I am at a plateau, and have been for about two weeks, while eating 800-1200 daily. I was wondering, how long was your longest plateau while dieting (not cheating, exercising, trying really hard to lose)? By the way, I am about 5 weeks post op.

Well my longest plateau was about two weeks so far. I am nearly 4 months out and I am down 70lbs. I have 5.75 cc in a 14 cc band. Being only 5 weeks out your doing fine. Look at it this way you can eat around 8oz at a meal. Well that is still alot less than before right. At least it was for me. Wow I could eat a lb or more..lol..This is my advice. Eat healthy, eat often, follow all the rules of the tool, get fills when needed and for stop looking at the scale. Your body is going through many changes right now be patient and stop scale watching. My goal is very simple "Weigh myself once a month" See if you can do it. Its really hard to do. That way you keep your mind out of it and you just focus on what you need to do each day. My weight falls off in chunks. Good luck and take your vitamins.:thumbdown:

Can you really hit a plateau at only five weeks posy op? I think perhaps we are expecting to much, when we are newly banded. And I include myself in that comment as I am newly banded as well.

No offense als74, but I think your body is probably still healing and you need to give yourself time. Now with that said, have you had a fill yet? Perhaps a fill is needed to give you that edge over the plateu.

Good luck!

My first fill is Feb 2nd. And really, I get full for the most part when I eat, so I don't really think it is a fill issue. I eat until I am full, which depends on what I eat. Thick foods like refried Beans, tuna, and pitas fill me up quickly, while other foods don't fill me, but make me no longer hungry. Of course, I do want a fill, because the fullness does not last long.

I am just worried. I sometimes read about people who were banded, eat right, and never really lose, not matter how many fills they get. I have hypothyroidism, so my doc said it would be harder for me to lose, and I am already working so hard on what I eat (just like there is no band).

I understand what you are saying, and I just need some tough love. I like to know other people plateaued and got over it. Misery likes company:cursing::w00t:

Can you really hit a plateau at only five weeks posy op? I think perhaps we are expecting to much, when we are newly banded. And I include myself in that comment as I am newly banded as well.

No offense als74, but I think your body is probably still healing and you need to give yourself time. Now with that said, have you had a fill yet? Perhaps a fill is needed to give you that edge over the plateu.

Good luck!

I agree with this entirely.

I would definite a pleateau as not losing any weight for like six weeks or two months. I never lost weight every single week apart from the first three months or so. I'd go two or three weeks, drop 2 or 3 lb, go for anothern couple of weeks, suddenly drop 4lb, go another two, lose 1lb kind of thing. Steady 2lb per week just didnt happen for me.

I just dont consider not losing for a few weeks a plateau. Its not a sign that you need to change everything or panic, its just if you expect to lose weight every single week you're probably going to be disappointed.