I lost 22lbs the first two weeks after surgery! I was thrilled, I was feeling very happy with the lost BUT then the following 35 days I have kept the calories under 1000 logging every bite. Protien is getting in, Fluid is getting in, and lots of walking with a little weight lifting. I have went up to 261 and back down to 254. Please don't say I have built muscle I know better.

My surgeon said my body has hit a "set point". Ok how long is this going to last? How is the math possible? My body has to be burning more than 1000 calories a day!

I measure in inches neck, waist, hips on fitness pal. No change from pre surgery.

I eat every few hours trying to up my metabolism. That moved it from 261 back to 254 but I also think TOM may have played a part in that up and down in that particular week.

I keep carbs under 70. I was doing as low as 30's but my surgeon lectured me that my body needed more carbs because other organs use the healthy carbs to function.

My husband reminded me that he was worried about this very thing because I have had the willpower to stay on a 900 calorie diet of 2 protien shakes and one healthy meal a day before surgery for months on end and the same thing would happen I will have a beginning lost then my body locks down and stays at one number. pre surgery that went on for months will it go on for months now? My husband is very supportive and he is just expressing the same disbelief I am that how is this possible?

This Wednesday day I will be at seven weeks out and yes you can take 22 lbs and say that is good for seven weeks but I lost all that in two weeks! I have lost nothing in the following five and fear I will not lose in the coming weeks. I am a lot more active weeks 3 through 7 after getting forty stables out of my belly from surgery to fix cut bowel but it is the two inactive weeks where I actually lost weight.

Why does the math of less input and more out put not work for me? I am seriously considering returning to the liquid diet that took off 22lbs, And that would take me to almost no carb again. Maybe I can take off the weight with liquid diet and keep it off with the sleeve restricted eatting.

You will be okay keep doing what you are suppose to do

Thanks for the info I saw your thread and it is all very informative just so frustrating when that scale will not move! I jump through all the hoops and get no reward. I know the family is sick of my obsessing over it so thanks for being there VST!

Ty for this post I'm 4 months out and only down 35lbs so I want keep an eye on this post

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Stalls happen- and they SUCK. Big time. I lost 20lbs at my one week check up (11/20). I then stayed at the same weight almost until Christmas- that's 5 weeks. I was mad at myself and my sleeve. That being said- I have to stay around 600 calories- Carbs don't seem to kill me, however I don't have much room for them- I drink a small glass of fruit juice a day. I have lost 29lbs since I started tracking everything and staying right at my 600 calories. I'm at a total loss in 10 weeks of 49lbs. I will take it. You just need to figure out what works for you and your body. My body HATES me if I go too low carb- hypoglycemia rears its ugly head).

Keep in mind that the exact same thing would have happened if you had not been sleeved and just ate what you ate. It's just that you have invested much money and suffering and expect a result from it. Very understandable. I would mortgage my house and bet the money that you will drop eventually with the great discipline you are showing.

I have been through many illogical stalls in the last year. Your body doesn't care about math. It does what it does and doesn't tell you why. Brats aren't they?

Thank you. It feels good to hear someone has confidence it will work. To be fair to my husband has said simaliar things but he also worries this is going to be a disappointing out come to me like so many diets before it.

Actually what I liked hearing about the sleeve is -this is not a diet but life style changes. It has been years since I cut out fried foods and sugar. Cut way back on processed foods and bread is not been a daily thing for me in a very long time. I was 386 in 2006 and so yes I saw great results from making those lifestyle changes but my body seems to be locked in battle not to go below 250 no matter what! I really hoped the surgery would help me bust through that wall and put me on the way to onederland.

It's time to start excersising

I am in same boat week 16 and 36lbs down. I lost most of that in the first two weeks. It is frustrating. I just keep the hope, that this is part of the process. I hope it helps to know that others are going through the same thing.

My weight loss has been a stair step pattern and sometimes I gain. After being on these forums for a while I've learned that it's normal and to be patient and that's what I've always done. You will start to lose again. I've kept track of my carbs for the past couple of days and I'm eating around 100-140g of carbs and I need that so I can continue to have a productive workout. Are you exercising? If not then start, if so then switch it up! I don't agree with starving yourself in order to lose the weight or that you need to cut out a whole food group. I don't plan on eating low carb for the rest of my life, so why do it to lose weight. I'd much rather learn to eat a balanced diet and continue to lose at the rate I am, than to crash diet to the finish line and then panic once I realize that I can't maintain my very strict "diet" that helped me lose the weight. Carbs aren't bad and they do much better at fueling a workout. I actually found a really good article on obesityhelp.com http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/fitness/Weight-Loss-Surgery-Carbohydrate-and-Exercise.html I'm very thankful that my NUT believes in a balanced diet.

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Yes it does!

My weight loss has been a stair step pattern and sometimes I gain. After being on these forums for a while I've learned that it's normal and to be patient and that's what I've always done. You will start to lose again. I've kept track of my carbs for the past couple of days and I'm eating around 100-140g of carbs and I need that so I can continue to have a productive workout. Are you exercising? If not then start' date=' if so then switch it up! I don't agree with starving yourself in order to lose the weight or that you need to cut out a whole food group. I don't plan on eating low carb for the rest of my life, so why do it to lose weight. I'd much rather learn to eat a balanced diet and continue to lose at the rate I am, than to crash diet to the finish line and then panic once I realize that I can't maintain my very strict "diet" that helped me lose the weight. Carbs aren't bad and they do much better at fueling a workout. I actually found a really good article on obesityhelp.com http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/fitness/Weight-Loss-Surgery-Carbohydrate-and-Exercise.html I'm very thankful that my NUT believes in a balanced diet.[/quote']

I do work out. Not one of my favorite activities but I do it. In the original post I pleaded with everyone not to give me the your building musle line. I had a complication with a cut bowel so I had to be out of the gym for a few weeks. To be honest I was surprised how far that set me back. I am still working back to where I was as far as intensity. As for the carb info I think your right but to get moving again I think I just might lower them.

I've read all these posts and it really makes me wonder if anyone if following up with their nutritionist after surgery. My surgeon has a NUT on staff and I take full advantage of her. she has me at 1000-1200 calories a day. I usually keep it at 1100: I work out regularly with strength and cardio. But I don't obsess because at that calorie intake I am almost never hungry. I drink 70-80 oz a day sometimes more if I have a really good workout. She has me at equal carbs as protein. I've lost about 70 lbs since Oct 26: my doctor wants me at 6-10 lbs a month and I've exceeded that so far but I do realize as time goes on that is realistic as I get smaller and don't burn as many calories. I've stalled a few times and its frustrating but feels good when the scale starts to move again. I see all these posts of 500-600calories and don't understand how anyone sticks to that and has a healthy balanced meal. I worry that no one can maintain that and will eventually do more harm than good.