week long STALLLLLLLL! any advice?

[skinnywithin 23]

I need some help...I had my surgery 11/30/2012 and so far I've lost 50 pounds. a steady 50 pounds, at first fast, but now about 2 pounds per week now. I am on a low carb diet as I cannot handle any amount of carbs so I try to only have 10 - 15 carbs per day or none at all. I eat very well though. I drink (on most days) 1 liter of Water. I often don't have time for a workout but I'm active through out the day with kids and working outside in flower beds digging, hauling heavy things, etc . I work hard. This last week I decided to step things up to speed things up. So I've been extra strict. But instead of my body reacting by dropping weight I've accomplished a stall. a stubborn, stuck, relentless stall. I'm scared to try other diets as I gain weight very easily and it seems hard to loose it. so I'm not sure what to do. I even only ate baked chicken and eggs for three days lol (I don't recommend that) to try to shock my body. but nope. it wouldn't budge. HELP ME!!! I need to loose this last 25 pound, I have weddings coming up in June and July I need to go to and I really want to look good.

[ISleevedIt 379]

Try drinking even more Water and increasing the calories for a day or two to see if you can break the stall...your body may be thinking it's starving and need to horde all the water/fat that it can

[wcn1970 239]

You were sleeved in November and are thinking of "dieting"? There are thousands of stall posts on this site, it is quite shocking to be honest. Your body is ever changing after surgery until you have reached your ideal wieght and fitness level that you then want to find your balance and keep it there. That is when things could level out. Try starting some kind of exercise program, whether a walk at night or even doing the lunge challenge or squat challenge (google it). Also, I think most of us have/had some very bad habits with food. There could be one or two things you dont think are hurting you or werent at some point but are now, i.e. processed meats, flavored coffee creamers... Drink more Water, log what you eat again and learn your body.

[newat52 1,612]

More Water for sure. A liter of Water is only about half of what you need.

good luck.

[mokee 588]

Increase your carbs. I had surgery the same time as you but was much heavier. I also have diabetes and am on insulin. I eat 100 or less of carbs. This will break your stall.

[amytug 996]

Mokee, that's not a fact. But you could be right. I'd say more Water is a perfect place to start. A liter is only 32 oz, you need 64. I don't meet that, I get about 50 a day, and I can't seem to get more yet. I'm only 6 weeks. Also it's not all Water. Decaf tea, a Protein drink, a g2, etc.

I wouldn't up carbs until the water thing doesn't work or sure.

Also, a week, in my opinion, is not a relentless stall. It's only a week. Give it time.

Oh. Also. I'd throw one or two higher calorie days in there/week. That usually throws a body off somehow and gets that motor running again.

[skinnywithin 23]

Mokee, that's not a fact. But you could be right. I'd say more Water is a perfect place to start. A liter is only 32 oz, you need 64. I don't meet that, I get about 50 a day, and I can't seem to get more yet. I'm only 6 weeks. Also it's not all Water. Decaf tea, a Protein drink, a g2, etc.

I wouldn't up carbs until the water thing doesn't work or sure.

Also, a week, in my opinion, is not a relentless stall. It's only a week. Give it time.

Oh. Also. I'd throw one or two higher calorie days in there/week. That usually throws a body off somehow and gets that motor running again.

thanks I agree. i forgot to mention that I can only get down 1 liter because then I cant eat because my stomachs too full from the water I drank. I did a risky thing and only ate carbs for 1 day in hopes to shock my immune system and then went back to low carb the next. the reason it was risky was because carbs make me gain weight like crazy even low amounts. but this method worked this time, I went down 1.5 pounds the next day. Ive started exercising regularly as well so I hope that this speeds it up.