Need Opinions....

[santonivich 0]

I had my Lap Band surgery in April. I was at 258 and am down to 236. I was loosing at least 2lbs a week for a while. Now i havent gotten below 236 in a few weeks. Is this typical? I'm suddenly disappointed in my progress. Has this happened with others? I've had 5 fills.....im wondering if i should ask for another?

[Kime-lou 648]

It seems we all hit a plateau at some point. I had surgery June 22 and have lost 22 lbs and am stuck for a week. I just keep on keeping on. From what I am told you are bascially loosing on your on until you hit your sweet spot with fills and that could take a while.

Good Luck

[2muchfun 8,928]

Plateaus are common and shouldn't alarm you. There are so many reasons why we plateau and most people will advise you to do some of the following:

Keep a journal, maybe with myfitnesspal?

How many calories are you consuming?

How much exercise?

Are you eating slider foods?

Have you seen your nutritionist/dietician lately?( I did about 4 months into my journey and she changed my direction immensely)

Do you get stuck often? Sliming? Or, can you eat as you could before?

I lost 12 lbs the first 2 weeks and then plateaued the next 3.5 months until I got a fill that gave me some restriction and my visit with my nutritionist. So, no worries, by my standards you are quite normal

tmf

[Jim1967 3,569]

Sometimes your body has to get used to the weight loss and it goes into survival mode. Stick with it and try not to let it frustrate you to much. My Wife hid the scale on me because I became to obsessed with it. I was weighing in daily for a very long time.

[jen_1381 446]

I actually just emailed my nutriontist a few days ago because I'm stuck on a horrible plateau. I hit the 50 lb loss mark and have been stuck for about a week and a half. I was like you, losing very steadily, then BAM. Stopped.

I emailed her my eating plan and exercise plan, and she said I'm doing absolutely everything right, and do NOT cut calories for where I'm at to try to kickstart the weight loss. My BMR is 1680 calories, and she recommended I stay between 1000-1100 calories. I had been taking in around 800 and burning about half of that running every day. I'm going to try to ease off the running for a few days and increase my (healthy) calorie intake. See if that helps. I've started getting those thoughts of - - maybe this is where by body is meant to be at, maybe I won't ever hit my goal, maybe I'm done losing, etc. Luckily my husband keeps reminding me that plateaus happen and just to ride it out.

Maybe run your plan past your doctor or nutritionist and get their input. Other than that, as frustrating as it is (on a daily basis!), just ride it out.

[santonivich 0]

Thanks so much for your replies!