Question:
I've been on 3 plateaus since surgery 9/17/01! I've only lost 27 lbs. in 8 wks.

I'm drinking 75 gms. of protein a day, eating nothing but high protein foods such as boiled eggs, non-fat cottage cheese, turkey, etc. and I'm exercising every day by walking a least two miles if not more within 40 minutes. I'm always hungry. I'm okay right after I eat my allotted 2 ozs. but half an hour later I'm starving! I'm drinking 60 ozs. of water a day and I take all my vitamins. So what's wrong? Why am I plateauing so much? How come the weight is coming off so slowly? Sometimes the scale actually goes back up!    — Rose E. (posted on November 8, 2001)

November 8, 2001
Try water loading two hours before you eat. It is supposed to break plateaus very quickly. From what I've read, not enough water is one of the reasons for slow weight loss.
   — grammie5

November 8, 2001
Are you eating NO complex carbs at all, like grains & stuff? Sometimes all it takes to get going is just eating a cracker (good quality) with your protein foods. Balance, always balance. Just not sugar, of course. That's not balance! LOL!
   — vitalady

February 27, 2002
I am 8 months out I have lost 107 lbs and I am on a Plateau for the second time. I don't exercise but needing to start a program soon....But I also know that muscles weigh more then Fat so that's probally why your not loosing it that fast...but no worries it will all fall in place for you. Good Luck and GOD BLESS !!!!!!
   — Birgit T.

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