Of Plateaus and Food Fatigue

The last three weeks the scale has only inched downwards a little and I know not to be frustrated because my body has just lost 31 pounds in three months and it probably thinks it's in a famine. Knowing it and not being frustrated is a different thing.

The best plateau buster I know really can't be done right now: hard exercise. That used to work for me every time but I'm still on PT to try to strengthen my legs and am not up to the hard stuff. Last week I was making many trips up and down the stairs carrying hefty loads and did something to my upper back that it is still screaming about.

Seems like all I can do is change up my diet but...I've also landed in Food Fatigue Land. The foods I eat still do the job and I'm not tempted to cheat but I dread trying to come up with a meal idea for dinner every. single. day. We're a 2 meal household because Hubs is a T2 diabetic and also hates anything vegetable or healthy, haha.

Could you throw some plateau-buster ideas my way please? Dr. has me aiming for 100 grams of protein and less than 20-30 carbs. Net carbs which she neglected to say in the beginning. Considering that I'm probably under 20 g a day already.

Thanks!

Molly

If you like eggs there are so many different ways to make them. I always have a bowl of either hard or soft boiled eggs in the fridge to grab.

Take a look at this blog. Shelly had weight loss surgery years ago and started this blog which has so many different recipes for people who have had WLS. I used a lot of them when I first had my revision in 2015. theworldaccordingtoeggface

I loved Shelly's blog in my newbie days, she'd just had her surgery a few years before me. Thank you for the reminder! I'll head back over and see what she had to say about plateaus.

Eggs are only my friends hard boiled or scrambled, if I try to eat a poached or over-easy egg (my favorite!) I dump like a truck. It isn't so bad if I remove the yolk but it makes no sense right? I always keep hard boiled eggs in the fridge so I can make Hubby an egg salad sandwich but need to remember to grab them for myself too.

Thank you!

I just ate egg bites, and they are wonderful. When needing a plateau buster, I always push the water and make sure I drink my weight in water until I get over the hump.

Water, of course...duh! lol I have to remember that especially because of being on the Wellbutrin/Naltrexone combo. The one side effect that isn't going away is dry mouth and that extends to dry eyes as well. I'll make myself some notes to drink more. And I'll get a batch of egg bites made today too, thank you for the good reminders!