4 months post-op-stopped losing weight

[red67stang 4]

I'm so frustrated. I'm 4 months post op and I've not lost one single pound in 3 weeks. I've been eating around 1000 calories a day, high Protein, and working out like a mad woman 5 or more times a week. And when I say workout I'm doing HIIT training, so it's serious stuff. And nothing!! Help! Suggestions?

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[Rachel79uk 31]

Maybe you're building muscle? Have u measured yourself? X

[Shrinking_Shamrock 33]

Don't forget when your body gets used to a certain workout the n you may slow down with your loss, keep changing your workout every few days so your body doesn't know what's coming next it will keep you losing..,of course you can alternate your workouts so you don't go crazy trying to create new ones all the time but I personally would suggest changing your routine every few days.Good luck and don't get discouraged, no matter how much we want it and how hard we work for it, nothing happens overnight

[jellybean12 65]

50 minutes ago, Rachel79uk said:

Maybe you're building muscle? Have u measured yourself? X

I've lost just 2 pounds in the past 2 months. My eating isn't perfect but it's pretty damn good. But I also have been exercising and building muscle. I wish I had taken measurements when I started this, instead of just relying on the scale as my "measurement tool". You WILL lose more weight but right now I bet you feel stronger, look stronger, and are finding that your body is changing. You know that muscle weighs more than fat. You may not be losing weight but your body is most likely looking slimmer and stronger and toned and hopefully you feel better too. That counts for a LOT. Forget the scale right now and concentrate on how you are feeling. You are kicking a$$!

[Kumbaice 44]

I am in the same boat!!

[even11 27]

I had surgery 9/16 and haven't lost a pound since December. Very frustrating and scary. Feeling like a failure.

[JerseyJules 862]

Most likely your bodies are in starvation mode and hanging on to calories. Try adding a few hundred healthy calories a day and upping your Water intake.

[blizair09 3,250]

9 hours ago, even11 said:

I had surgery 9/16 and haven't lost a pound since December. Very frustrating and scary. Feeling like a failure.

How many calories are you eating per day? Carbs? Protein? Are you tracking your food and drink? What do you do for exercise?

[red67stang 4]

Most likely your bodies are in starvation mode and hanging on to calories. Try adding a few hundred healthy calories a day and upping your Water intake.

I think I figured it out. Someone else suggested something similar, but their suggestion was to eat more carbs. I had 2 people tell me this. So I did for one day and I weighed the next day and was immediacy lighter than I have been in 2+ weeks. I know it's hard to gauge if that one day and one weigh in was the fix but I really feel like it was. I'll keep everyone posted.


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[JerseyJules 862]

50 minutes ago, red67stang said:

I think I figured it out. Someone else suggested something similar, but their suggestion was to eat more carbs. I had 2 people tell me this. So I did for one day and I weighed the next day and was immediacy lighter than I have been in 2+ weeks. I know it's hard to gauge if that one day and one weigh in was the fix but I really feel like it was. I'll keep everyone posted.


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Yes thats kind of what I meant. When eating so low of carbs you need a rush of them every now and then to reset the hormones and chemicals in your body. When I was hard core low carb dieting back in the days I would do one really big carb meal a week. The next day I would be up 4 lbs heavier but 2 days after that the 4 lbs plus an additional 2 would shed off weekly. The weeks before I started doing that, my body would fight me big time.

Edited March 4, 2017 by JerseyJules