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I had my lapband surgery a little over a year ago and have lost 55lbs. My weight loss has now stalled even though i have been following the plan 1200 calories daily drink at least 64oz Water,and even increased my exercise.

All this to no avail....I am very thankful that at least the scale didn't show a gain.

I started yesterday on the liquid pre/post surgery diet. I am unsure how long I will stay on this ...but i have already lost 2lbs.

Anyone else have this problem?

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After the first year, your body has adjusted to your day to day life style. Exercising like crazy will not make you lose weight. You have to keep your body guessing at all times in order to keep losing weight. Go to 1,000 calories and rest a day in between exercise. If you do cardio first, then do it last. If you are eating the same things over and over again, try new things. If you don't keep your body guessing then your weight will stall for a long time.

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How long has it stalled?

I agree with Cheryl. Mix it up. Exercise and diet sometimes needs a shake-up.

If you lost 2 lbs in one day it's probably not fat, it's fluids you're losing even if you're consuming fluids. I'm not a big fan of liquid diets. It's like not being banded. You're not using the tool at all. The scale may dip for a few days but once you go back to solids, the weight will come back.

Are you exercising? Put in some serious exercise and do it consistently if you want to drop some fat.

Just remember, you have to burn 3500 more calories than you consume to burn off 1 lb of fat. I've seen many folks here say they were successful in kicking aside their stall/plateau by upping their Protein intake. And, I mean solid Proteins.

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I don't plan on staying on this liquid diet. It was my intention to try to jump start my weight loss. i was wondering if anyone else might have tried this as well.The lap band actually does help because I really never get hungry.

Thanks for your input and suggestions :)

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Terri, I agree, it's a good way to clean out your system and start anew. I like to use the 5-day pouch test. http://www.5daypouchtest.com/

I can drop a quick 3-5 lbs and start anew in 5 days. It's not too painful and works. It's designed for Bypass patients and not banders so don't let the pouch term fool you. This 5 day test is a real shocker for your system and like I said before, we need it sometimes.

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:) Okay great i will check it out. Thanks for your help

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I hit a stall for a month, doing all Proteins for a week and wt loss has already restarted

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