February 19, 20179 yr I have not loss any weight in 3 1/2 weeks. Feel so down and disgusted. I feel like i try but its not good enough. I even pray for strength...11/14/2016 SW 342 CW 294.
February 19, 20179 yr Author When I see it like that, honestly makes me feel better. Thank you very much.
February 19, 20179 yr That seems like a pretty long stall at 3 months post-op. How many calories are you taking in each day? Carbs? Protein? Water? What are you doing for exercise?
February 19, 20179 yr It was really hard for me then my Dr in Portland Oregon gave some really good ideas .... and they helped I use to weigh 344 pounds and now I am 256Heather Evans
February 19, 20179 yr Author Any help I would appreciate it paranormalmom4. Like what to eat in a day. Or what type of exercises ...
February 19, 20179 yr It was really hard for me then my Dr in Portland Oregon gave some really good ideas .... and they helped I use to weigh 344 pounds and now I am 256Heather Evans Do you mind sharing the ideas your doctor gave you?
February 19, 20179 yr I can give you my cell number and we can text and I'll be your support and you mine Heather Evans
February 19, 20179 yr I can give you my cell number and we can text and I'll be your support and you mine Heather Evans Sounds great.
February 19, 20179 yr You're going to have stalls and starts with the GS. This is normal, some of these stalls are 3 - 4 weeks without weight loss. It was explained to me that the reason for this is your body is going a "reset" with the reduced calories and fighting back by slowing down your metabolic rate -- the body is trying to tell you that "hey, I have less calories, I need to stop burning so much fat!"... After some time, your metabolic rate will adjust again and start burning off the fat... it's normal. It happened to me in month three. I literally lost 1 pound in 4 weeks. Meanwhile, I was at about 1000 calories (at best) a day. It was insane -- another thing I was constipated as hell.. Water, water, and when you think you drank too much water, drink more. Another thing you can do is make sure you cut back on diary (cheese and milk). Anything that creates inflammation won't help. Hang in there, you'll be fine as long as you calorie rate is in line with what's been prescribed. Edited February 19, 20179 yr by BostonGary
February 19, 20179 yr Author Thank you, I will definitely drink more water & cut back on the cheese, so good to know I'm not the only one out here dealing with this. No more tears. positive vibes here on out!
February 19, 20179 yr One thing that helps doing is to track everything during stalls. MyFitnessPal can reveal some interesting things that you might not be doing which sometimes can contribute to additional calories. If you're well within your calorie range allowed and you're stalled, it's probably just a plateau and you'll bust through that at some point. I had surgery on 11/21. I started off losing between 1 and 1.5 pounds a DAY! I'd wake up and set new record (I have a Withthings scale that tracks my weight via App). Then in December, early January, that loss fell to about .06 - 1.0 pound a day and by the end of January I had stalled for about three weeks at the same weight... it was frustrating. So I tracked and tracked.... Then BOOM! I was back to losing about 1 - 2 pounds a week. It was explained on the GS this is normal. I have to admit, one of the things I have not been doing enough of is exercise. I do a lot of walking, but I need to step that up into a workout program a couple times a week. I'm sure that is something that's not helping when I hit stalls.
I have not loss any weight in 3 1/2 weeks. Feel so down and disgusted. I feel like i try but its not good enough. I even pray for strength...11/14/2016 SW 342
CW 294.