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Ok thanks yall. I'm gonna find some faith in this process. Just to answer a few comments' date=' no I have not measured and 24# in 6 weeks not less than a month. But thank you all it helps knowing I'm not the only one who has felt hopeless.[/quote']

Have you checked out the grams of sugar in the Protein drinks you are drinking? Some Protein Drinks have a lot of sugar (meant for body builders and such) which aren't intended for people trying to lose weight.

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GNC total lean 2 grams sugar 170 cal. Bluebonnet whey Protein Isolate 0 grams sugar and 116 calories. These are all I drink. Is that too much calories?

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Not sure if it's too many calories but my NUT said to stay under 5 grams of sugar for each meal and snack. No more than 30 grams a day.

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When you get the nutrition fact sheet or dietary plan, is it hard to follow or is it a choice to do? Is there room cheating on the plan?

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Ok, a response from a "quick loser". I lost 124% of my excess body weight in 14 weeks. I also had glandular fever in that time which meant that I didn't eat anything for more than a week and was in hospital on fluids to rehydrate me more than once because I couldn't even drink. I exercised like a maniac after surgery, and before getting sick and all the muscle that I have gained has been wasting since I've been sick. I have such pale, dry, saggy skin, no energy whatsoever and no physical strength to even take the wet washing out of the machine. So while I am technically a weight loss "success" story, I wish it had one off a lot slower. Far too many side effects of losing too quickly. My surgeon actually wants me to put on some weight to speed up my recovery. Be very careful what you wish for.

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I was wondering about those types of things. Sometimes it makes me wish I did the right thing as to working harder and living a more natural life! I hope that u recovery. However, hopefully everything returns to normal. l want normal like it never happened.

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Hi Wendy! I'm going to guess that your body has hit it's first "set point". Some call this a plateau. Do a search for the science/theory behind it (I googled: breaking body weight Set Point). Some things that can help you push through: eat more - change the variety of foods you are eating.....and here's a rather strange one I've heard works wonders: swallow a tablespoon or two of olive oil a day. For exercise, do what is called HIIT, high intensity interval training 3 times during the next week. Sometimes the body needs a little nudge and you have trick it ;) into thinking that it needs to lose more weight. Hope this helps you!!!

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Stalls. Plateaus. Gains. Frustration is my middle name, but I have come too far to give up. I just keep doing my thing, and hoping for the best.

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This is one of my biggest worries, even as far back as the 1st informational session. I've been working on my weight steadily since 2007. I have been at my current stall since Jan 2009. I've tried every plan imaginable, even changing to strange & prescribed diets along the way. My metabolism was so messed up that when I started seeing the NUT last Jan, I gained 15# by following her advice (increased intake/types of foods). And in 9 months, I have not lost anything. I'm so worried that the surgery won't work, either.

But entirely hopeful....

347*294/284/135 (*347HW/294SSW) | (twitter) @Mwrarr | mwrarr.wordpress.com

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Wendy are you in the Dallas area? I am.

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Hi Wendy! I'm going to guess that your body has hit it's first "set point". Some call this a plateau. Do a search for the science/theory behind it (I googled: breaking body weight Set Point). Some things that can help you push through: eat more - change the variety of foods you are eating.....and here's a rather strange one I've heard works wonders: swallow a tablespoon or two of olive oil a day. For exercise, do what is called HIIT, high intensity interval training 3 times during the next week. Sometimes the body needs a little nudge and you have trick it ;) into thinking that it needs to lose more weight. Hope this helps you!!!

Thank you so much for your help. Sounds like some good things to try. It seems like I have hit a "set point" and really struggling to get it right. I'll try these things.

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We were sleeved the same day and I'm having the same problem!

Mine was oct 8th. Let me know if you find anything working well.

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Honestly. I am not trying to whine or feel sorry for myself. Rather, I tend to think through things. So I'm trying to make sense of it. At some point someone scientifically developed this plan so if the plan is not working there should be a better plan.

The science is working. As long as calories in is greater than calories required to stay alive, you will lose weight.

Do you use a calorie tracker such as myfitnesspal? If so, what does it say your daily caloric intake should be? How far below that are you each day?

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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