I am needing some constructive criticism on what I can do to improve my numbers on the scale. I am almost 6 weeks post vsg surgery and down about 30lbs. I know the song; I didn't put the weight on overnight so I can't expect to lose it all overnight..... I know that. I don't know why I am not losing like I should. The last 2 weeks the scale has not moved. I'm exercising about 3x a week at the gym, eating mainly protein and still not losing. Any suggestions how I can get the scale to moving again. Also, will taking my vitamin have a part in this too. I haven't taken any because the ones I got before surgery makes me sick now, so I'm waiting on my order to come in from another supplier.

Go but Flintstones Childrens chewables, take 2 a day sepearately. Cheap and they have the nutrients we need to supplement. Just came from 6 week checkup, a week late, im 7 weeks tomorrow and have only lost 23. They were happy with results said keep it up. Pushing me to get to 1,000 calories though. I normally get about 700 or so.

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Thank you.... I will try those vitamins until my new bariatric vitamins come. What is a typical day of meals, for you, considered of; are you measuring and counting calories

I just talked to my nutritionist today and she said that is normal. I have fluctuated within the same pound for 2 weeks and today I'm 5 weeks PO.

Breakfast an oikos yogurt, snack a slice of cheese or cheese stick, lunch cottage cheese or tuna package, afternoon snack more cheese. dinner normally whatever meat I cook for the family for dinner, plus the veggies or just cottage cheese again. For instance if I make them burgers, I'll just have mine in a bowl with tomatoes, pickles, and ketchup, no roll. Protein shakes to supplement if I'm short on protein for the day. Actually she told me to stop taking my calcium pills today as I was getting too much calcium. I have to keep track and not get too much calcium in or I'll get I think she said calcium deposits or something like that. One less pill I have to take work's for me [emoji4]

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I just talked to my nutritionist today and she said that is normal. I have fluctuated within the same pound for 2 weeks and today I'm 5 weeks PO.

Yes, it can get very frustrating. Keep doing what we are supposed to do and it will all work out in the end. Peoples metabolisms are all different and everyones journey is different. Hopefully the slower loss will help with excess skin, lol.

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I sure hope that's the case

over ten percent of your entire body mass gone in six weeks is still very impressive!

How many calories are you eating and how much are you working out? It may be possible that your workouts might be sabotaging your weight loss at this stage if you are not consuming enough calories for your energy expenditure (there's a recent thread about this if you do a search). I'm 3.5 months out from surgery and have lost 50 pounds post-op - but over the past 14 weeks what usually happens is the scale will not move for 1-3 weeks, then will suddenly drop 2 or 3 pounds several days in a row. This has been a consistent theme since surgery and I've just realised that this is how I lose weight. I no longer use the word "stall" since clearly I'd have to go much longer (for a month or so) before I need to start getting worried (but hopefully that won't happen for a while). Your body too is still coming to terms with everything, it will start showing a pattern soon enough I think. Also, averaging 5 pounds a week is really good - that's almost a pound a day - just keep at it.

50lbs in 3 months is AWESOME!!! Now that is what I am aiming for. Its just a little scary thinking that my journey will be another one of my failed diets.

50lbs in 3 months is AWESOME!!! Now that is what I am aiming for. Its just a little scary thinking that my journey will be another one of my failed diets.

It all depends on your body structure. You may have thick muscle under the fat. Protein only strengthen the muscles. But you need. Your protein, so, you may have to double up on your cardio. I'm almost 4 weeks out, I lost 40lbs already with no exercise. But remember what I said first, it depends on your build and fat structure. Just stay on course, don't be discouraged, you will see the results you want.

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13 minutes ago, cbkidci said:

It all depends on your body structure. You may have thick muscle under the fat. Protein only strengthen the muscles. But you need. Your protein, so, you may have to double up on your cardio. I'm almost 4 weeks out, I lost 40lbs already with no exercise. But remember what I said first, it depends on your build and fat structure. Just stay on course, don't be discouraged, you will see the results you want.

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Good point.... Thank you for the advice. I will try increasing my cardio to see if that helps. And Great Job on your weight loss success. You got this in the bag.

your weight loss is fine. Most people lose 15-25 lbs the first month, then about 10-12 lbs a month thereafter (well, it drops again once you get six or seven months out). I'd only lost about 23 lbs when I was six weeks out, and I've lost all my excess weight - over 230 lbs altogether. So you are just fine.

as for not losing the last couple of weeks - you're in a stall. You'll experience them again and again on your journey. Just stick to your plan, and the stall will break

How many weeks/months post op are you

21 minutes ago, Ren33vsg said:

How many weeks/months post op are you

not sure who this was meant for, but I'm almost exactly two years out.

Don't be so hard on yourself. You have lost a good amount of weight. Keep focusing on balancing out your nutrition and exercise and drink plenty of fluids.

Do you weigh daily? I had to stop doing that because i was frustrated at the "stalls".?