Ok so ive read all the posts about stalls and getting in protein but I still feel pretty lost. I can never quite get to my 60g protein and Ive been stalled for a week and my weight keeps fluxuating 5 lbs up and down. I am super frustrated and it is actually really upsetting me. Im almost a month out and only down 20 lbs. I feel very lost and outta control. I walk everyday and have a pretty strenous job...thoughts,ideas,help!

Ok, you need to reword this. It's been a month and I have LOST 20 pounds!! That's 5 pounds a week!! That's awesome! Don't bet yourself up, and I promise the weight will come off!

It's frustrating I understand!!! I have lost 34# since preop diet. I am 4 weeks PO. I am frustrated because I'm losing about a pound-2 week... BUT I am losing inches. Lots... Look at the other things that could be happening with your body! Do you feel better? Are your clothes fitting better, looser? Any loss is a positive Hang in there though!!! Jenn

Well, I lost 22lbs the first month and my doc said it was a good rate. 20lbs is a good amount considering we're pumped up in fluids and have to lose more right after surgery.

If you dont mind me asking, what is your starting weight? People who start with a lower weight/BMI tend to lose slowly.

You're doing just fine, dont worry

This is how I get my protein in. I have a protein shake for breakfast. Im up around 8am. It takes me until 11 or so to drink it all. That's 26 grams right there. Then I drink some water or propel zero. A little later, I have a 4oz container of Breakstone low fat cottage cheese. That's 11 grams right there and fills me up to boot. A few hours later, I puree 2oz of chicken with some soup that I make even more liquidy with low fat, low sodium vegetable broth and drink that as well. That's 13 grams of protein. Then a few hours later, I make another protein shake which is another 26 grams of protein. That's a total of 76grams. I usually dont get done drinking until 10:30-11pm but I get them in. In between I sip on water or propel zero but because everything I am consuming is liquid, I dont worry so much about getting in extra liquids because it's all adding up.

Fantastic!

VJ I am not starting with a low BMI or a lower weight I went in for surg at 272# and am now 252. I am super stressed about this. Yes my work clothes look better but I measured today and i've only lost an inch! I guess its complaining, but I am just so frustrated

Hang in there girl. When you least expect it, that scale is going to move again. I know easier said than done but I have faith it will move again for you. Just try to really increase your proteins just a little more or as I heard another person say, drink a cup of decaf coffee. It has a laxative effect. lol

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"Almost a month out" - virtually everyone experiences a stall around week 3. With my band I hit in from about week 2.5 to about week 4.5. It's your body reacting to the "emergency" you've just put it through. Remember your body doesn't have a brain. It can't rationalize, it thinks it is starving, and is going to react in a way so as to preserve itself. That reaction (unfortunately for our frail psyches) usually includes a postponement of weightloss, and quite possibly a slight weight gain.

Two very important things to remember when you start to despair...

1. Weight is not the same as fat. You can weigh the same, or more, and be less fat than you were. This will almost guaranteed be true multiple times.

2. Like investments, you can't look at things in the short term. This is why I hate the scale, it's such a short term de/motivator. You're looking for a sustained average of a couple of pounds a week. So far, you're way above that average. 5 lbs a week cannot be sustained.