Losing At A Snails Pace!

[laureneastland 8]

Ok, so I had my surgery on March 27th. In the first 2 months I dropped like crazy...now I'm only losing like 2-3 lbs a MONTH! ugh! I'm watching my calories. I have a Myfitnesspal app on my phone that I use religiously. I'm taking in between 1000 and 1200 cal a day. IDK what to do. It's frustrating! My nutritionist suggested that maybe taking in MORE calories would help....that possibly my body was seeing what was happening as starvation. I tried this. Nothing. Last month when I went to the Doc I was 187....this month 184. UGH!! Any suggestions???

[prinxs 41]

Try incorporating exercise with your balance diet. That will jump start your weight loss. Your body gets use to one thing after a while, so you have to keep it on its toes.

[PattyGirl66 1,243]

Because now your body is in the 'lower' weight percentile you will lose slow. This seems to be very normal reading through the threads with people who are in the same boat as you are. I honestly think you are doing marvelous! Besides your calories, have you been tracking your fat grams? Remember fat burns fuel. I just had to pump mine up because I was eating less than 15 grams and for someone my size I should be eating anywhere between 25-30 daily.

Yes, I believe you should go higher with your calories, maybe alternate the calories as a test, sometimes we have to trick our bodies in order to see any results. Maybe one day 1500 calories, then reduce it, etc..Can't hurt to try....

[2muchfun 8,928]

So much depends on if you are exercising? Not just walking, but truly exercising? You could be replacing fat with muscle which is good. But 3 lbs a month is good, not great, just good. I'm only losing 3-4 lbs a month now and I'd like to lose more but if I don't, I really don't care. I'm losing and not gaining.

What were your expectations? 3-6 lbs a month is pretty much all most of us accomplish so you're not far behind.

tmf

[2muchfun 8,928]

BTW-Early weight loss in the first 2 months is mostly Water loss. Do not judge your current or future weight loss on how well you did in the beginning. It's just not physically possible to lose 10 lbs of fat every month and even 6 lbs of fat is difficult.

tmf