The last week and a half has been maddening. Monday-195, Tuesday-196, Wednesday-194, Thursday, 196... AAARRGGH! I'm not doing anything different! I swear I'm losing these same three pounds for the fifth time now! Get off and stay off already! Why is my scale doing this to me? What can I do to get off this nasty ride?

Aaarrghh! How frustrating! Maybe you do need to do something different? Maybe add two or three hundred calories one or two days a week to confuse your body? I've heard that works really well. (Won't it be great if eating MORE is the answer to your problem?) =)

I really do feel your pain. I weighed 309 for one brief shining moment about a week ago and I haven't seen it since. You can't make me change my signature though! I think I might need to take my own advice and eat more calories today. They have been super low.

kjeter:

I know exactly how you feel. I've been flipping up and down with the same two pounds since 4/4/08. It's a bit aggrevating. I've even tried increasing my exercise, and that's not helping.

Having my gallbladder out this Thursday, so I can already see 5 pounds of Fluid coming on - uggh!

If you figure out the trick to getting past those three pounds, please share.

I so wanted to be under 200 for my one year anniversary of when I started dieting, but seeing how it's 5 pounds away and I've only got 8 days, not looking good. Maybe he'll give me great pain meds so that I sleep for four days - not gonna happen, oh well!

Keep on trying, and know that I will to.

Take care.

Sue

I have been stuck at a certain weight twice since being banded. I finally figured out that I have to shake things up with my diet & exercise. I will eat differently for a few days and increase the exercise just to break through the plateau. Also, maybe you shouldn't weigh yourself every day. I know it is hard not to do it, but it will make you crazy beating yourself up over a pound or even a few ounces here and there.

My friend is a nutritionist and had me experiment with this. She had me weigh myself every hour I was awake during the day. I consistently had different weights going up as much as 2.5 pounds at certain times. She suggests only weighing yourself once a week but if need be, then every other or every third. It was hard to get used to but it does help to not stress about a few ounces here and there.

That happens to me, too. I bat around the same 2 pounds, then go down. Then bat around a new 2 pounds. It's maddening!!!

I am glad to hear that other people are experiencing this. I thought it was me. A friend of mine and I went through the procedure about 2 weeks apart from each other and she has not experienced this yet. I could not figure out what I was doing wrong. For the last month I have been weighing myself once a week and there has still been a couple of weeks that my weight does not change at all. I feel like I am too early in the game to be plateau-ing. I dont drink any sodas at all (not even diet) and did not pick up a lot of the habbits that i had before surgery. I work out at least 3 times a week and more if my schedule allows me to. I get frustrated but after reading this i can see that i am not alone and i just need to keep on pushing myself foward. We can do this!

I do that too! Makes me so mad! I am obsessed...weighin myself every morning...can't help it...to break it....I either know I am eating way too low calories or I just go on clear liquids for 2 days....it works like a charm....I hate having to eat more though...because its like I don't have a middle ground I either dont eat enough calories or I tend to overeat...but then again that's why we are all here.

I just go on clear liquids for 2 days....it works like a charm....

This really works? I'd be willing to do that if it works!

it really works for me!