Question about continued weight loss

[Candigrl1 152]

So I have been around the same weight for a little over a month. Sometimes gaining a pound or two then losing it back. My question is once your weight loss really starts to slow way down like mine did will you continue to lose weight? I am eating around 900 calories per day with 30 minutes of exercise. Is this enough or do I need to revamp my calories down?

Thanks

[smc124 118]

I know this doesn’t answer your question directly but, are you doing much strength training? Adding muscle is a sure fire way to increase your daily caloric burn rate. We inevitably lose muscle during the weight loss phase and adding some of it back will facilitate further weight loss if that’s what you are interested in.

[hills&valleys 130]

"I am eating around 900 calories per day with 30 minutes of exercise. Is this enough or do I need to revamp my calories down?"

You might be experiencing an extended stall. Often when a person loses a substantial amount of weight in a relatively short period of time, we have reached a set point and our bodies need to catch up to the loss before restarting the next losing phase. If the stall continues much longer, I would definitely talk your doctor.

[catwoman7 11,285]

yes that seems normal to me. Once I got to around the year mark my weight loss slowed down to a crawl. We're talking maybe two lbs a month. But I kept at it and it eventually came off...

also, stalls late in the game seem to be more frequent and last longer. So many times I said "well, this must be it...", and then I'd end up dropping a couple more pounds.

Edited February 24, 2023 by catwoman7

[Arabesque 7,617]

I wondered if it was just the to be expected slowing or a prolonged stall too. Though I am leaning towards stall because your calorie intake is still low. Certainly too low to be maintaining for your activity level. (Though a little taller than you, I eat about 1400+/- calories to maintain at my weight & I really don’t exercise.)

I slowed right down & the last kilo to my goal was a b*tch to lose. I was only eating a bare 900 calories like you but I did keep slowly losing for another 11 odd months (another 11kg) until my caloric intake equalised what my body needed to maintain.

Have a chat with your surgeon & dietician. They know you & your needs best.

[SpartanMaker 1,465]

5 hours ago, smc124 said:

I know this doesn’t answer your question directly but, are you doing much strength training? Adding muscle is a sure fire way to increase your daily caloric burn rate. We inevitably lose muscle during the weight loss phase and adding some of it back will facilitate further weight loss if that’s what you are interested in.

+1 on this. There are lots of benefits to strength training, but the most germaine here is the fact that it will increase your metabolism.

[The Greater Fool 2,072]

The one thing I've learned from this thread is:

Different strokes for different folks. It's a big thing to learn. There are multiple paths to success, and amazinging the same paths lead to success for some people and failure for others.

To point, if I had to live my life on a restrictive, even draconian diet, or if I had to keep track of every last morsel I ate, I would have rebelled big time or just ignored the whole thing and chalked up another failure. Honestly, if the plan was not one I knew I could sustain, I would not have had surgery. But I know that on the flip side, there are people that could not thrive on my plan.

The one point of commonality in all these exceptoinal exeriences is: Do what you can sustain.

I can do anything draconian, or painful, or torturous for a month, even six months, or if there is an expiration date within sight. I can't, or won't, do it forever. This applies to your diet plan, exercise plan (or not), and just about every aspect of life. If you can suffer forever when you have a choice not to, more power to you.

So my advice: make the post-op plan you are given into YOUR plan, one that is or can be adjusted to something that you can sustain. The first year is the perfect time to do this as you will have months of success after success as you follow your sustainable plan and keep losing weight, which will make you feel good about your plan. This success will carry you into maintenance.

There has been exceptional experience and advice in this thread. Take the parts that will work for you and make them your own. Don't make promises you can't keep, do what you can sustain.

Success and good luck,

Tek

Edited February 24, 2023 by The Greater Fool