 1x, 22, 20 & 18 clothes in a pile for the salvation army and ordered shirts in size large, and pants in 16 & 14 from Woman Within yesterday. Even my bra size has gone from 40C to 36B) I'm doing pilates 2 to 3 days a week, and my body is changing. Remember, muscle weighs more than fat, so if the fat is changing to muscle, the scale won't go down as much or at all. I am just happy that the scale isn't going up. I'm also told that if you can tell your body is losing inches, not pounds, so the weight loss is a little slower, you won't have as much loose skin in the long run. The skin will shrink as your body changes.

The hardest part for me, is I'm not a Breakfast person. I noticed that I have bigger changes in losing inches if I eat Breakfast in the morning. So I kind of cheat, my breakfast is a few ounces of Lifeway lowfat Kefir, I can drink it, so it's not so much like breakfast to me. It does get my metabolism started.

[krtork 0]

NCLisa~ Wow you are doing great! Doesn't it feel good to bag up all those clothes!

[coloradobanding 5]

I just cleaned out my closet for the THIRD time and MAN does it feel GREAT!!

I literally gave away and sold 2/3 of my wardrobe. NOTHING in my closet is bigger than a size 16 pant or XL shirt; I LOVE IT!!!

[addelapp5 0]

Don't sweat it. It's aggravating as heck huh? Mine hasn't moved in 6. It's driving me insaaaaane. Maybe we need to change something up in our eating and/or exercise habits? No clue. I hope it starts moving soon though!