Loss of appetite

[cdwashington73 3]

I had my surgery on February 13 this year and surgery went fine. I lost about 45 pounds to date and did not have any issues. I’m trying to prevent stalling because the weight was coming off pretty regularly and now it has drastically slowed down. I burn about 700 cal a day and my energy is fine. My main issue is getting enough calories. I consume on average about 500-600 cal a day if I’m lucky. I get 90-100 g of Protein mostly from shakes. I never get hungry and forget sometimes to eat. I’m not looking to consume more food just raise my calories but I am worried about stalling. Did anyone stall because of too few calories and if so what did you do to balance it?

[Mattymatt 491]

Stalls kind of happen when they happen and there is really nothing you can do to prevent them. The prevailing advice I hear is just to keep doing what you're doing and ride them out. Make certain to keep tracking your food, liquids, and activity so that your dietitian can help if it feels like you just can't break the stall.

[XYZXYZXYZ1955 675]

Look at it this way: you didn't gain your weight on a daily basis, so you're probably not going to lose it that way, either. I've had several quite long stalls--for a month!--and eventually they break. Sometimes you need to check what you are doing, but sometimes they happen even when you are a model weight-loss patient. Expect them, wait them out, don't lose focus.

[aNYCdb 310]

Just curious what you are basing your "I burn about 700 cal a day" on?

[cdwashington73 3]

Treadmil and elliptical machine. I spend about an hour in the morning and about 55 min in the evening.

[Kathy Fife 11]

Even with exercise stalls happen. If you're not getting enough Protein your body will pull from your muscles. Try high protein milk with your Protein Powder. Learn some tricks to get it in, but be careful, some high protein items also have high carbs which are ng.

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