I have a few questions, I am 6 months out from surgery and am down 44lbs, but I'm stuck on a plateau! How can I break it? I've been stuck for about 2 months I started at 221 and am at 177 now, how have u or someone you know broken this plateau!

Edited October 30, 201510 yr by TheAmberness

I am almost 6 months out. My starting weight was 241 lbs. I am down 56 lbs and now weigh 184 lbs. I to feel stuck. Hopefully it will pass. Another hurdle has been the drastic hair loss.

I have a few questions, I am 6 months out from surgery and am down 44lbs, but I'm stuck on a plateau! How can I break it? I've been stuck for about 2 months I started at 221 and am at 177 now, how have u or someone you know broken this plateau!

Have you been meeting with your nutritionist? Have you been keeping track of what you've been eating? Are you adding exercise? The sleeve will only do so much, the rest is up to you, you need to work with your surgical team to find the problem and now is the time to tackle it while you have access to this system of support. Good Luck!

What does your NUT suggest?

Are you getting in all of your Protein and fluids in every day?

Are you taking your Vitamins and supplements as instructed?

Are you exercising?

Stalls are a normal, natural, and necessary part of the process.

If you are unhappy with your progress so far, I recommend talking with your NUT.

Embrace the Stall!

http://BariatricPal.com/index.php?/topic/351046-Embrace-the-Stall

I had my surgery on Mexico so I do not have a nutritionist and my insurance does no pay for a nutritionist. What all vitamins should I be taking? I am taking a few but what did your dr say for you to take? I do get my fluid in and I get my protein in most of the time. I also work out 4-5 times a week for about an hour

Edited October 31, 201510 yr by TheAmberness

Even though you had surgery in Mexico they should have provided you nutritional support (at the very least a written post-op food plan that includes vitamins). Did they at least provide you with a Protein target?

My protein goal is 100 grams a day.

My water/fluid target is 64 oz. a day.

I have a whole list of Vitamins.

Off the top of my head (I can't remember all of the amounts):

1 Multivitamin

D3 (5,000 mg)

Calcium (1200 mg)

Iron

C

B-1

B-12 (5,000 mg)

D+K

I take the C and iron together with a meal or snack that doesn't have calcium. I take the multivitamin and D3 the first thing in the morning. The rest I take with another meal or snack.

Yea I am supposed to get 60g of protein in a day, They didn't give me a list of vitamins so I researched and have been taking what I found online, and they didn't give me a fluid intake amount. But I have also read that 64 oz is a good target so I shoot for that too I will add these vitamins in my regiment and see if that helps!!