Question:
Why won't the scale move???
Hi! I'm 6 months post op, -102 pounds (which I feel great about!) but the weight loss is definately slowing down. Last month I only lost 8 pounds, and now the scale is stopped, and it's been that way for about 2 1/2 weeks. I don't know what to do to kick it into moving again! I'm eating protein and I exercise at the Gym 3 days per week. I know I'm gaining muscle and sometimes that can keep the scale from moving, but this long? Any ideas on how I can start losing weight again would be great. Thanks! :) — Deena C. (posted on August 24, 2003)
August 24, 2003
Let me know if you get a good answer. I have not lost a pound in 5 weeks
and I am only 8 weeks post op
— Monica T.
August 24, 2003
Nasty plateaus! Hate them!! May I suggest keeping a food diary? Jot down
everything you put into your mouth. This includes your water. You might
be surprised. If you find you are doing everything right, then relax and
take your measurements. Sometimes the scales are the LAST to show your
weight loss accomplishments. Bet you are losing inches even though the
scales are being contrary. Hang in there. These darn plateaus come and go
and can drive you nuts! (Open Rny 10/30/02 minus 189)
— Ginger M.
August 24, 2003
oh dear well i havent lost a pound in 2 weeks and im 8 weeks out. How can
someone loose over 50 in 4 weeks and then finally get off sixty and then it
stop. I guess im going to have to do full blown atkins and go from there.
I am having such a hard time eating meats that i dont know how im going to
go full protiens. well let me know if you figure it out and tell me how
you done it. Im trying to figure it out myself
carolyn wells STaunton Illinois
— carolyn W.
August 24, 2003
Our Baylor Docs suggest when your weight loss stalls to up your water,
protein and exercise. It works!
Take care,
Barbara Brewer, WLS 5/20/03 Dr. McCarty Weight 278.50
8/22/03 Weight 230.00
— babrewer
August 25, 2003
I hit a plateau for the entire month of July. I am 11 months post op and I
knew the day was coming. I didn't lose weight or gain. The scale was just
still. Believe it or not, I still counted that as success. However, we all
do want to see those numbers go down. Even though the numbers didn't move
in a month, I went down 2 dress sizes in a month. To me that success. I
attribute that to the fact that I have been strength training for the past
couple of months. I love it. Anyway, I had a visit with my dietician 2
weeks ago; she told me if I wanted the numbers to move on the scale, I may
have to drop my calorie intake. So last week I did. I tracked my calories
through fitday.com and stayed around 900-1000 calories. I lost 7 lbs in 1
week. I'm now part of the century club. Down 101lbs. My best, April -
334/233/160
— aprilbaree
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