I had my surgery on Feb. 27th I lost a total of 65 pounds bur for the past 3-4 weeks i'm not loosing anymore, I did cheked all my meals with dietician and she say it could happen, but I,d like to give a good boost to it what can i do,???? liquid diet again ?? or some kind of Slim fast??? need help thank you 

Be patient, first and foremost.

2nd, make sure you are weighing, measuring and tracking your food so that you have an honest and accurate measure of how much you are consuming.

3rd - make changes. If you continue not to lose- youve probably reached a maintenance level and you need to cut back and move more. This requires you to complete Step 2 though.

Don't go on a diet. Period. That is not sustainable and does not help you in the long run. This process is more than just getting to goal - it's about building habits that will allow you to reach your goal and maintain for a long time.

Good luck!

 Hi, #1.....you did not list what type of surgery you had..reason being....depending on the surgery you had you can have a faster weight loss initially and then go slower or plateau...in the case of the Lap Band the amt of weight loss is 1-2 lbs and of course you're being complaint and getting fills when you feel that your band has loosened. At 6 months...you will stabilize a little and you may need ot do a different routine to get you moving again..that routine should be discussed with a nutritionist or your dr office since they know you're history. I'm 3mo revision and I think I've reached a plateau and thinking of ways to change it to get it moving again...so keep it up...it will be life long effort and struggle as we did not get this weight in a short time and in a short time we can not get rid of it!

 Hi Ruth, 
I Had a By pass, but you are right, we come too far, so i might start tracking exactely what I eate. 
thank you all for your respond. 

The big weight loss after bypass is in the first six months.  After that weight loss goes down to about five pounds a month for the next six months.  Then there is usually very little weight loss, but your body maintains pretty easily.  Try to concentrate on getting in lots of lean protein and lots of water. 

Keep your body moving and get on the scale every day.  Do not let the scale make you feel bad, get used to how it works.  As long as the scale is not going up, don't worry about it.  If it does start going up, then look at what you ate the day before and see what was the problem.

Don't do anything like a liquid diet, it will keep your body from working correctly.  Have fun, enjoy life and don't worry.  The surgery is going to take care of the weight loss.  You just have to eat foods that will keep you healthy and slim long term.

 

The best way to boost your weight loss once you have a healthy diet is to increase the amount of exercise you do. I was four years post-op when I started running for the first time and that was when I dropped the last 30 lbs.

As for your diet, continue to focus on getting protein first, veggies second, and then whole grain minimally processed carbohydrates if you have any room for them. For instance, an optimal lunch for me is a nicoise salad (salad greens, 3 oz. tuna, 2-3 tbsp. white beans, 1/2 hard boiled egg, green beans, capers, and a light basil vinaigrette). When I want to snack, I'll munch on dry Kashi Golean cereal (tons of fiber, low sugar, and 13g of protein in a 1 cup serving), roasted and salted edamame, or have some yogurt with fruit.

Your weight loss hasn't ended. Sometimes you just need to change things up a little bit. The other posters' advice about journaling your food is great too. I'm 8 years out and still measure and journal my portions. It makes me feel more sure of the nutrition I'm getting each day and helps me keep an eye on my iron intake.

Best wishes to you!

 thank you neen for your advice and receipe and i know I like my potatoes so.... but i ate like only one small every 2 or 3 day. can not help ot love them maybe i should go down to 2-3 a month. 
thanks for your encouragments. 
Best of luck to you too, on your excercies I do 3 hours a week sometime 4 hrs. some bootcamp and Zumba
Thanks 
sabine 

I just wanted to add that I had my surgery (VSG) very close to yours. 2/13/12. I just came out of a 3 week stall, didnt lose an ounce!! its frustrating; but your body just needs time to adjust. As long as you are tracking and keeping your calories/carbs in check, you will start losing again.

 thank you for your respond, 
I realised that we had surgery almost the same time as you mentionned and we almost had the same weight and the same goal (Almost) 
but you already lost 75 or so me only 66 ??? maybe I should check my carbs again. 
Thank you 
thank you all for the responds. 

I always just start the diet from the begining. Liquids, soft foods then small meals. What did the dietician say? They should have given you some guidence.
Up your water, make sure your meals are small enough and low in fat and move as much as you can.

Watch the carbs, most of all.  It gets easy to eat those as you go along and they can creep back into the diet.  Concentrate on lean protein, fruits and veggies.  That said, I stopped losing at six months and never did lose all the weight I wanted to.  I'm still pretty happy with where I ended up, but always thought that another 20 pounds would have been great.