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Hello I am almost three months out of the sleeve and haven't lost in over a month I upped my Water and Protein and even went back to liquid for a couple days to see if that would jump start it. I have only lost 20 since surgery which I know is good but I feel over a month is a long time to not lose anymore. For you who revised when did you guys make that step or is there something else I can try to start my weight loss again?

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@@Schoe394

Just a question. Are you tracking you're food and are you exercising?

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I find that even if I eat good carbs - like fruit or if I eat processed foods, I tend to stall out. I have to stick to pork/beef/chicken, that I cook myself and low glycemic vegetables - broccoli, cauliflower, brussell sprouts, green Beans, if I want to continue to lose weight. Even an extra apple a day is enough sugar to prevent me from losing weight.

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I have had vthe same issue, 3 months out and no weight loss after revision. My doc said it's not enough Protein and need more exercise for me, which is hard to do with my chaotic life. I would definitely try is cutting out sugars and carbs to a bare minimum, and change up what exercise you are doing. I tried changing my focus area on weight training to 2 days on arms & back and 2 days on legs, with cardio before bed. It's helped me break the stall.

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Are you close to a normal BMI? I had to go hardcore to get the last pounds off.

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i understand the frustration.The closer to goal my body wants to hold on to the weight. Have you thought about contacting you're dietitian? I think that is my next step.

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I was right where you are! So scary and frustrating! I am back on track with increased Water and less, much less processed foods. I had a two month stall. Push through it. Maintain your loss and look forward to the break through... It WILL come!!

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The closer you are to goal the harder it will be. Some people seem to lose effortlessly all along but I started over 300#, lost pretty steady till I hit the say 180-190 range and it slowed to like 2 pounds a month. I knew I wasn't gonna make my goals with that so I contacted a NUT and made some changes based on her advice and my own inner dialog.

1. I personally had to face my own inner resistance. I know that sounds crazy, but I had gotten to where I wasn't huge anymore, but wasn't slim either. I was "matronly" and I recognize there was still a little fat suit safety going on there. I had to ask myself the question if i was ready to really "go for it" and get to a normal size/weight.

2. I could not lose weight while eating alot of processed carby foods - including Protein bars. i did a reset back to very simple meat and low carb veggies. to this day I limit fruits and other "healthy" but sugary foods as they seem to pack pounds on me.

3. I changed my workouts from eliptical and using weight machines to doing high intensity interval training. WOW - that is both hard and also invigorating. I feel like that helped provide some of the fuel to get things going again.

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I'm having the same problem!!! It makes me feel so discouraged

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