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6 months post op and stalked for 2 months

amartyn1

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amartyn1    74

amartyn1
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Help please , I'm 6 months post op and have been stalled for 2 months now. I have increased my Water and Protein , no sugars , no carbs , increased exercise and nothing .... can anyone please offer some advice .

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Heather I    500

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Can you update your stats, please? Where did your surgeon recommend you start off for calories/carbs/protein/water, and where are you now? I can't imagine you are still at -17 lbs at 6 months out. Have you lost significantly? Need more information.

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catwoman7    11,274

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are you weighing/measuring and logging all your food? "Protein creep" happens to a lot of us (including me....). Two months sounds more like you've gone into maintenance, and you still have a way to go.

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amartyn1    74

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Ok stats are pre op 265 current wt 188 .. 90-120 oz of Water a day and. 90 grams of Protein a day . Work out 4x a week . Planning on doing a reset today and tomorrow of 3 Protein shakes for the day and Water . Still have 50 lbs to go . I realize that my body has changed and I am losing inches , I'm just concerned because I can't get the scale to go down at all .

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Heather I    500

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Well, you're killing it with -80 lbs lost in six months! You weren't as high up there to get the big numbers others do, so I first think you really are ahead of the game and definitely on track for where you should be, but I totally get wanting to keep the momentum rolling!

Have you had your body fat checked? What kind of workouts? Heavy cardio? Weights? Walking? I hate to say it, but you may just be at a wicked stall as your body settles in. Have you had other stalls before now? This may be your first real one.

I think you're smart to do the reset and shakes. Maybe try to do them one week out of four each month to jumpstart you losing again? Hit it hard for one week and see if it shakes things up. If it doesn't do anything, maybe increase your food/calories? Have you experimented with the 5/2 eating program, kind of semi-fasting and then going up high in calories the next day?

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catwoman7    11,274

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btw - I meant *portion * creep, not Protein creep! YIKES!

also, your stats are better than I thought - I was going by the ones you listed on your profile (e.g., current weight - 255). You've done really well! And yes, as the above poster said, you may just be in a wicked stall. You're getting down low enough that they may be frequent and longer (I only had one or two until I got to be around 20-30 lbs above goal. Then it was a constant struggle!!)

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Carrie1122    139

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Amartyn1-

Just a suggestion change up your routine at the gym, don't stick to the same. If you do the treadmill go to the elliptical or if you are lucky do the stairclimber. If you do push up's and sit ups on the floor grab a medicine ball and do your sit-ups on there. I find constantly changing your routine promotes weight loss and muscle growth. And remember you have to burn what you take in. So if you are eating 1200 calories a day you have to burn that. 3500 calories is a pound. It takes 30 mins of cardio to burn carbs after that its fat loss. I have feeling since you are loosing inches your body is going through muscle growth. Which is not a bad thing. Find an app to track your gym routine. You want muscle it defines the skin w/ not having alot of skin issues.

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MCE1205    47

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Your stall is same as mine. Same start weight and current weight. Lost 70 and stalled for 4 months. I've slacked on exercise over winter months.

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amartyn1    74

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Thank you everyone - I started a Protein shake reset today , also going to Orange Theory fitness 2x a week then my normal gym 2x a week and will figure out a way to change it up ! Please let me say I'm not complaining just concerned - I realize it will get harder the closer I get to goal it's just hard when your following the rules and doing what your supposed to !

I am so grateful for this forum and the support we all give to each other

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amartyn1    74

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Update ... the scale finally moved !! Changing it up and going back to a Protein reset for a cpl days has helped ????you all are awesome !

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BBweightlossjourney    49

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I'm si HAPPY THE scale IS MOVING AGAIN FOR U @@amartyn1 ....

Sadly I am at a 4 month stall.. surgery was 5/10/16

HW 239

SW 222

CW 190 been stuck since Sept :( ... trying to go to a kick boxing class hoping and praying for the nerve to go... But it looks like most people say the reset does help!

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GmaDiana    81

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Try adding more fiber.It might help.

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amartyn1    74

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@@BBweightlossjourney def try the Protein shake reset . 3 shakes a day and your Water plus Vitamins - it really does help and gets your confidence and motivation going again !

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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