seeking veterans advise please

[athena3127 199]

I've been off the boards a bit simply because I'm so busy. Surgery was 11-4-2014. Highest weight 348..surgery date 312--and today 245....... And now I've hit a brick wall. I have been stalled out here for months. I need to add I've had some issues... In Jan I was bitten by a dog and spent 4 days in the hospital with a bone infection after surgery, the. The bone didn't set so I was back in surgery 2-20... Shortly after I developed siatica and was unable to walk at all and only went to dr office and bed I was very depressed and unable to do anything, I recovered from siatica after about 3-4 weeks treatment. The arm however isn't yet healed. My concern is that I feel I've been lingering at this weight literally for months now. And it's depressing. Once I got back to walking I average a few miles up to 5 miles per day. I then found I have an abnormal curve to my neck which causes my arm to feel "asleep" most of the time. This has all played a huge part in my exercise plan. I took on a second job which included great physical demands. Today alone between 2-8 I got in my 10000 steps plus even more. I built myself up and took part in a 5k walk for obesity. My eating is minimal. I start with one cup of coffee in the am and then no more. I typically had about 2-3 oz of chicken or tuna salad about 9am. Then at 12 I might have yogurt or cheese. And the evenings I have a little less than 1/2 of a frozen meal such as Atkins or smart choice and focus in high Protein. If the meal has Pasta or bread I only have a small amount. I really don't do well with either so mostly I'm getting the protein and veggies.

I am seeking advise on how to break a stall?? I go back to my dr in August and had hoped to loose another 50lbs before then but not sure if that is possible.

Any advise?? Please I'm depressed that I'll be here forever and I certainly want to be a more healthy weight.

Presurgery I wore 28--today I'm more 16-18 pants

Thanks in advance!!

I am not getting in 1000 calories per day. I also fight to get in my water!

Edited June 29, 2015 by athena3127

[feedyoureye 3,087]

So you are at about 8 months? It sounds like you have really had it tough the last few months. If you were taking antibiotics and/or other meds, that can throw your body off. How much Protein are you eating? I would keep that up... over 70gms, all the exercise will eat up your muscles without a good supply of Protein. Do drink your Water... I have problems with that too.. but can only say that when I drink more, I lose better. We can have stalls too... its pretty normal for many, I had at least 4... 2+week stalls. Some for over a month. Sometimes when you switch things up... eat more one day, less the next, you can shake things loose. Loss does normally slow down around 8 months. If you are doing everything right with no results for weeks, I would try the 5:2. Normally I wouldn't recommend it to someone under a year out... good to give the Drs instructions the first try. I find eating raw for a couple of days will help with Water weight.... best of luck!

[Bufflehead 6,358]

If you aren't already, I would say spend a week or so weighing/measuring everything you eat and carefully logging it in myftinesspal or a similar program to track calories, carbs, and Protein. Exercise is great for your health but not terribly important for weight loss, so don't look at that as the source of your stall. And actually, if you have been at the same weight for months, that isn't a stall, it's maintenance, and IMO you are going to have to change your diet in some significant way to get out of maintenance and back into weight loss. But you can't know what you need to do unless you know exactly what you are putting in your body.

If you are already measuring, weighing, and logging, can you tell us how many calories, carbs, and grams of protein you are getting each day? We might be able to give more specific thoughts if so.

[athena3127 199]

After meeting with the nut my slow down is most likely caused by the medical issues I've been dealing with for the past few months. I was on strong antibiotics and meds. Now that I'm back on track I'm not eating enough calories. Here is a picture of my progress start top left progress across then second row left to right. Bottom right is most recent