I am so frustrated right now. I have not lost a single pound in 10 days. I have not changed anything....I am still eating my 3 ouonce meals and drinking my Protein shakes as instructed my average calories are 983 per day.

I am excersising 5 times a week for 60 minutes a day.

What could I be doing differently to help jump start this weight loss again. I am not hungry in between meals.

I have no fill either.

I am not scheduled to see my surgeon til February 7th. I am getting so down about this, and I know I shouldn't be.

How are you doing with your water. Make sure you are getting enough. Also try to minimize the sodium intake. Our bodies like to do this to tease us. You'll step on the scale soon and see you are down 3 lbs!!!!

I am getting 8 glasses in a day, it is a huge struggle but I am doing it. I don't use salt so I don't think that is a problem. I am not eating prepared foods that much I make nearly everything I put into my mouth so I am certain what is in it.

You are probably right, I just know how it furstrates me right now, I almost cried yesterday at the gym when I got on the scale and still no movement.

I am trying to focus on how good I feel.....but it is so hard....I want the next 16 pounds to move out....I want to be in ONDERLAND so badly.

It is very frustrating, I know. These things will happen from time to time and the best way I've found to break it is to switch up something. Either don't exercise for a day or two or enjoy a nice meal with some extra calories. I'm not saying go off the deep end and eat an entire cake, I'm just saying that something "out of the ordinary" usually wakes my body up and sparks my weight loss again. Just something to consider.

Thank you I shall try that....anything at this point is worth it to me!!!!!LOL

I know it is a plateau and I just need to be patient......patience is hard with WL though....LOL

Especially when I see such amazing people as yourself......WOW

what an accomplishment you have made!!

COngratulations!!

Try upping your calories. (Until Now) My body would only lose when I was taking in 1500 calories. Now I have lost so much that I am having to cut calories to continue losing.

Also eat more frequently- every 3 hours to increase your metabolism.

Also, eat the majority of your Protein from solid foods not just shakes.

Try changing your exercise routine or maybe up the time a couple of days a week.

Hope these suggestions help.

Have you taken your measurements previously? You might find that you are not losing weight, but you are getting smaller. I am noting that you are working out quite a bit. Could it be that some of your fat is converting to muscle? Muscle is heavier than fat, so that might account for the lack of movement of the scale.

I am having a somewhat similar issue and I measured myself yesterday and realised that I had lost 1/2 inch each off of my bust, my waist and my hips, even though the scale said I hadn't lost any weight. That made me feel a little bit better (I still would rather see the numbers go down on the scale though)

I am getting 8 glasses in a day, it is a huge struggle but I am doing it. I don't use salt so I don't think that is a problem. I am not eating prepared foods that much I make nearly everything I put into my mouth so I am certain what is in it.

You are probably right, I just know how it furstrates me right now, I almost cried yesterday at the gym when I got on the scale and still no movement.

I am trying to focus on how good I feel.....but it is so hard....I want the next 16 pounds to move out....I want to be in ONDERLAND so badly.:rofl:

I just read recently that the whole "8 glasses a day" recommendation is actually incorrect. I think the article stated something like consuming that amount of Water a day including that which comes from food, tea, etc. etc.

Thanks everyone for all your wonderful advice, I am taking everything you said in and trying to relax. I have not taken any measurements but will plan on doing that this weekend. I don't know why I didn;t I guess because the weight was most important to me at the time.

I know I am losing inches because of how my clothes fit on me.

I will continue to try to work out even harder than I am now, I am going to start walking on the treadmill at the club a couple of times a week to give things a change.

My best advice is to throw out the scale.

I did that for the first 5 months, because it was discouraging.

I finally bought another one because curiosity was killing me, but when you're at a plateau, or maybe you're losing inches instead of lbs, etc.. it can frazzle your motivation. You need to ignore the weight if you're plateauing and focus on continuing to do good things.

I also 'mix it up' to confuse my body. I eat under 1,000 calories normally, but twice a week I will spike it to 1,500ish calories.. for fun.. hehe. It seemed to be working for me.

I cut my doctor's hair every 4 weeks so I get a little free advice. He was asking me how my eatting was going... He told me to mix it up. You body get use to a certian amount of calories and working out. So all of the woman that were saying the samething were right according to my doctor. Good luck

I haven't lost a pound since December 26th. I've actually fluctuated up and down 2 pounds. I've only been on mushies since Jan 1. It's so frustrating... but truthfully it helps when I read over and over again on here that others are experiencing the same thing. I have faith, and so should you, that the scale will start moving downward once again. I think I was just spoiled with my rapid 12 pound post-surgery loss (week 1) that this standstill is getting to me. I'm staying the course and I'm sure that the weight will start dropping off again... even before my first fill!

i WAS AT PLATEAU FROM THANKSGIVING TILL THE NEW YEAR. i DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS TIME OR WHAT, BUT I INCREASED MY CALORIES FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND DOUBLED MY EXERSIZE BIKE TIME. THE POUNDS HAVE STARTED DROPPING AGAIN.

That has happened to me before as well. I think some others on here said to mix up your calorie count. Someone once explained to me that our bodies get used to a certain number of calories. If I hit a plateau like that, I up my callories (as much as I can with the band) for a day. Then the next day, I eat a very small amount of calories. My weight may go up a pound or two for a bit (DON'T FREAK--like me!), but then the weight starts coming off again. In past diets, I always had problems after eating more calories...I wanted to keep doing it! But, with the band, eating more makes me sick, so it's pretty easy to go back to normal.

If this doesn't work the first time, I do it a couple of times until the weight comes off again. Now, I've gotten to the point where I just vary my calories daily, and this problem hasn't happened since (not to say that it won't in the future!).

Hope this helps!

Jennie

You guys are all so awesome, I am going to take your advice and up my calories I have been sticking to around 900 and I think I may need the fluctation, I have also been eating alot of the same foods day in and day out and I think that is not a good thing either....even though they are healthy foods.

Variety is the spice of life so they say!! Thanks again everyone I feel so much better.!!

Every month I have 7 to 10 days just before my period starts where I wont lose any weight. But what I lose the rest of the month more than makes up for it. Kinda frustrating at times but at least its an early sign that Im not pregnant lol.