Losing Inches Little Weight

[scraphappy 0]

I was band July 20, 2011. I have been only weighing myself once a month. To my surprise my scale says that I have only lost 2 pounds since last month!!! It shocks me because people tell me all the time I look like I have lost 40 lbs. Anyone else having these issues????? I am so discouraged now. I have dropped to sizes!!! i wish I hade never gotten on that scale!!!

[whitetiger011680 11]

I was banded on July 28, 2011 and my scale hasn't dropped a whole lot either but my clothes are really baggy. I go through stages when the scale won't move and then it all of a sudden drop a lot and then stays the same and then drops and so on. It's normal I guess. I see a lot people post similar comments. I know how hard it is, but try not to let it discourage you.

[vlp1968 83]

You are dong great! Just think, the idea is to get smaller, not neccessarily lighter. Noone sees that number on the scale but you. Your shrinking, that's awsome.

[Butterfly Queen 111 3]

You know,I am going through the same thing!I weigh every day and I have been stuck on the same 2-4 lbs ALL MONTH. :-(

Yesterday since I am 7 weeks post op,I changed my diet around a little-I ate lean skinless boneless grilled chicken, greek hummus,tzatziki and a litle pita bread, and salad plus I made a protien drink with Water instead of soy milk and I had an apple (peeled) and some eggs with a little cheese for breakfast.Dinner was 1/2 of a salad and 1/2 of a bowl of chicken noodle Soup.< /p>

I am incorporating fruits and veggies back into my diet after the last of the mushies.I am actually chewing a LOT slower (as compared to pre-op) because I am scared of getting something stuck,and I am enjoying my food a lot more which takes away the feeling of deprivation like you get on traditional diets.

I also worked out for an hour and sat in the sauna at the gym for 30 minutes.I actually have broken the plateau and I am now down 2 more pounds to make a total of 34 lost since pre op August 17th (liquids).

The leader of support group I go to says that a food /exercise diary can be a great tool for breaking out of a plateau because it makes you realize exactly what you have eaten and how you have excercised and allows you to make adjustments to what you are doing.

I also think incorporating some new combos of veggies or daringly changing up how/how long/what you do for movement and excercise helps too.