STALL
is it normal to stall for over a month, im about 6 months out and ive hit a stall for about a month and a half, ive lost 3 pounds here and there but it put it back on, im not getting too much exercise and i think my cal intake is about 1,000 daily and i do have some bad days when its like 1,200 and dont know if my cal intake is too much, but i cant seem to get past this stall, and the scale isnt making it any better, infact its making me depress, any suggestion, i dont have time to go into the gym because im soooo busy with work........i feel so helpless
MY ANGEL IS JOANNE J.
Try this:
1. Put your scale away, and I mean away, for a full week.
2. Starting right now increase your water.
3. Severely limit your carbs.
4. Increase your protein - have chicken for a snack, have more greek yogurt if you can.
5. Try to get an hour of walking in as many days this week as you can.
I went through a few weeks where I didn't lose anything, and this is what I did - it worked and I've been losing steadily each week since. I'm sure I'll hit another plateau eventually, and I'll be doing this again.
If you look at your diet honestly, like I did, I found I was having a little more carb than I needed to have. I try to have carb only once a day.
Good luck. But remember, you have to be honest and dedicated to trying to break this stall. It's easy to fool yourself with regard to how much you are consuming of each food group. And of course, your body does need readjustment time - you've lost alot of weight and sometimes it has to catch up with itself.
1. Put your scale away, and I mean away, for a full week.
2. Starting right now increase your water.
3. Severely limit your carbs.
4. Increase your protein - have chicken for a snack, have more greek yogurt if you can.
5. Try to get an hour of walking in as many days this week as you can.
I went through a few weeks where I didn't lose anything, and this is what I did - it worked and I've been losing steadily each week since. I'm sure I'll hit another plateau eventually, and I'll be doing this again.
If you look at your diet honestly, like I did, I found I was having a little more carb than I needed to have. I try to have carb only once a day.
Good luck. But remember, you have to be honest and dedicated to trying to break this stall. It's easy to fool yourself with regard to how much you are consuming of each food group. And of course, your body does need readjustment time - you've lost alot of weight and sometimes it has to catch up with itself.
Had RNY surgery July 22/11, St. Joe's Hamilton, with the awesome Dr. Scott Gmora. Had abdominoplasty August 2/13, Scarborough, with equally awesome Dr. Michael Kreidstein.
I'm not a big proponant of "putting the scale away". I'm a daily weigher myself - it keeps me on track. I DO say to put it away if it's making you crazy though.
It''s difficult to give you exact suggestions, since I don't know what you're eating, so here are some general ones:
You need to track exactly what you're putting into your mouth.
Weigh and measure everything you eat and drink.
Increase you protein.
Increase your water intake.
Stalls are common, happens to everyone. Feel free to join us on the "what are you eating today" thread - it would be easier to assist you that way.
It''s difficult to give you exact suggestions, since I don't know what you're eating, so here are some general ones:
You need to track exactly what you're putting into your mouth.
Weigh and measure everything you eat and drink.
Increase you protein.
Increase your water intake.
Stalls are common, happens to everyone. Feel free to join us on the "what are you eating today" thread - it would be easier to assist you that way.
Karen
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I'm almost 9 months out, and i've hit a stall. 90 pounds down for a month now. But, because I did my reading on here and talked with my fellow WLS friends, I knew it was coming. Not to say that it doesn't mess with my head though!! And i'm a little stress-monkey, so it bums me out for a bit, then I remember that it's going to happen. I've heard a lot of people say a stall happens at different stages. It's frustrating, but perfectly normal!!
Surgery March 23/2011. Completed three full marathons and two half marathons, two half Ironman distances. Completed my first Full Ironman distance (4 km swim, 180 km bike, 42.2 km (full marathon) run) in Muskoka August 30/2015. Next Ironman Lake Placid July 23/2017!
Hey Nesha. Stalls can be frustrating.
Are you tracking closely what you eat? i dont mean the calories, but the protein and carb content?
With regard to having "no time to go to the gym" you NEED to make time to take care of yourself. You're not helpless, you have all the power in the world, you just need to accept that power and use it to benefit yourself.
I pretend to use that "no time to exercise" crap on myself, and sometimes i even believe it. Then I catch myself sitting in front of the TV for an hour or two. TIme i could have spent doing something constructive.
Working will not make and keep you healthy. YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF!!!
Are you tracking closely what you eat? i dont mean the calories, but the protein and carb content?
With regard to having "no time to go to the gym" you NEED to make time to take care of yourself. You're not helpless, you have all the power in the world, you just need to accept that power and use it to benefit yourself.
