I stopped losing at 6 months out. its now over10 months and the same 2-5lbs bounce back and forth. I have done everything I was suppose to do. I follow the basics, i only drink Water,no soda no juice just water, sometimes with fruit in it. i dont drink before or after i eat. i excersise on the regular, actually i was doing it to much and ended up in the ER i am better now but wow what a ride.

i am back to where i was before surgery, meaning i dont know what to do anymore. nothing is working low cal low carb low fat. high cals high low Protein i am so tired of this. I have decided to except the 55lbs i have lost since 9/12/12. I am thinking maybe a cleanse might work. I am upset but it is what it is. total since pre op is ablut 80lbs lost. i have 60 more to go and i am at the point of just giving up.

@gina1010, we must be the same person????!! I too have lost the same and I feel the same way, I've gotten out of the 400's, now my next step is getting out of 300's, good luck!!!!

mgsmith thanks for the kind words

you are definitely not alone. I am at 5 months and when things start to slow I get worried it is happening to me. I don't know if it will help but I have decided that on every three month surgeryversary to go on a 1-week preop type liquid diet. it helped me at 3 months to get things going again and I plan to do it again at 6 months. I usually have 1200 cals a day and going to 800 for a weeks seems to kick things up. I also have not gone too crazy exercising yet (just walking) because I feel like saving things in my back pocket for further slowing issues to step things up! I think the 5:2 or a week of liquid diet then back to normal may get your metabolism going. I also recommend tracking everything on myfitnesspal if you don't already. sometimes you may think you are tracking okay but it helps to keep me honest and I know for sure what the protein and especially sugar grams are. keep sugar under 25g and you WILL lose!

I am kenmj11 on MFP if you want to friend me. I have a long way to go too! good luck and be proud!