Can Anyone Out There Give Me Some Advice???? Please

Just keep moving. Sounds like you are doing great! Stalls happen. Try more water and more walks. Also if you are at a weight that you have been at for a while in the past your body might just be happy there for a bit and you have to really work to get it going again . You can do this!!

I agree with I-Wanna-Be...and you might increase your protein and water intake a bit. God Bless!

And congrats on the loss so far! Great job!

The closer we get to goal weight the harder it is to lose it, stalls are part and parcel of weight loss over a period of time and we have to accept that sometimes out bodies just dont do what we want them to. I am stalling now i am close to goal and i admit its tedious and annoying but i change small things like a small increase in calories, change the exercise a little, i also do bike riding and strength /resistance work, i was ill one week and didnt exercise and did lots of heavy housework instead, lost 4lbs that week then back to exercising the following week and lost nothing lol.. small changes do work just experiment and see

I agree with all statements above. i was banded Nov 2010. I have had several stalls and my last longest stall was from Sept 2011 until Jan 2012. i sat at the same weight give or take 1-2 lbs for months. If you are in your green zone, eating the right amount of calories and protein, exercising 30-45 minutes a day with some form of cardo than it will come. I spend hours logging my foods thinking it was too much carbs, too much fat not enough protein. It is frustrating but when you think about it for every lb we lose you have to eat 3500 calories less per week. It really is not as easy to drop the weight as we get closer to goal. You have done an amazing job to date and weight will come off just don't get frustrated and fall back into bad habits, that is so easy for any of us to do. Slider foods always go down easier than protein. Keep up the good work and it will all be worth it. Good Luck to you. (P.S) Take your measurements, some times we are dropping inches as our bodies adjust to change in weight and redistributing the fat while developing muscles. Also if you do 30-45 minutes of cardio when you wake up in the morning you will burn fat stores from the night before. Just be careful and make sure you get protein on board immediately after exercising.

I have a friend whos not big at all but she allways keeping herself fit and in shape she told me she was on a diet but just couldent shift the last few lbs , she said she would allways have one can of coke at the end of the day , and now she has given it up the weight has shifted ? could it be sugar ?? im no expert

You all are wonderful for supporting me. And just provided great advice. I have made such great progress (can you tell I am proud of myself and that I love my band) that sometimes I forget to stop and smell the roses, or in my case, realize that I have now lost 85 pounds.

I will step it up immediately.

thanks again, Zil