I pretend to use that "no time to exercise" crap on myself, and sometimes i even believe it. Then I catch myself sitting in front of the TV for an hour or two. TIme i could have spent doing something constructive.
Working will not make and keep you healthy. YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF!!!
I weigh myself daily. I agree with Karen...it keeps me in check. If my weight starts to creep up then I change what I am doing. But I also agree that if it is driving you crazy then definitely put it away for now.
I don't track what I eat constantly...I should but I find homemade things like casseroles and soups are hard to measure and then I get frustrated so I stop. But every once in a while I will track every single thing I eat for 3 or 4 weeks at a time and I measure the calories and proteins. When I eat higher proteins my weight starts to go down. I also change up calories a bit. I try to stay under 1000 for the most part but then will go up to 1100 or 1200 once a week or once every 2 weeks just to keep my body from becoming too accustomed to anything. For some reason that works.
To really benefit from knowing how many calories you are eating, you need to know what you are burning. One pound is 3500 calories. So if you burn 1100 per day and eat 1000 per day then you are burning 100 calories per day which is 700 per week which would only equal 1/5 of a pound. Therefore it would take you five weeks to lose one pound at that rate. There are calculators online to figure out approximately what your basal metabolic rate is (I think mine is somewhere around 1300 or 1400 per day) and then if you do any exercise you can count that as well. Therefore if you are burning 1600 calories per day and only eating 1000 then there is a deficit of 600 per day, which means you will lose 1 .2 lbs per week. I totally belive in calories in, calories out.
That being said, it is very important to make sure your calories are healthy calories that include enough nutrients and especially protein.
I don't track what I eat constantly...I should but I find homemade things like casseroles and soups are hard to measure and then I get frustrated so I stop. But every once in a while I will track every single thing I eat for 3 or 4 weeks at a time and I measure the calories and proteins. When I eat higher proteins my weight starts to go down. I also change up calories a bit. I try to stay under 1000 for the most part but then will go up to 1100 or 1200 once a week or once every 2 weeks just to keep my body from becoming too accustomed to anything. For some reason that works.
To really benefit from knowing how many calories you are eating, you need to know what you are burning. One pound is 3500 calories. So if you burn 1100 per day and eat 1000 per day then you are burning 100 calories per day which is 700 per week which would only equal 1/5 of a pound. Therefore it would take you five weeks to lose one pound at that rate. There are calculators online to figure out approximately what your basal metabolic rate is (I think mine is somewhere around 1300 or 1400 per day) and then if you do any exercise you can count that as well. Therefore if you are burning 1600 calories per day and only eating 1000 then there is a deficit of 600 per day, which means you will lose 1 .2 lbs per week. I totally belive in calories in, calories out.
That being said, it is very important to make sure your calories are healthy calories that include enough nutrients and especially protein.
Hi Nesha.
Ditto! There is a ton of research showing that people who track their daily food intake have significantly better odds of losing weight and keeping it off. You need to get your liquids (only count caffeine-free liquids, at least 2 L per day) and your protein (I was told 65-80 g/day), and keep the carbs low.
Stalls are normal. At 6 months out, my pattern started to look like: 3 week stall (no loss at all, not even 1/2 lb), then lose 3 lbs in a week, then gain 1-2, then stall again. I'm nearly 8 months out and it still looks a lot like that although I think it's starting to change. But I'm definitely getting smaller, even though the scale isn't moving much. The hardest thing for me about stalling is the way I start to think, like "this has stopped working, just like everything else, so I should just give up and eat junk food" and so on. Don't let the stall undermine you! It's a temporary thing, don't worry, it will end!
Ditto! There is a ton of research showing that people who track their daily food intake have significantly better odds of losing weight and keeping it off. You need to get your liquids (only count caffeine-free liquids, at least 2 L per day) and your protein (I was told 65-80 g/day), and keep the carbs low.
Stalls are normal. At 6 months out, my pattern started to look like: 3 week stall (no loss at all, not even 1/2 lb), then lose 3 lbs in a week, then gain 1-2, then stall again. I'm nearly 8 months out and it still looks a lot like that although I think it's starting to change. But I'm definitely getting smaller, even though the scale isn't moving much. The hardest thing for me about stalling is the way I start to think, like "this has stopped working, just like everything else, so I should just give up and eat junk food" and so on. Don't let the stall undermine you! It's a temporary thing, don't worry, it will end!
RNY April 11, 2011
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