I feel like a rollercoaster! Please help. I cannot get below 220. Up and down 2-5 lbs. Got banded 2/11/08:confused::thumbup:

I think we all go through this... I have no restriction right now and I had gotten down to 265 on sunday and then the next day I was back up to 267. In one day I gained 2 pounds.. it's so weird.. I feel like one of those graph machines... when I get down to 263 I'll jet back up to 265 and do that for a while too. It's most likely just that we need a fill. But, when I look at my chart, I'm steadily losing weight every week. Even if only a pound, I'm always at least losing a pound. Good luck. It will happen!

I'm going through the same thing. Started at 230, got down to 196 nice and steady, and since then I've been going between 196 and 194 for almost two weeks. It's making me nuts. I googled "diet plateau" but didn't learn anything new. Some people say to eat something high carb, like a baked potato, to jump start your metabolism again. The one thing almost everyone had to say is that you need to change your routine for a while. Eat something different, change your exercise, etc. I've done that for the last two days, and low and behold, finally made it to 193 today. We'll see if I keep going or if I'm stuck here now.

I've dieted all of my life (obviously not successfully long-term!) and tried all the tricks to break plateaus and the one that always works for me is having a couple of higher calorie days every week. It's against my nature to add calories since I've always equated weight loss with deprivation but it really does work, for me anyway.

I hit 309 last week and I had been bouncing upward since then until I increased my calories for a couple of days. Now I'm back down to 309. Go figure. Good luck!

I agree with Gibson. I track my daily intake at Calorie Counter - Free Online Diet Journal. This week I have made a conscious effort to get at least 1000 calories a day. When I go under that, I don't lose. When I'm around 1000, I seem to lose the best. Have you had a fill yet? Before my first fill, I plateau'ed and then even gained 8 lbs back. That was super frustrating. Once I got my fill, I started losing again. I can't wait for my next one because I know I'm losing restriction again.

I know this all too well. I was on a plateau for TWO freakin' years!! I would bounce from 175 up to 185 and back down again. It wasn't until I got my band that the weight started to drop again.

I do believe you have to change your routine to get results on the scale again. More vigorous exercise, keeping your calories above 850, but not more than 1300, etc. Sometimes though, your weight just needs to slow down to catch up with your size. I'm thinking I'm about due for a bit of a plateau again soon.

Hopefully I'm wrong!!

Edited April 21, 200818 yr by LilMissDiva