Been stalled since November, am I doomed?

[Véronique 238]

So, I had the sleeve in August and I only lost 19 kg and stalled in November. Since then, I've been stalled and I can't understand why. I meet my Water and Protein intake as suggested by my nutritionist, I eat at a caloric deficit, I exercise every day and I play roller derby. Because I've had gallbladder attacks, I had my gallbladder removed in March (so I physically am less able to eat fatty foods, as it would make me sick and that would be feedback that I'm not eating right). My surgeon put me on phentermine almost a month ago and I'm still stalled.

Am I doomed to always be this fat?

[James Marusek 5,244]

I had RNY gastric bypass whereas you had the sleeve. So I am not the best expert to answer your question. Sleeve patients lose weight at a much slower pace than bypass patients but their weight loss phase can stretch out for a couple years. But if you haven't lost any weight since November, I would say something is definately wrong and you will need to figure out what that is.

You mentioned that you play roller derby. That is a strenuous sport. I have seen some comments from sleeve patients that sometimes a stall is created when they uptake too few calories. Those that experience problems tend to be individuals that perform strenuous sports. Their body goes into a starvation mode. Starvation mode will halt weight loss. Therefore phentermine may not be the right approach but a few more calories might be the solution. I do not remember what types of food they recommended but perhaps one of them might speak up.

[Véronique 238]

My Nutritionist evaluated three months worth of my dietary intake on MyFitnessPal. Would they have said anything if it were too low?

[allwet 868]

6 hours ago, Véronique said:

My Nutritionist evaluated three months worth of my dietary intake on MyFitnessPal. Would they have said anything if it were too low?

they should have, are they aware of the roller derby? For all those naysayers that preach calorie in calorie out this is all proof you need. So many hormonal things are involved in getting your body to burn stored fat.

If your otherwise healthy try 6 weeks of intermittent fasting. 12 hrs for 2 weeks then 14 hrs for 2 weeks and then 16 hours for 2 weeks. see what happens.

in case all the IF junk out there seems to crazy this just no calories in after dinner - nothing but water- until 12 hrs have passed then just add hours by either eating dinner a little earlier or Breakfast a little late.

Get all your calories during the feeding window and make sure that includes a good meal after that hard workout.

with that kind of workout you may need to run a little high on the Protein grams

put the most carbs in the food before that workout so you have plenty of energy for knocking the **** out of people. The least carbs in last meal of the day.

good luck and let us know if anything changes. This is a marathon not a sprint so have faith the weight will come off.

[BigViffer 3,545]

8 hours ago, Véronique said:

My Nutritionist evaluated three months worth of my dietary intake on MyFitnessPal. Would they have said anything if it were too low?

That really depends on the NUT. I find them to be morons that completed a correspondence course on how best to make smoothies out of bananas and broccoli. Then they take a course on how to sell supplements. They are literally one step above a used car salesman.

I am one of those naysayers that agree with the calories in/calories out. I also believe intermittent fasting to just be the next fad diet that preys on the gullible. I've been here long enough to see the rush to jump on that bandwagon and then the inevitable jump to the next fade instead of changing their lifestyle. Fads don't work, healthy lifestyle choices and balance is what we should strive for.

If you are doing roller derby, you are burning a ****-ton of calories. You are going to have a calorie deficit and most likely an increased appetite. You say log your food on MYP, How honest/accurate are you when entering it? Do you weigh your food? If you are just eye-balling it, you would be amazed at how far off you can be. Do you store your recipes on MFP to calculate accurate macros? You can't always just accept the entry that MFP returns on a search. I have seen a grilled chicken entry vary by hundreds of calories.

I don't say any of this to be a jerk. I try to be as dispassionate and logical as possible when posting anymore. I remember seeing you post a while back and genuinely want you to succeed.

[CalGuy64 66]

I stalled when I got down to 230 pounds just three months post op. I joined a gym and started weight training. I was weak as a kitten the first couple of weeks but my strength is starting to come back. As I upped my training intensity the stall broke (slowly). I'm now down to 215 pounds and hope to loose another 25 or 30 pound by my anniversary date.