Shaking up stalls

[former_vbg 198]

I'm a little over 3 months and I'm pretty happy with my loss so far, but I know my honeymoon phase is over. The weight loss has dropped off quite a bit from the first 2 months, have had my share of stalls already.

Last week I had to travel for work where I was in all day meetings where food was catered all day long, including mid day snacks- stuff full of bad carbs- yummy nonetheless. Yes, I made some poor choices, but thanks to my sleeve I couldn't each much of it. I did gain 2# from the trip, but as soon as I got home I dropped it plus another #1 over the next few days. I have also dropped another 2# in the past couple of days eating the same way I did before my business trip.

Just curious if anyone else thinks that going "off plan" ever helps people break a stall? I'm not suggesting it be a regular thing, but sometimes I wonder if it helps give the metabolism a little shake.< /p>

Anyone???

[DrMommy 4]

Going off of my plan definitely helped me break a 3 week stall. I ate more and more carbs. It's all about mixing things up and keeping your body guessing so it doesn't reach homeostasis and has to constantly readjust. When I was in Weight Watchers I was taught this...there it is called the Wendy Plan.

I'm a little over 3 months and I'm pretty happy with my loss so far, but I know my honeymoon phase is over. The weight loss has dropped off quite a bit from the first 2 months, have had my share of stalls already.

Last week I had to travel for work where I was in all day meetings where food was catered all day long, including mid day snacks- stuff full of bad carbs- yummy nonetheless. Yes, I made some poor choices, but thanks to my sleeve I couldn't each much of it. I did gain 2# from the trip, but as soon as I got home I dropped it plus another #1 over the next few days. I have also dropped another 2# in the past couple of days eating the same way I did before my business trip.

Just curious if anyone else thinks that going "off plan" ever helps people break a stall? I'm not suggesting it be a regular thing, but sometimes I wonder if it helps give the metabolism a little shake.

Anyone???

[Thomas CPA 496]

It is almost inevitable that the body will go into "Starvation Mode" and protect itself by retaining fat. Don't forget the sleeve is only meant to lose about 50 to 60% of the excess weight. For instance at time of surgery I had excess weight of 86 pounds so I should lose somewhere between 43 to 51 pounds. I already lost 37 pounds in 2 months so over the next 10 months I should only lose between 6 to 14 pounds.

Look at your excess weight at time of surgery (surgery weight - weight for your height). You may naturally be at the weight loss time frame for the year, it is supposed to taper off over time.