I has lost 67 lbs but I keep going up and down the same 5 lbs. I will admit that the weight I have lost was with no effort on my part - does this mean it is time to get serious?

I do not exercise and do not really watch my diet - slim fast in the morning - picking throughout the day, regular dinner and ice cream.

I need some butt kicking!!

:clap2: Hi I've lost 65lbs and hated to excercise, until I started a jazzercise class. You will do aerobics, weights and pilates, all in one hour, while you dance!!! I love it!!! I enrolled through the community college and it wasn't expensive at all!!

I has lost 67 lbs but I keep going up and down the same 5 lbs.

How long have you been plateauing?

yes, it is time to get serious. You've coasted to victory so far, now it's time to get to work.

Yup, its a bit disheartening when you reach the end of that easy ride, I lost about 50lb before that happened to me. You need to exercise and to be serious about it to keep weight coming off and you need to crack down a bit on what you eat and even THEN you may find its very very slow.

But every lb is a victory! I dont waste my time worrying about how slow its coming off, I'm just glad it is!

Perhaps it is time to get serious. I lost my first 70 pounds or so with very little effort but since then it has been up to me to a much greater extent. Look at little habits and change those first. Drink skim milk instead of whole. Add more veggies and fruit. Eat every couple of hours so you don't get too hungry. Keep a journal to help with any emotional eating. Be sure you are getting enough protein. Use fitday.com to really know how much you are eating.

Yep girl!!! Time to kick it into gear!!!

You can do it... Start exercising and just say no to the Ice Cream and you will definitely start losing again.

You can do this!

ICE CREAM.....what are you thinking girl? that is 100% fat! I'm surprised you aren't gaining more. You can still watch what you are eating and not feel deprived. Why not try frozen yogurt...for plain vanilla or chocolate its 132 calories per serving and has the same consistency as soft ice cream. If your yogurt server adds fruit the calories go up. And don't pick....plan your meals and be aware of what you are eating over the course of the day. When you pick you lose track.......who knows just how much of the bad foods you are consuming....just adding calories but benefiting from very little nutrition.

I hope you get on track.....don't waste the benefits of such a wonderful tool...think and care about what you are doing.

Carol

Connorsmom- I understand the ice cream problem. I am there. I love it. I think about it. I have stopped buying it. I allow myself a treat here and there but I cannot keep it in the house. I will eat all of it. I tried to say it was for the kids or my husband ( all normal weight) but I was the one who was eating most of it. It the 1 thing I cannot pass up. I tried the frozen yogurt but I found myself eating all of that too. I found it better to avoid it. I allow myself 1 treat per week ( I go out for it) if I exercise like I should. Kind of made it my special thing. Good luck. You will find a way to get back on track, this board has so much information and so many different ideas, you will find what works for you.

I'm in sort of the same situation...the first 30 pounds just dropped off and then I stayed at the same weight for quite awhile. I feel I have decent restriction and am able to eat about a cup at a meal. Have had a few sliming episodes since my last fill so am not really sure I want another fill just yet. I have started eating oatmeal with craisins, cinnamon, and a few nuts for Breakfast and eating more garden veggies and am starting to s ee the scale move again. I'm worried about getting in the Protein, though. I don't eat much meat...usually only chicken or turkey. Those two things, along with tofu, refried Beans, and Atkins Protein shakes are my protein sources. Oh, and lots of cottage cheese, which I love. I'd been getting pretty discouraged but am now feeling a little more optimistic agin.

Emily

It sounds like it is time to exercise. You are VERY lucky that you were able to get off as much weight as you did w/out it. I had to bust my butt from the get-go unfortunately and I wasn't happy about it. I saw other bandsters where the weight was just falling off of them at the beginning but it has always been a No Pain, No Gain type of ride for me. If I don't get my exercise in I don't let myself get upset if the scale doesn't move. But it is super rewarding when the scale does so I feel it is worth the pain. Just do something that is joint-friendly and that you enjoy. I love swimming and walking, every once in a while the elliptical or stairmaster.

~Liz~

03/10/06

241/170/160

5'7''

I am having the same problem and I went to the doctor's and she wouldn't give me a fill she told me to go for a nurtritional counseling. I need her to get preapproved from my insurance. I excercise everyday an hour a day I walk on the tread mill and burn 400 calories a day. I am going crazy trying to figure out what I need to do. I lost 60 pounds and just am stuck.:straight

Exercise seems to be my #1 weapon.