About a month ago I started birth control pill and put on 4 pound in a week! I went from191 to 195 and stayed there for nearly a month despite stopping the BC pills after 2 weeks.

I tried everything from upping the exercise to Water pills. NOTHING! I then took a good look at my calorie intake and was shocked that on a good day I was taking in 550 calories! I thought how in the world was I going to get more calories in with good food as I was stuffed on what I was eating.

So I added a protien drink in a day and found some protien bars with only 15 carb at GNC. Still nothing moved for a week. It was really playing head games with me! I then decided the last couple days to splurge. I had myself a fried chicken finger for lunch yesterday, then at dinner I ordered a chicken sandwich that the menu described as a sliced chicken breast, only to find the chicken was fried when it came out. DOUBLE GUILT, 2 fried things in one day! OMG. Well I said what the hell maybe it the shock my body needs. Since I can only eat about 2 oz of meat any way I figured it was not that bad. ( I never eat the bread). So then I take the rest of the chicken home and have it for lunch the next day. I thought for sure I would put on weight with all that at 3 meals, but I woke up today to find 2 pounds gone! A month of not budging after gaining and BOOM 2 pounds gone like that! AMEN! I am not psyched again and ready to watch the scale go down some more!

About a month ago I started birth control pill and put on 4 pound in a week! I went from191 to 195 and stayed there for nearly a month despite stopping the BC pills after 2 weeks.

I tried everything from upping the exercise to Water pills. NOTHING! I then took a good look at my calorie intake and was shocked that on a good day I was taking in 550 calories! I thought how in the world was I going to get more calories in with good food as I was stuffed on what I was eating.

So I added a protien drink in a day and found some protien bars with only 15 carb at GNC. Still nothing moved for a week. It was really playing head games with me! I then decided the last couple days to splurge. I had myself a fried chicken finger for lunch yesterday, then at dinner I ordered a chicken sandwich that the menu described as a sliced chicken breast, only to find the chicken was fried when it came out. DOUBLE GUILT, 2 fried things in one day! OMG. Well I said what the hell maybe it the shock my body needs. Since I can only eat about 2 oz of meat any way I figured it was not that bad. ( I never eat the bread). So then I take the rest of the chicken home and have it for lunch the next day. I thought for sure I would put on weight with all that at 3 meals, but I woke up today to find 2 pounds gone! A month of not budging after gaining and BOOM 2 pounds gone like that! AMEN! I am not psyched again and ready to watch the scale go down some more!

Congratulations, i think 550 calories is too low, your body will think you are starving and hold on to your weight as self preservation. I have the opposite problem, i eat too much. I very recently , well 3 months ago, lost my best friend of 30 yrs and went into a big depression and was eating way too much and stayed stuck around 180, very frustrating, even tho completely my own fault. So i decided to get back in the game, since i still need to lose another 20-30 lbs and thankfully am down to 170. So the scale is moving again and i'm very happy about that. I have always been able to eat a lot more than most people say they can and i believe i have a bigger sleeve. But it is what it is and we have to work with what we have to work with. My biggest challenge now seems to be making myself exercise. I walk twice a day at work 15-20 mins. but really need to up that, i have nearly every exercise dvd know to man, the problem is buying them isn't enough, evidently you have to actually do the exercises if you want to see results, so that is where i am trying to concentrate now. I wish you every success. I'm so happy that things are moving again for you too. Good luck, jeani

Congratulations, i think 550 calories is too low, your body will think you are starving and hold on to your weight as self preservation. I have the opposite problem, i eat too much. I very recently , well 3 months ago, lost my best friend of 30 yrs and went into a big depression and was eating way too much and stayed stuck around 180, very frustrating, even tho completely my own fault. So i decided to get back in the game, since i still need to lose another 20-30 lbs and thankfully am down to 170. So the scale is moving again and i'm very happy about that. I have always been able to eat a lot more than most people say they can and i believe i have a bigger sleeve. But it is what it is and we have to work with what we have to work with. My biggest challenge now seems to be making myself exercise. I walk twice a day at work 15-20 mins. but really need to up that, i have nearly every exercise dvd know to man, the problem is buying them isn't enough, evidently you have to actually do the exercises if you want to see results, so that is where i am trying to concentrate now. I wish you every success. I'm so happy that things are moving again for you too. Good luck, jeani

LOL yes you have to use the Dvd's in addition to buying them:) Sorry about your loss, it is hard to stay on track when you are mourning.

Hi everyone. I went searching for a "stall" post, because I wanted to join the club! I am 2 1/2 weeks out and for the last 7 days I have been on a stall. Perhaps 7 days is not a real stall, and thats what I get for weighing every day instead of waiting for once a week, but except for that I have done really well.I weighed in at my Docs yesterday and the way they figure it I have lost 17 lbs. (they weighed me a week before surgery) This amount counts the weight lost during my 2 day clear liquid diet. I am so happy about this, but the last 7 days have really tested my head. I visited my nut yesterday and she said I was eating too big portions, but my calories and protein are all good, so really this stall is about patients. I did start measuring, and am down an inch in some places... Just venting here, and kind of enjoying being part of the normal way people lose weight with the sleeve! cheers all, Kim

Hi everyone. I went searching for a "stall" post, because I wanted to join the club! I am 2 1/2 weeks out and for the last 7 days I have been on a stall. Perhaps 7 days is not a real stall, and thats what I get for weighing every day instead of waiting for once a week, but except for that I have done really well.I weighed in at my Docs yesterday and the way they figure it I have lost 17 lbs. (they weighed me a week before surgery) This amount counts the weight lost during my 2 day clear liquid diet. I am so happy about this, but the last 7 days have really tested my head. I visited my nut yesterday and she said I was eating too big portions, but my calories and Protein are all good, so really this stall is about patients. I did start measuring, and am down an inch in some places... Just venting here, and kind of enjoying being part of the normal way people lose weight with the sleeve! cheers all, Kim

I really don't know how after this surgery the portions can be too big? I am lucky to get in 700 calories in a day and to do that 320 are from Protein drinks. It is a lot of work to eat enough now.

I really don't know how after this surgery the portions can be too big? I am lucky to get in 700 calories in a day and to do that 320 are from Protein drinks. It is a lot of work to eat enough now.

I have been known to eat a cup of Soup, I think it kind of sloshes right through... In all fairness I took about 45 minutes to eat it... and can eat 1/2 cup of squishy things. I guess they are sliders. I am almost three weeks out, but this seems like a lot. On the other hand, I just started taking some of my pills whole, and they fill me up! Im sure the wishes of my most royal highness sleeve will make herself known as time goes by!

I have been known to eat a cup of soup, I think it kind of sloshes right through... In all fairness I took about 45 minutes to eat it... and can eat 1/2 cup of squishy things. I guess they are sliders. I am almost three weeks out, but this seems like a lot. On the other hand, I just started taking some of my pills whole, and they fill me up! Im sure the wishes of my most royal highness sleeve will make herself known as time goes by!

Just wait, the first time you eat chicken,,, 3 bites and your Royal Highness will make herself well KNOWN!