Start weight is 239

Current weight 185

Surgery date May 13, 2013

I am down 54 lbs. Size 14 and I have been stuck here since February. Im so disappointed I don't know what to do anymore. On 1050 calories a day and I know I don't take all that in was under by 400 yesterday. I try to exercise just not everyday. Any advice?

Personally, I would try to really shake your system up with a very different feeding pattern. Some ideas:

• 5:2 plan. I hear about lots of success with this. Search on it here and you'll find a lot of threads.
• Very low carb/high fat. This is about 10% carbs, 50% fats and 40% protein. You want to shoot for less than 20g carbs a day. Lots of people have success with this one, too. The fats are excellent for satiety and the lack of carbs forces your existing fat to break down into energy.
• Lower your calories to 900 or raise them to 1200. Try it for a week and see if there is any movement on the scale.
• Try interval training for your exercise. That is basically mixing up steady activity with short bouts of hard activity. You can search on that here for more info. I mostly walk for exercise, but I'll run for a minute or two, then go back to walking. Same type of thing on a bike.
• I read that you shouldn't sit for more than one hour at a time because it slows down your metabolism. There are some studies on it if you want to google it. If you have a desk job, try to get up every hour for at least 5 minutes and walk around.

Good luck!

Personally, I would try to really shake your system up with a very different feeding pattern. Some ideas:

5:2 plan. I hear about lots of success with this. Search on it here and you'll find a lot of threads.

Very low carb/high fat. This is about 10% carbs, 50% fats and 40% Protein. You want to shoot for less than 20g carbs a day. Lots of people have success with this one, too. The fats are excellent for satiety and the lack of carbs forces your existing fat to break down into energy.

Lower your calories to 900 or raise them to 1200. Try it for a week and see if there is any movement on the scale.

Try interval training for your exercise. That is basically mixing up steady activity with short bouts of hard activity. You can search on that here for more info. I mostly walk for exercise, but I'll run for a minute or two, then go back to walking. Same type of thing on a bike.

I read that you shouldn't sit for more than one hour at a time because it slows down your metabolism. There are some studies on it if you want to google it. If you have a desk job, try to get up every hour for at least 5 minutes and walk around.

Good luck!

Thank you! I'm going to research this.

Here is one of the sitting articles and another and one from the Amercian Cancer Society and another from Mayo Clinic researcher

I'm trying to get myself up out of my chair every hour. it's hard at night when I settle into my easy chair, though!

Edited April 3, 201412 yr by NMJG

I would watch my carbs and calories. I stay under 25 carbs and 800 calories daily and don't exercise. although it would help. I've dropped 63 pounds since my preop diet 11 weeks ago.

I have to say I'm officially off my stall. I am doing under 30 carbs a day and more protein. This has helped tremendously! I started Monday and already down 3 lbs. I know also without WLS this would not be so easy. Hope by next week I will be under 180!!!!

I have been in a stall since January. Very frustrating cause I was doing soooo well. Would anyone give me an idea of what you are eating for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I'm thinking I'm getting too much.