4.5 weeks post op and stalled. Need some help

[thinin10 0]

I am 4.5 weeks post op. I lost 9# the 1st 2 weeks and only 1.25 since- nothing for the last 2 weeks!

Here's history:

5-600 calories liquids x2 wks.

800 cals. per week 1st week purees

1100 calories per day most days for 2nd week purees.

to dr. NUT told me no more then 800 cals. per day. EVER til I've lost all my wt. and this is a standard.

I am working out 5-6 days per week 1 hr. per day. . I have built back up to this (1 hr. per day 6-7 days per week pre op) and this week 1 hr. per day all week.

Monitoring my food religiously and being totally honest on it... using livestrong site.

getting in my Water.< /p>

3 small meals and 1 small snack per day.

no late nite eating (but dinner prob.later than it should be but that's my wk. schedule).

She told me to cut out virtually all carbs. I don't want to be back on the Protein diet..been there- done that. I asked how many carbs per day.. what % of my calories? how many... would not say...just to cut them out as much as possible.

Any ideas why my wt. loss has died? I am getting in 850-900 per day now..can't stay at 800.. UBER hungry all the time

Anybody else experience this? I am SO frustrated and I KNOW I'm not cheating and doing it right. I"m keeping my eye on the end game...staying the course.. but it's SO hard and it's making me feel like a failure.! :thumbup:

[mrsyellis 1]

hey , i am 4 wks out too. i am stalled just like you are. i believe it is time for a fill. i have mine scheduled for 10/07. have you scheduled your first fill yet?

[thinin10 0]

It's not til 10/16. It was set at the time they set surg. for 6 weeks out. I was told they're changing the protocols and will start doing 1st fills at 4 weeks but my doc.is booked so even though we looked at moving it up... no availalbility.

Don't you think it's wierd though that band or no band not to be losing at that level of calorie intake/ calorie burn? I know the fill will help with the hunger but can't see where it will make me lose faster... will still be taking in/ putting out the same.

Are you getting the same eating /calorie advice from your NUT?

[mrsyellis 1]

I see my nut on 10/07- so I don't know what they are going to tell us. I went to support the other night and after talking to some fellow bandsters, it looks like most of us do not go over 1200 calories. I will let u know on wednesday what I learn. Don't worry though, once u r filled, u will loose again. I am a little baffled by 800 calories though!

[ThinAli 0]

I am 81 days out from the start of my pre op diet as of this point I have lost about a 1/2 lbs a day. Now I am not telling you this to brag and I to will plateau at sometime and I am totally dreading it! I have been eating between 1200-1500 calories a day. I too keep track on thedailyplate.com. I workout about 4-5 days a week. I think that you may be eatting too little. I get about 70 g of Protein a day. I don't know why the doc would have you on such low cals. Aren't you hungry??? I again not to brag but I eat low cal ice cream too. Not everyday but fairly frequently. It seems as though you are set up to fail (I know the doc wouldn't do this) because it is hard to stick to so few calories.

[LollyMoe 1]

My nut wants me on 1000-1200 cals a day. She says that if it's any lower, your body will go into starvation mode and you won't lose.

I get in around 60 gms of Protein a day. No more than 5gm of Fat and 15 gms of carbs per serving. She wants me to eat my protein first and then my veggie.

I'm not a fan of NO CARBS completely. I have been there, tried that and wound up sick. Personally, I need some carbs in my eating program but have to be careful about getting in too many.

[janetsjourneytoslim 3]

Hi, If you go to LapBand.com, and Click on Lindora Lean for Life, They will give you motivation and help every day and help you track your weight loss and also give you daily plans for 800 calories and 900 calories per day, you can actually have some things that are calorie free and yet filling. The only protien only is for three days! That gets you into Ketosis and you start burning the fat, I lost 3.5 lbs in the first 3 days. and I am loosing now. I do agree that after the fill you will not eat as much or be as hungry. I am 8 weeks post op and have now lost 33 lbs. I was so discouraged at 4 weeks for the little weight loss and was almost ashamed at seeing others success, but fear not, you are staying the course and it will show up soon, I do not excersise as much as you do yet, but I walk three times a week and I am toning up. Going to join a Gym soon.

[thinin10 0]

Thanks all. janetsjourneytothin....sounds like you might have experienced what I am at 4-5 weeks? How long did you stall... did it change after the 1st fill or still take awhile? Were you at this level of calorie intake as well and do you remain there?

I know I've seen other posts stating you need to pull your body out of starvation mode to get it to lose. I just don't want to go against the advice of my NUT if some time will yeild the the results. I guess one of my fears is that if I stay at starvation mode for a year or 2 til my wt. is lost... what happens when I do start eating more normal.. say 1200 calories per day... will I blow up like I have in past years after trying a starvation like diet?

Can't thank you enough for the site recommendation. I am going to jump onto that right now.

I'm a pretty great and creative cook- yes... tooting my own horn on that- so I'm really good at creating meals to fit the medical/cal needs... in fact had a dream about meatballs last night and figured a way to keep them low cal, juicy and loaded with protien and fiber so have some ground turkey thawing now... I'll keep you guys posted on the recipe once I do them up and ensure they're good. thanks again all!:thumbup: