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Hello Folks, A couple of weeks ago I posted about a stall after beginning exercise and staying on plan with food. It does seem so unfair like it should be impossible but yes it does happen. In that time I did even go up 1 lb. I just see that as a part of the stall thing. Its hard and sad when we don't want to see gains but Ive come to realize that the body is highly intelligent, efficient and probably more complex than I will ever truly know. It took 2 weeks but the stall broke. I am not a super fast loser anyway but Ive seen some steady drops in weight since the stall broke. Also, for ladies our cycle does have a lot to do with it. Take heart everyone I believe if we stay on plan and stay healthy weight will shed….

African American here with low density high poroty hair and Im losing tons . Oh well this too shall pass:-)

Hi Friends I need your advice! Over a week ago I started working out about 5 times a week. I have gotten more hungry since beginning that but Im still keeping my calories under 1,000. Usually they are 800-900 calls per day. Well I've been in a stall for a little over a week now - about the same time as I began exercising. What the heck is going on. Can I really stall because Im exercising or eating more even though my calories are still low????

Good morning team! I hope everyone is doing well and feeling empowered. Thanks for this challenge. Ive just started doing the Beach body PIYO program and I do like. However, my natural tendency is to be lazy at exercise and never complete or be consistent. This weekend was a sad/emotional weekend and I found myself taking bites of cake and chips etc. Thank God for the sleeve… I was able to stop and no downward spiral. Id like to commit to doing PIYO 5-6 times per week. Anyone else out here doing PIYO???? Target: PIYO 5-6 times per week CW: 207 GW: 187 August 8th - PIYO: CW: August 15th - PIYO: CW: August 22nd - PIYO: CW: August 29nd - PIYO: CW: Sept. 5th - PIYO: CW: Sept. 12th - PIYO: CW: Sept 19th - PIYO: CW: Sept 26th - PIYO: CW: October 1st - PIYO: CW: PIYO COMPLETED???!!!!

Hello everyone, Im about 10 weeks out now and my weightloss has really slowed down to 1-2 lbs per week with a stall here and there. I keep my carbs low and I don't always hit my protein goal of 70 but Im usually at 50-65. Any ideas? Thanks!!!

Awesome testimony - thank you God!

Hello Folks, Happy to have found this group! I was sleeved on April 28. My highest was 259 today Im 216 or 217 depending on what the scale feels…. Protein was my greatest challenge since I could only eat 2 ounces at a time and less of dense protein. I also hated all protein shakes…. At this stage I'm doing much better with protein. I may still need the help of a shake here and there but its getting better. Now I need to focus on keep both protein and water up - almost feels like a full time job to constantly think about and put protein in and get the water in between but Im getting there…. Also on my agenda is to really commit to working out. I would like to try the new beach body workout - PIYO. Let me know if anyone is doing that. Congrats to all of us April sleevers!

I have two Protein shakes a day with at least 30g of protein (usually as Snacks - this morning at 6am I had 3oz of chicken salad as Breakfast, then had a shake here at work around 10 am). At work I drink the premade Premeir Protein Shakes (you can get them at Wal-Mart, online at Amazon or in some grocery stores). At home I drink the Body Fortress powder, which is also 30g. That's 60 right there. With the body fortress, I use silk soy milk so that adds in another 6g. Because I am Diabetic, I've basically been trying to low carb the heck out of everything. So I will eat lots of Chicken and yogurt (greek has more than regular). And I weigh everything on my food scale so I know if I have 2 oz of chicken how many g of protein I am getting. I've become a bit of a control freak since I started this process. But if I don't weigh and measure and keep track I worry I will just revert back to old habits. I still have things I need to work on. the sleeve didn't magically make me like vegetables. So I've got to work on finding ways to prepare them so that I will eat them. I have two protein shakes a day with at least 30g of protein (usually as snacks - this morning at 6am I had 3oz of chicken salad as breakfast, then had a shake here at work around 10 am). At work I drink the premade Premeir Protein Shakes (you can get them at Wal-Mart, online at Amazon or in some grocery stores). At home I drink the Body Fortress powder, which is also 30g. That's 60 right there. With the body fortress, I use silk soy milk so that adds in another 6g. Because I am Diabetic, I've basically been trying to low carb the heck out of everything. So I will eat lots of Chicken and yogurt (greek has more than regular). And I weigh everything on my food scale so I know if I have 2 oz of chicken how many g of protein I am getting. I've become a bit of a control freak since I started this process. But if I don't weigh and measure and keep track I worry I will just revert back to old habits. I still have things I need to work on. the sleeve didn't magically make me like vegetables. So I've got to work on finding ways to prepare them so that I will eat them. Thanks for the info! I guess Im going to have to bite the bullet and have 2 shakes a day. Right now I can only eat 2 ounces at each sitting so getting in 3 meals and 2 shakes will be work! I better buckle down.

I have two protein shakes a day with at least 30g of protein (usually as snacks - this morning at 6am I had 3oz of chicken salad as breakfast, then had a shake here at work around 10 am). At work I drink the premade Premeir Protein Shakes (you can get them at Wal-Mart, online at Amazon or in some grocery stores). At home I drink the Body Fortress powder, which is also 30g. That's 60 right there. With the body fortress, I use silk soy milk so that adds in another 6g. Because I am Diabetic, I've basically been trying to low carb the heck out of everything. So I will eat lots of Chicken and yogurt (greek has more than regular). And I weigh everything on my food scale so I know if I have 2 oz of chicken how many g of protein I am getting. I've become a bit of a control freak since I started this process. But if I don't weigh and measure and keep track I worry I will just revert back to old habits. I still have things I need to work on. the sleeve didn't magically make me like vegetables. So I've got to work on finding ways to prepare them so that I will eat them. I have two protein shakes a day with at least 30g of protein (usually as snacks - this morning at 6am I had 3oz of chicken salad as breakfast, then had a shake here at work around 10 am). At work I drink the premade Premeir Protein Shakes (you can get them at Wal-Mart, online at Amazon or in some grocery stores). At home I drink the Body Fortress powder, which is also 30g. That's 60 right there. With the body fortress, I use silk soy milk so that adds in another 6g. Because I am Diabetic, I've basically been trying to low carb the heck out of everything. So I will eat lots of Chicken and yogurt (greek has more than regular). And I weigh everything on my food scale so I know if I have 2 oz of chicken how many g of protein I am getting. I've become a bit of a control freak since I started this process. But if I don't weigh and measure and keep track I worry I will just revert back to old habits. I still have things I need to work on. the sleeve didn't magically make me like vegetables. So I've got to work on finding ways to prepare them so that I will eat them. Thanks for the info! I guess Im going to have to bite the bullet and have 2 shakes a day. Right now I can only eat 2 ounces at each sitting so getting in 3 meals and 2 shakes will be work! I better buckle down.

I have two protein shakes a day with at least 30g of protein (usually as snacks - this morning at 6am I had 3oz of chicken salad as breakfast, then had a shake here at work around 10 am). At work I drink the premade Premeir Protein Shakes (you can get them at Wal-Mart, online at Amazon or in some grocery stores). At home I drink the Body Fortress powder, which is also 30g. That's 60 right there. With the body fortress, I use silk soy milk so that adds in another 6g. Because I am Diabetic, I've basically been trying to low carb the heck out of everything. So I will eat lots of Chicken and yogurt (greek has more than regular). And I weigh everything on my food scale so I know if I have 2 oz of chicken how many g of protein I am getting. I've become a bit of a control freak since I started this process. But if I don't weigh and measure and keep track I worry I will just revert back to old habits. I still have things I need to work on. the sleeve didn't magically make me like vegetables. So I've got to work on finding ways to prepare them so that I will eat them. I have two protein shakes a day with at least 30g of protein (usually as snacks - this morning at 6am I had 3oz of chicken salad as breakfast, then had a shake here at work around 10 am). At work I drink the premade Premeir Protein Shakes (you can get them at Wal-Mart, online at Amazon or in some grocery stores). At home I drink the Body Fortress powder, which is also 30g. That's 60 right there. With the body fortress, I use silk soy milk so that adds in another 6g. Because I am Diabetic, I've basically been trying to low carb the heck out of everything. So I will eat lots of Chicken and yogurt (greek has more than regular). And I weigh everything on my food scale so I know if I have 2 oz of chicken how many g of protein I am getting. I've become a bit of a control freak since I started this process. But if I don't weigh and measure and keep track I worry I will just revert back to old habits. I still have things I need to work on. the sleeve didn't magically make me like vegetables. So I've got to work on finding ways to prepare them so that I will eat them. Thanks for the info! I guess Im going to have to bite the bullet and have 2 shakes a day. Right now I can only eat 2 ounces at each sitting so getting in 3 meals and 2 shakes will be work! I better buckle down.

I have two protein shakes a day with at least 30g of protein (usually as snacks - this morning at 6am I had 3oz of chicken salad as breakfast, then had a shake here at work around 10 am). At work I drink the premade Premeir Protein Shakes (you can get them at Wal-Mart, online at Amazon or in some grocery stores). At home I drink the Body Fortress powder, which is also 30g. That's 60 right there. With the body fortress, I use silk soy milk so that adds in another 6g. Because I am Diabetic, I've basically been trying to low carb the heck out of everything. So I will eat lots of Chicken and yogurt (greek has more than regular). And I weigh everything on my food scale so I know if I have 2 oz of chicken how many g of protein I am getting. I've become a bit of a control freak since I started this process. But if I don't weigh and measure and keep track I worry I will just revert back to old habits. I still have things I need to work on. the sleeve didn't magically make me like vegetables. So I've got to work on finding ways to prepare them so that I will eat them. I have two protein shakes a day with at least 30g of protein (usually as snacks - this morning at 6am I had 3oz of chicken salad as breakfast, then had a shake here at work around 10 am). At work I drink the premade Premeir Protein Shakes (you can get them at Wal-Mart, online at Amazon or in some grocery stores). At home I drink the Body Fortress powder, which is also 30g. That's 60 right there. With the body fortress, I use silk soy milk so that adds in another 6g. Because I am Diabetic, I've basically been trying to low carb the heck out of everything. So I will eat lots of Chicken and yogurt (greek has more than regular). And I weigh everything on my food scale so I know if I have 2 oz of chicken how many g of protein I am getting. I've become a bit of a control freak since I started this process. But if I don't weigh and measure and keep track I worry I will just revert back to old habits. I still have things I need to work on. the sleeve didn't magically make me like vegetables. So I've got to work on finding ways to prepare them so that I will eat them. Thanks for the info! I guess Im going to have to bite th ebullient and have 2 shakes a day. Right now I can only eat 2 ounces at each sitting so getting in 3 meals and 2 shakes will be work! I better buckle down.

Hi Forsythia, welcome! Wow what great progress. Just goes to show how each body is unique. I had my VSG on 4/28 and Im about 30+ down from my highest and 20+ from surgery. I gained about 10lbs of IV fluid weight while in the hospital so I had to get that off at the beginning… Can you tell me how you are getting all your protein in? I am struggling with that!

Hello Everyone - Ill be 4 weeks tomorrow His grace! Sleeve is doing better and more tolerant of food. I need help on some ideas for protein in the mornings. I know I can do a protein shake. Ive also had soft scrambled egg but that was just ok and only 6 grams of protein. Now that Im on soft foods I really need to work on getting that protein in. Any ideas or favorites? Also, I do feel myself getting jiggly - what sorts of exercise did you do at this stage to tighten up? Thanks BP

Congrats - wishing you a great recovery with plenty of protein!

@@plumlove Glad to hear you are feeling better. At 3 weeks out I was extremely fatigued even walking up stairs was a challenge. Could barely get my fluids in due to hernia repair pain. I was out of work for 6 weeks. I did occasional walks around the block at 4 weeks or so for like 10 minutes but my serious fitness began at about 6-7weeks out when I started spin classes again. I'm 5 months out now and back to my normal routine of a healthy spin addiction. I walk and do moderate strength training occasionally at home for about 20-25 minutes or so. Take it easy but do your best to keep moving so the fat comes off without losing too much good muscle. Good luck I'm down 67 since surgery and 90 since last October -- woohoooo!!! My diet is very restricted due to gastritis but I'm hoping that heals up soon cause I miss sushi sooo sooo sooooo bad! : You look great! Go on girl! Well I am moving around but I have a lot of muscle fatigue. I feel my muscles burning and fatiguing with activities that i was normally doing before with no problem - I better get a couple of weights. Any tips for losing consistently?