stopped losing

Katie B.
on 1/6/14 11:16 am, edited 1/6/14 11:17 am
I'm 6 1/2 months post op and I've pretty much stopped losing. I thought I had broken my stall a couple weeks ago,but I'm back up again. For 2 months nowmy weight has fluctuated up and down 5 pounds. I don't know what I'm doing wrong! I am beyond frustrated!
        
Mary Catherine
on 1/6/14 11:27 am

The easy weight loss ends at about six months out for most of us.  Now it is a matter of eating less and exercising more.  Start counting calories, weighing and measuring your portions and tracking everything on an app like myfitnesspal. 

You still have your tool and just need to learn how to use it more effectively.  Do not drin****il 30 minutes after meals.  Eat protein first then some non-starchy vegetables.  No sugar, bread, noodles, rice, potatoes, pasta, pastries, candy, etc. 

You still have about one more year of your honeymoon period and need to take full advantage of it.  Aim for about 1000 calories a day to get to your goal in another year.

 

 

rvtisme
on 1/6/14 11:32 am
RNY on 12/16/13

Curious to know, does everybody stall?? Also I went to my fitness pal, but wasn't sure which app is useful for counting calories, proteins etc. Most apps I've seen are exercise apps.

HW: 355, SW 314.2, GW: 165 - Surgery Date 12/16/13

 

    
Karen R.
on 1/6/14 5:54 pm
RNY on 04/14/13

Hi.  I'm not sure exactly what you're looking at when you go to Myfitnesspal.com.  But at the top, you should see a blue banner and towards the left hand side, "Food" is an option.  When you click on that, you'll see on the sub-menu "Food Diary."  That's what you want.  You need to create an account for yourself, but then you can either search for foods (And believe me--the most obscure things imaginable are listed.  I live overseas and brands that are specific to the Middle East or Asia are on there!) or enter foods of your own (in case you do wind up with something that isn't already in their database, or if you want to include a recipe of your own).  I log in every day and track my food and nutrients.  I don't know what I would do without this site.

5'4" | Pre Surgery BMI:  40.7 | Current BMI:  20.8 | SW:  237 |  CW:  121 |  GW:  125

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Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 1/6/14 10:39 pm - OH

Yes, the vast majority of people do nave at least one stall along the way. but there are a few who do not.  Some of that depends on how you define "stall". Some people (usually newbies who panic easily... no offense intended... we were all there at one point), think a week with no weight loss is a stall.  Many doctors don't consider it a stall until it is 3-4 weeks with no loss.  A few don't consider it a stall until it has been a month or more.

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

Sherrie P.
on 1/6/14 11:31 am
RNY on 02/06/13

That is frustrating!!

Are you tracking calories? Getting in some exercise? 

Whatever you do - don't give up and don't neglect your vitamins!  More protein??

Revision Lapband to RNY 2-6-2013   HW: 286  Pre-Op Diet: 277  Surgery Day: 265  Goal: 155  CW: 155

Plastic surgery 8/28/2014: Brachioplasty, mastopexy, & abdominoplasty.

Plastic surgery 1/27/2015: Butt Lift

    

Kahla L.
on 1/6/14 11:34 am
RNY on 06/19/13

I had surgery 6/19/13 and went through the same thing.  Since mid-Nov until this last week, I bounced around with the same 6 pounds.  Now I've lost 5 in the last week.  I think perhaps our body just needs time to adjust (although it about drove me crazy).  My SIL had surgery the same day/immediately after me and experienced the same thing.  Easier said than done, but hang in there and good luck!


HW/SW/CW: 312/295/212 (RNY 6/19/13)

Katie B.
on 1/6/14 11:38 am
We had surgery on the same day! Did you do anything different to help you lose that last 5 pounds? What are you eating on a typical day? I seriously just want to give up! This is so frustrating!!!!
        
poet_kelly
on 1/6/14 8:06 pm - OH

Without knowing what you're doing, it's impossible to say what you should do differently.  How many calories do you eat in a typical day? How much protein?  How much do you exercise?  What do your surgeon and dietician say?

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Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR.  If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor.  Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me.  If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her.    Check out my blog.

 

SteveWebb
on 1/6/14 10:23 pm - NC

I'm not an expert and haven't had surgery yet but I read on here someone listened to someone else and increased protein and began to lose again.  Some of the vets may give you their advise on that.  I learn from them so hopefully I'll know what to do when I get there.  Hope you lose all you want to lose.

  Jeremiah 29:11 " For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end". 

        
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