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Mechia_vsg

By Mechia_vsg, in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums

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Mechia_vsg    2

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Hello All, I am new to this forum, I'm 4 weeks out and I believe I've hit a stall. I'm currently on the soft food Stage and I'm finding it easier to hit my Protein and Calorie goals, Water is so-so. I'm looking to get some work-out MOTIVATION and recipe ideas, as well as give any advise or answer any questions that I can. .. P.S. the reason I say I think I've hit a stall is due to the fact that I don't weigh myself at home at all. I'm waiting to get weighed at the DR. Office. I never weighed myself at home pre-op. I'm a little OCD...

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What kinda stall did you hit? I made an appointment with my nutritionist around 4 weeks because I hit a plateau. She said I was doing fine. It's normal to hit a stall around this time because your body starts storing again. Sure enough, soon after, I started losing again. She helped me set my fitness pal app to 500 calorie, 51 Protein grams, 31g carbs, 19g fat. I never come close to the fat grams. And I'm now 7 weeks out and just starting to hit close to the 500 calories. You should also be exercising at least 5 days a week for 30 min a day. Weighing myself keeps me motivated to push further. Every 1/4lb helps. Lol

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Hello All, I am new to this forum, I'm 4 weeks out and I believe I've hit a stall. I'm currently on the soft food Stage and I'm finding it easier to hit my Protein and Calorie goals, Water is so-so. I'm looking to get some work-out MOTIVATION and recipe ideas, as well as give any advise or answer any questions that I can. .. P.S. the reason I say I think I've hit a stall is due to the fact that I don't weigh myself at home at all. I'm waiting to get weighed at the DR. Office. I never weighed myself at home pre-op. I'm a little OCD...

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Welcome!

Stalls are a normal, natural, and necessary part of the process of the process of losing weight. If you intend to lose a significant amount of weight, you will experience stalls. Just about everyone experiences a stall about three weeks after surgery.

As you are doing, weighing infrequently is a great strategy if you allow the numbers on the scale dictate how you feel.

The best thing to do in my experience is to:

Follow your program.

Track your food.

Make sure you are getting at least 64 oz of Fluid every day.

Make sure you are reaching your protein target every day. (What is your protein target? Mine is 100 grams.)

Avoid added sugars (especially high fructose corn syrup), starches, and fried foods.

Take your Vitamins and supplements as directed.

Exercise when cleared.

Please keep in mind that not eating enough can be just as "bad" as eating too much when it comes to optimizing your weight loss.

Embrace the Stall

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

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Inner Surfer Girl    12,015

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What kinda stall did you hit? I made an appointment with my nutritionist around 4 weeks because I hit a plateau. She said I was doing fine. It's normal to hit a stall around this time because your body starts storing again. Sure enough, soon after, I started losing again. She helped me set my fitness pal app to 500 calorie, 51 Protein grams, 31g carbs, 19g fat. I never come close to the fat grams. And I'm now 7 weeks out and just starting to hit close to the 500 calories. You should also be exercising at least 5 days a week for 30 min a day. Weighing myself keeps me motivated to push further. Every 1/4lb helps. Lol

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Wow. Normally I would advise listening to your NUT, but from everything I have learned through this process both the calories and Protein recommended seem extremely low.

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Inner Surfer Girl    12,015

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I'm not hungry at all! I couldn't eat more if I wanted to. She did say to increase with each phase or if I'm not feeling full.

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Do what you can to increase your Protein as soon as possible. The sooner you can get your Protein and calorie numbers up the better you will feel, the faster you will heal, and the better your weight loss will be.

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I'm doing good and feeling good just where I am at. This plan is working good for me. I think everybody is different when it comes to their plan.

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