Hi everyone,

I had the vsg done July 31,2012. I have currently only lost 62lbs with 22lbs being the first week. No matter what I do I seem to have more gains or stalls then anything. Getting really depressing and starting to wonder if I made the right choice. Does anyone have any advice?

I mostly only eat protein.. i have very few fruits and veggies plus no starches yet.. My Nut and doc say im just a slow loser also.. ust very discouraging at times

PDXMAN Yes i use myfitnesspal.com. I track everything I intake and exercise fully not just do the motions.. I also follow everything im suppost to. Im doing everything correstly just losing slow.

Artsong I dont think i have much excuss skin. Im lucky! The only thing i may need after losing a few more pounds is a breast reduction. That is one place I havent lost. That may help my lose about 20 lbs. Other then that i think im pretty good..

My NUT says hit 75gm protien and 64oz fluids a day. Eat Protein first and then veggies. Then if there is room fruit. Then, very rarely starchy carbs. Then be sure you're getting at minimum 30 minutes of exercise a day, if not ideally an hour. I asked her about long plateaus and she said that in her experience they are often caused by you eating or exercising in almost exactly the same way for an extended period of time. That your body just adjusts and the scale, or your inches, don't move. She said that you need to mix it up, all the time while sticking almost religiously to the hitting 75gm protein and 64oz fluids.

So, though I haven't gotten there yet myself I wanted to share since I had just talked with my NUT about the topic. Good luck and I hope the scale starts moving for you!

7 months and no carbs?

Time to start eating a normal balanced diet... Your body is probably in shock without carbs for so long

At 7 months out you can eat a well balanced diet and with the restriction you will lose weight.

I mostly only eat Protein.. i have very few fruits and veggies plus no starches yet.. My Nut and doc say im just a slow loser also.. ust very discouraging at times

Like what LessIsMore is saying, it doesn't sound like you have a very balanced diet. What does MFP say you are getting each day (on average) for Proteins, carbs and fats?

I can't imagine you are able to do rigorous workouts for very long without a decent amount of carbs. At least, that was my experience.

I've been stalling for the past few weeks, this week I upped my carbs, and the scale finally moved 3 pounds. So maybe try what PDXMAN and lessofmeismore are saying. Complex/healthy carbs can be beneficial!

Are you maybe gaining muscle?sometimes when u workout u will gain musclw meaning the scale doesnt move

I am having the same problem. I started using myfitnesspal about a week ago and am tracking everything. I put in 1000 calories. I don't know if thats too much or too little. When I go to the gym and burn 430 calories, of course it adds more calories for me to burn. What is the happy medium??? I cant find it. I've lost some inches and have gone down a few sizes, but the weight isn't going. At first I thought it was because I wasn't exercising much so I joined a gym about 3 weeks ago and I lost 4 pounds, now Im stuck again. I am not getting 75 grams of protein though, my doc said 50. I know at times its hard to get all my fluids in too but I've been trying harder lately to make sure I get more. I agree with everyone that its very discouraging. I feel like I went to extreme measures doing this surgery and knew I was going to have this battle again of losing, I just didn't expect it this soon.

I am having the same problem. I started using myfitnesspal about a week ago and am tracking everything. I put in 1000 calories. I don't know if thats too much or too little. When I go to the gym and burn 430 calories' date=' of course it adds more calories for me to burn. What is the happy medium??? I cant find it. I've lost some inches and have gone down a few sizes, but the weight isn't going. At first I thought it was because I wasn't exercising much so I joined a gym about 3 weeks ago and I lost 4 pounds, now Im stuck again. I am not getting 75 grams of Protein though, my doc said 50. I know at times its hard to get all my fluids in too but I've been trying harder lately to make sure I get more. I agree with everyone that its very discouraging. I feel like I went to extreme measures doing this surgery and knew I was going to have this battle again of losing, I just didn't expect it this soon.[/quote']

HOw far out are you? I think most people are way under 1000 calories. Have you talked to your nut about what your caloric intake should be? My nut, for example, has everyone at our clinic on around 80 grams of protein, 60 max grams of carbs (no more than 20 at a meal and no carryover to the next meal) and max 30 grams of fats. That comes out to around 800 calories a day. I'd really get a second opinion about your protein amount, fifty seems too low. Some docs will go 60, but I've never heard of 50. Get your Water in! Your body needs it to burn fat. With myfitnesspal, I personally don't use the calories burned through exercise as an excuse to eat more. I track the exercise, but I don't eat more to get back to a certain amount. Remember, it's just software. Talk to your doc and nut. Good luck!

My doctor's PA said not to "eat back" calories burned through exercise. I asked this specifically because of MFP.