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I'm 6 months post op and I've been at a standstill for over a month. I'm doing everything I should do but at times I feel like this is just not working and it makes me want to eat whatever. I get all of my Protein in, I go to the gym and I don't eat over 800 calories a day. Can someone please tell me how I can deal with this? Has anyone else experienced this?

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Almost everyone experiences it. I had a 6 week stall at 6 months out. I think you need to increase your calories, especially if you are working out. This is what worked for me:

I increased calories from 800 to 900-1000.

I increased my Protein from 60-70 grams to 80

I increased my carbs a little from under 50 to 70-80 to match my Protein grams.

You will need to make sure you are tracking everything and not winging it so you know exactly where you stand on those every day.

Good luck!

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I understand, I'm in a stall too. The only suggestions I've gotten from people/my NUT - increase Water and Protein, add HIIT to your workouts, and just relax. Maybe you should try getting to 1,000 calories a day? I'm only 6 weeks out and my nutritionist wants me to eat between 700-1,000. Also, I was told that if you're doing the same intensity/type of work out, your body can get used to it and that could have an effect on your stall/plateau. Hope this helps! We'll get through this! Oh, I've also stopped weighing myself and am only measuring myself once a week. That helps with the mental aspect of it.

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I have to agree, it makes no mathematical sense, but I found that at about 6 months out, I started losing faster when I ate 1000 calories per day than when I ate 800 calories per day.

eta: be sure you are getting a full 7 hours of sleep each night. Lack of sleep is a huge factor in weight stalls and even gains.

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You all are experiencing stalls many months outs after losing many many pounds. Is this your first stall? Did you all have any preop diets you had to follow? What about those of us who are experiencing stalls 10 days after surgery. Surgery was Jan 26th 10 days later I was 20 pounds down. In the last 18 days I have lost only 1 pound. This doesn't seem to make any sense. Yes I have read the thread "Embrace the Stall". I am happy with the 21 pounds gone but to be in a stall so soon is discouraging.

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Are you 6 months "post op"? You put this in the Pre-op forums. (Just FYI) I also have experienced stalls. I believe we just need to ignore them and just keep following the plan.

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Almost everyone experiences it. I had a 6 week stall at 6 months out. I think you need to increase your calories, especially if you are working out. This is what worked for me:

I increased calories from 800 to 900-1000.

I increased my Protein from 60-70 grams to 80

I increased my carbs a little from under 50 to 70-80 to match my Protein grams.

You will need to make sure you are tracking everything and not winging it so you know exactly where you stand on those every day.

Good luck!

Thanks Babbs! I track everything that I eat but I will try increasing my protein.

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I understand, I'm in a stall too. The only suggestions I've gotten from people/my NUT - increase Water and Protein, add HIIT to your workouts, and just relax. Maybe you should try getting to 1,000 calories a day? I'm only 6 weeks out and my nutritionist wants me to eat between 700-1,000. Also, I was told that if you're doing the same intensity/type of work out, your body can get used to it and that could have an effect on your stall/plateau. Hope this helps! We'll get through this! Oh, I've also stopped weighing myself and am only measuring myself once a week. That helps with the mental aspect of it.

Thanks Yerawizaedamy. I only weigh once a week but I guess I'll start weighing once a month.

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I have to agree, it makes no mathematical sense, but I found that at about 6 months out, I started losing faster when I ate 1000 calories per day than when I ate 800 calories per day.

eta: be sure you are getting a full 7 hours of sleep each night. Lack of sleep is a huge factor in weight stalls and even gains.

I work some nights and when I get home in the morning it is so hard to get seven hours of sleep. I have to do something because this stall makes me want to give up.

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Are you 6 months "post op"? You put this in the Pre-op forums. (Just FYI) I also have experienced stalls. I believe we just need to ignore them and just keep following the plan.

Thanks for letting me know I didn't realize I was in the wrong forum. I was too busy trying to vent.

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Almost everyone experiences it. I had a 6 week stall at 6 months out. I think you need to increase your calories, especially if you are working out. This is what worked for me:

I increased calories from 800 to 900-1000.

I increased my Protein from 60-70 grams to 80

I increased my carbs a little from under 50 to 70-80 to match my protein grams.

You will need to make sure you are tracking everything and not winging it so you know exactly where you stand on those every day.

Good luck!

Thanks Babbs! I track everything that I eat but I will try increasing my protein.

Increase calories, too. I guarantee that's the issue.

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Your stall at 10 days is completely normal. Everyone experiences it early out. Just stay the course and ride it out.

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I've embraced the stall, hell, I've groped and lapdances the stall. I took a break and, bam, back to losing. It's no sense.

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I've embraced the stall, hell, I've groped and lapdances the stall. I took a break and, bam, back to losing. It's no sense.

The thing I have learned about this whole experience is it's not as simple as calories in/calories out. Our bodies want to do their own thing, and a lot of times there's not a thing we can do about it but be patient and persistent!

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Amen, sister Babbs.

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