Well I had surgery 3/5/08. I have had some great success and lost 60lbs in a year. Well since my one year check up I have been stuck. I have changed my workout changed my eating around but seem to not be able to get over this pleateau. I am not sure what else to do. Has anyone ever tried the colon cleanse? If so which one was good? Should I possibly try liquids for a few days or week? I am just stuck. I started at 294lbs and now I am about 230-235. Any help anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks everyone.

Well I had surgery 3/5/08. I have had some great success and lost 60lbs in a year. Well since my one year check up I have been stuck. I have changed my workout changed my eating around but seem to not be able to get over this pleateau. I am not sure what else to do. Has anyone ever tried the colon cleanse? If so which one was good? Should I possibly try liquids for a few days or week? I am just stuck. I started at 294lbs and now I am about 230-235. Any help anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks everyone.

Hey there.. I have had this happen to me as well, a couple of suggestions I have are.. try 2 days of liquids, 2 days of mushies.. or try and increase excercize time but lower the resistance part. You might also try increasing your caloric intake. Some times your body thinks it is in starvation mode and won't let any of the weight go. If you add calories your body sometimes will let you lose. I did these 3 things at different plateau times and they worked for me. I hope that helps and good luck!!!

I got stalled, had a problem with my band, and gained 30 pounds. Grrrrrr. I wanted to jump start two so I'm trying three things. First, I'm back to a support group so I have to be accountable and keep thinking about how to use my band correctly. I've upped my exercise. And lastly I did a 9 day Isagenix cleanse. I don't sell it but I learned about it from a friend. It went well and I lost 5 pounds and felt great. Loved the shake and just got the 30 day program. It's simple and is just what i needed to give myself a jump start and get as healthy as I can. On my latest order I added bars and Soup. I'm eating one healthy meal and one snack a day. I look forward to the meal and choose carefully - low fat Protein and veggies are very appealing when they're your one meal of the day :-). They have another plan that's 2 meals and a shake or bar a day and I'll evenually work up to that one. Anyway, for what it's worth, it has helped me to do a cleanse and sort of reset my mind and body both.

Britt

Thank you for all your great suggestions. I am trying the liquids and upping my exercise so we will see how that goes. I may try the cleanse as well just as another boost. Thanks again.

A suggestion would be to get back to basics. 1000-1200 calories per day. Eat Protein first - 60 grams of protein per day and exercise. Are you still hungry after eating 4-5 oz of protein ?? does it hold you for 5 hours?? If not, Call your Doc, you probably need another adjustment.

You're doing great. 71 lbs is fantastic.:bored:

I am in the same boat at you. I had my surgery 1/19/07. On surgery day I was 300.5 pounds. Currently stuck at 220-225 (for several months) I started the 5 Day Pouch Test Diet on Monday. Hoping it will jumpstart things. You can Google to get the info if you have not heard of it. There is also a thread for it under the nutrition section.

I started the 5 Day Pouch Test Diet on Monday

I tried the 5 Day Pouch Test 2 weeks ago, and I didnt lose a pound! I was rather disappointed, but I've heard such good things about other people's success. I guess it just wasnt for me.

I was told by my surgeon's dietician that adding some weight training in addition to the treadmill might help jump start things...