Suggestions on breaking a stall please...
I know everyone is different, but I am wondering at about 4months post op how many calories or how much food at one time should I be eating.
I understand stalls are common and I accept that ;) I am happy with my progress so far, but would like to speed up the process. . to date I have lost 58lbs..
1 cup decaff coffee
1/2 slice of pizza ( its thin crust/ philly cheese steak )
1/2 a cucumber sliced up
1 ravioli lean cusine meal
Tons of water and I am starting on my protien shake....
It seems that I drop weight better when I eat more?
I take all my vitamins and suppliments /water/ protien shakes
I work out 4 days a wk doing cardio for 35 mins a day and a zumba class here and there...
I have been stuck at the same weight for a little over two wks, any suggestions?
If this will help at all the only thing I notice that has changed and that may be affecting my weight loss is for the last 3wks or so, I have been having a sugar free decaf mocha at starbucks about twice a wk and also intaking more startchy foods...example the pizza or a few crackers..
No more than 20 grams of Fat per day
Must eat at least 60 grams of Protein a day
No more than 100 grams Carbohydrate per day
No more than 15 grams of Sugar per meal (Sugar is a Carbohydrate)
Drink 48-64 ounces fluids a day
Stop drinking Water 30 minutes before a meal
Begin drinking Water 30 minutes after a meal
Eat 3 meals a day (no further than 4-6 hours apart)
3-6 Months After Surgery: eat 600-700 calories a day
6-9 Months After Surgery: eat 800-900 calories a day
9-12 Months After Surgery: eat 1000 calories a day
12-18 Months After Surgery: eat 1200 calories a day
18 Months-On After Surgery: eat Maintenance calories (BMR & Activity Level)
Age at RNY: 55, Height: 5'4", Consultation Weight: 331 lbs-12/1/2009, RNY Surgery Weight: 281 lbs-3/22/2010, Goal Weight Reached: 141 lbs-6/23/2011, Lowest Weight: 126 lbs-12/11/2011,
Current Age: 61, Current Weight: 161 lbs-5/20/2016, Total Weight Loss Maintained: 170 lbs 
Highest weight = 272, surgery weight = 240, goal weight = 135
Focus on more 'clean' protein eating....nothing processed.
Try chicken, turkey, tuna, salmon, eggs, cottage cheese, cheese and skip anything that has anything 'bread-like' to it.
Also remember that although your mocha is sugar free it is not calorie free and probably has little protein value to it.... Maybe try making your own coffee flavored protein drink, like Click.
Best of everything ot you....
Laura A. 5'3" BW299/CW135
Weight loss stalls and plateaus are very common after WLS -- or any type of weight loss program. We didn't gain weight steadily over the years and we will not lose weight every day or week when we're losing weight it's not going to melt off every day or week. It's frustrating, but it's all part of the process and we just have to be patient and work through these little bumps in the road. But when the scale hasn't moved for a couple weeks or months - this is the perfect time to take a very close look at what we're doing and figure out if we need to make change. Have we allowed bad habits to creep back in or are there adjustments to routines that need to be made to jumpstart the weight loss again? Here's a list I typed up earlier:
- Are you tracking your food intake in a food journal? Is it on track?
- Are you tracking every single calorie that passed your lips? (flavored water, vitamins, gum, single pieces of candy) Even if you aren't keeping track of calories, your body is!
- Are you eating too MANY calories?
- Are you eating too FEW calories?
- Are you taking in enough protein? 80-100g/day
- Are the fats you're eating healthy (polyunsaturated and monounsaturated)
- Are you eating too many simple carbs (bread, pasta, potatoes, sugar, pasta, rice)
- Are you eating enough fruits and veggies?
- Are you drinking enough water (water flushes fat toxins from our body)?
- Are you grazing?
- Are you eating the right quantity? Measuring and weighting foods?
- Are you eating on a schedule?
- Are you exercising hard enough? Long enough? Fast enough?
- When's the last time you changed your exercise routine? (The body becomes efficient and doesn't burn as many calories after we've done the same thing for 4-6 weeks)
- Have you added weight training to your workouts? (muscle burns more calories at rest)
- Are you taking all your vitamins and supplements?
- Have you started taking any new medications that might promote weight gain?
- Have you taken your measurements (you might be losing inches even if the scale isn't moving)
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The scale can measure the weight of my body but never my worth as a woman. ~Lysa TerKeurst author of Made to Crave
Raw veggie/fruit juice is best (LIVE nutrients) but you can make fruit smoothies with some super greens added (I use Rainbow Light Protein Energize with 500mg spirulina and a mix of super greens such as spinach, kale, etc - it has a vanilla flavor and with no additives). It's a "whole food" and is 100% natural. Not the best tasting stuff in the world if you're sensitive to that sort of thing but in a smoothie you don't really taste it. Anyway, the super greens (i.e., dark greens) are critical nutrition that most RNYers don't get after surgery and can cause slow weight loss and long term health problems.
