The dreaded "STALL"...what's the best advice?

Unfortunately, I've hit a stall for a few weeks now.  Talk about bad timing.  I made it to Onederland and now I hit a stall.  For about 2-2.5 weeks I've stayed at 199.4 or 198.6 and I can't seem to get those scales to move again. 

I guess I'm anxious to get those scales moving again because I haven't been able to wear my wedding rings since about 2007.  I started to gain weight after I got married in 2006 and pretty soon afterwards the bands were way too tight on my ring finger.  I try the bands on every so often hoping my finger has shrunk, but I know it's too big still to fit.  I need to be around 180 or lower perhaps to get the darn things on my finger.  I'm sooooo ready for those scales to move.  That was a huge motivator for me with this surgery---I wanted to wear my rings again and I was determined not to have the bands stretched to fit my fat fingers.  I wanted to get back to my wedding weight (actually the weight I was when I met my husband) which was around 163 lbs.  It's a small thing to look forward to but I'm super excited to be wearing my rings again. 

I'm a little over 4 months out (July 2nd made 4 months) and I've been losing weight at a good pace I think.  I'm down about 71/72 lbs with about 49 more to go...my goal weight is around 150 but would love to get to 140 and have 10 lbs to play with. 

I was wondering if there's anything I could do to help the stall along?  Anything anyone found helpful to you to get yourself out of a stall?  Any ideas would be appreciated. 

I guess I'll just have to "wait out" the "weight" stall, huh?  I'm not complaining though...I feel fantastic and I know the weight will start to come off again but it would be nice to see some movement on those scales--even if it's just a pound or 2.

Thanks everyone for your gracious help--as always.  -Donna

Donna

I just posted on this subject a couple threads down but in order to get the stall moving, you need to increase your water intake, increase your protein and increase your exercise.

Shake things up a bit and change your routine.  What I mean by that is if you are eating 100 calories a day, try eating 800 one day and 1200 the next rather than 1000 every day. 

I saw your other post about protein.  I hated protein powerds and drinks so from very early out I tried to get protein from food.  I did start doing a protein coffee or Pam's Chai tea every morning which gave me about 26 grams of protein. 

Foods high in protein I would eat often were Wendy's chili, Carbmaster or Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, cheese, tuna, beans, chicken. 

The scale will get moving again....although I know how frustrating it can be when it's not!

Good Luck
Nan

The water intake is important - it always seems to help when I increases the water. Also, the protein helps. Anytime I am heavy on the carbs I stop losing weight, it seems.