I was banded Oct. 4th and have lost 89lbs so far which I'm so excited about! However now the wt loss has pretty much just stopped. I joined a gym 3 weeks ago to try to get it moving again and go every morning for an hour - usually doing the tread and stair master. I average about 800 calories a day but am still not losing. I just don't know what I'm doing wrong. I have 64lbs to go to reach my goal and I want it so bad. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Try measureing your food at each meal ( 4 oz) I find that counting calories allows you to slip back into eating maybe too much...............sorry about these underlines????????????. My eyeballs decieve me all the time

You have done so well already. Congratulations. I would suggest that you are not eating enough for the level of exercise that you are doing. It sounds strange, I know, but remember that your body is an engine and food is the fuel that runs that engine. You are working your engine quite hard (WTG!) so you need to put in a bit of extra fuel.

Good luck.

Wow 89 lbs in 5 months! thats awesome!...i know people who have the band and they are years out and havent lost that must..congrats to you!...im 7 months out and down 67 lbs...its coming off slow, but coming off none the less..

@ Larraine...I've never measured my food before but I am willing to try it. So is everything I eat supposed to be 4 oz or under?

@ Sage Tracey - I have heard that too about not eating enough but seems so strange that I actually need to eat more to lose weight - hard for me to wrap my mind around. I usually eat 2 pieces of turkey bacon, 1 egg for breakfast. Baked ckn and veggies for lunch, and tuna salad or ckn again for dinner. For snacks I eat string cheese or sugar free popsicles. I'm trying to make myself drink the protein shakes now for breakfast even though they are pretty gross. Thank u both so much for the tips

I would guess you are on an infamous plateau, which can be eased by a change I routine.

How much protein are you getting daily? If you don't measure food, how do you know calories? I would buy a food scale and weigh/journal for a couple days to see if there any surprises in food intake. If you are at 800, try to push it up to 1000 to see what that does. Sometimes the body needs a swift kick in the arse to lose more weight.

I heard of a plateau break diet, its 3 days of nothing but soup - breakfast lunch and dinner. its a basic soup made with chicken broth, fresh veggies, and maybe some white meat chicken. try it out.

If you are eating 800 cals a day you will lose weight and this amount of calories will take you to a normal BMI...you just have to be patient.

I also think ur not getting enough calories.maybe just swipe out ur jello for 100 cal yogurt.if u do that twice a day that will give u 200 extra cal while staying basically fat free and low in sugar.but with the exercise ur doing I thing u really need 2-300 more calories

Thanks I will try it

I think 800 is kind of low. My doctor says 3 oz of solid protein per meal. You can get a digital food scale for about 20 bucks at Walmark or Target. My doctor does not believe in snacks. He wants me to eat the protein, veggies and yes fruit. Then grit it out until the next meal. I am at restriction so I can go about 5 hours between meals. I find if I plan on a snack I end up Needing a snack, so it's really head hunger.

If I go below 1000 calories the scale usually stops moving

You are not eating enough! Eat more but not at once ... spread it out throughout the day.... Six meals evenly spaced out is optimal... and if your are stuck in a rut the calorie cycling can mix things up and keep your metabolism burning... Don't eat a low calorie diet on an active lifestyle - your metabolism will adjust to it!