Feeling discouraged!

[kcap68 2]

I'm feeling pretty discouraged. I'm 4 months out and in the last month the scale has not changed. Any ideas to help?

[JamieLogical 8,727]

Stalls happen to the best of us, so try not to get too down on yourself. Can you give us an idea what your daily Water, food, and exercise is like?

[kcap68 2]

I average about 32 oz of Water, 32 oz of tea daily. I'm eating 5-6 small meals with high Protein, low carb, low fat. Usually i was exercising 4-5 days a week, however my husband has been off the since Christmas with a back injury so he can't keep the kids, so I've been going like 1-2 times a week.

[Montana Gal 448]

I find that if I keep my Water intake between 80-100oz(does not include my coffee or tea) daily, the stalls are shorter. Maybe try to increase your Water goal from 32oz tea closer to 64-80oz or higher of water. Good luck, you can do this.

[JamieLogical 8,727]

I would definitely recommend trying to increase your Water. How do you think you are doing calorie-wise?

[Mooseknuckle 85]

Make sure not to drink 30 minutes before you eat and 30 minutes after

This allows your body to absorb the nutrients it needs if you drink before or after it flushes it out of your pouch to soon and then you body goes into a starvation mode .

Increasing your Water intake in between will help too .

But truthfully most of us go through these stalls about then .

You are doing great just keep it up .

It ain't easy to be who we want to be . So be yourself and enjoy your new you

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[JamieLogical 8,727]

Actually, the no drinking 30 minutes before eating is really only an issue immediately post-op. Water moves through a fully healed sleeve in a matter of seconds. So if you drink even right up to the time you eat, the Water is out of the sleeve before any food gets to it. When people still have internal swelling, the water can be slower to move through the sleeve and can make people feel "full" preventing them from being able to eat their food. Thus the need to stop 30 minutes prior to eating.

The no drinking AFTER eating is critical though. Like @@Mooseknuckle said, it can flush the food through your sleeve faster or make you feel uncomfortably full because it can't get past the food that is already in your sleeve. It's a bad situation all around. I actually end up waiting closer to 40-45 minutes after eating most of the time just because I feel too full to drink any sooner than that, even at over 2 years post-op.

And I'd be remiss to not mention that you should never ever drink WHILE eating. That waters down the food and makes it pass through the sleeve more quickly, allowing you to eat more and eat around your restriction.

[Mooseknuckle 85]

It also allows the stomach to stretch which in turn allows you to eat more food . Everyone is different. This worked well for me on reset . So I stick to it . I am only trying to help out if I am wrong I am sorry

[Mooseknuckle 85]

That is what I do too I can't drink after for 30 to 45 minutes or i feel very uncomfortable and I never got dumping syndrome with sweets so I stay totally away from them as I ate fudge for Christmas and it wasn't much but made me sick . Never again bad bad bad stuff . I thought I had the flu. Lol. It was my body slapping me in the face lol. Saying feed me good stuff