This is such a good reminder to take my vitamins. I will admit I slack on taking them. I have to take them in the middle of the day and sometimes i just forget. I have to take thyroid medication in the morning so I cannot take them then.

Anyways, I hope that it is just your low B12 levels and that your memory comes back as your levels come back up.

My lowest weight was 8 pounds away from my own personal goal which is 120 pounds. That took me about 16 months. But since then I have bounced from 132- 140 pounds. With this year being the hardest. I don't think I am plateauing per say, but more likely I have put myself into maintenance. I also exercise quite frequently so though my scale doesn't change often, my clothing still fits pretty good and I am sometimes able to fit into smaller sizes.

You are still pretty early out. I think you will be okay, just keep on keeping on. Sometimes you will have months with crazy big loses and other months you will be lucky to get a pound. In the end it usually evens all out. Congrats on your progress so far!!

We have them at my school, but I don't know if they offer scans or the price. I did hydrostatic weighing several months ago and was at 29% but it was also ran by students in my major so I'm not sure how accurate we were.

I'm not going to lie, I've been skimping on cardio but planned on adding it back in this week. I think I'm going to focus on trying to preserve the muscle I've gained and start to focus on more fat loss.

I eat anywhere from 100-130 grams of protein. Carbs I vary from day to day but never go over 100 unless I had a heavy heavy leg day. I do still weigh, measure and log my food daily. I think he told me to eat more to make sure I was recovering from my weight lifting sessions. I don't lift light weights, I lift heavy. In order to improve my strength I had to increase some with healthy fats and protein. My range is still pretty broad depending on the day. It has been as low as 800 to as high as 1500.

Hey y'all! It has been a while since I have posted. I am 2.5 years post op with vsg. I have still never reached my goal. Anyone else like this and eventually succeeded? I have been exercising 3-6 days a week since I was cleared from surgery, so 6 weeks post op i think ?, I still watch everything I eat(still track it!). I have worked with a trainer and a trainer with a background in nutrition for about 3 months. I saw no weight loss or gain during that time. He did say that he thought I did not eat enough and that I should up my calories. I know that scientifically that makes sense, but from a WLS POV it seems crazy! My workouts do include heavy lifting though..

Anyways- advice? Am I going to forever be stuck in the 130s? I am worried about the 3 year bounce back, too. Not looking forward to ANY bounce back. I just wonder if this is a LW problem as to why I didn't reach goal.

I don't normally post but thought I would today. I have been at a standstill for a while now on my weight loss. I have been doing a new, intense workout program and I actually think I am not eating enough. I'm lucky if I eat 1100 calories a day. I know many don't count calories, but I like to. 

Before Breakfast: 1/2 c coffee with creamer and Protein shake 26g

Breakfast: sausage, cheese, egg, and hashbrowns(bad I know!) 15g protein 15 carbs

snack: balanced break 7g

Lunch: not sure yet

snack: protein shake 26g

Dinner: chicken thigh, not sure of sides yet. 11g

Vitamins: about to take

Exercise: Insanity video- Max Plyo Interval 

Last week 132

However the scale did go up and stay at 133 for a few days. I started the insanity workout program on Friday so I should start seeing some changes :) like my weight this morning...

This week: 131.4

Holding pretty steady at 132. I did see 131.8 on the scale but that didn't last long. I am starting to wonder if I will ever see the 120s. But as long as I am losing inches I am okay, I think. I have to stop letting the scale mess with my head! While I haven't lost really anything pounds wise in the last 3 or 4 months I have went down pant sizes. I am now fitting into size 6! 

I can't really think of any. I still have to be careful with salad, sometimes it just makes me feel yucky afterwards, but not as bad as it did at first. Even though I had vsg, here recently, sometimes if I eat something sweet it makes me feel terrible. I am a little less than 16 months post op. 

Congratulations on your surgery! 

Way to go!!! Such a great feeling!

Last week: 132

This week: 132

I'll take it. Yesterday was a bad day carb wise so I expected to really be up since I was up yesterday morning, instead it was right where I needed it! Going to be better this week. I got a Fitbit this past week as an early birthday present, it's on the 12th, and I am loving it so far. I actually think it will help because i find myself wanting my steps to be higher! 

I think last time I posted I was at 132. I am still at 132. My weight usually bounces from 130 to 134. It's my fault. I think a lot of it is I am losing inches from working out. I have recently upped my calories, which was so scary, because I was becoming lightheaded when working out and my instructor told me to increase on the days I do 1.5 hours of working out. Surprisingly, I dropped two pounds just from doing that. But the TOM came around so it's back up. I think my problem is I want to see the low number on the scale, even though I am comfortable at this weight and my clothes look good because I am building muscle. I checked my body fat and was at 26.7%. I think I will continue to monitor that as well!  

Thank you! Now if only the scale would notice my hard work lol! At least my clothes are. I swear I have abs underneath my extra skin lol.