I BROKE MY PLATEAU!

wOO hOO! I finally broke my 18 day plateau!!! 'sigh' I thought it was only 16 days but it was actually 18 days! Waaayy too long. I didnt think I was ever going to start loosing again! I weighed myself this morning and was down 4 pounds! yaaaayyy!!! FINALLY!!!! Its very upsetting when you stop loosing. You start feeling so discouraged. I seriously upped my protein to around 80...some days more. Ive been doing a little exercising nothing big but hopefully that helped too. I am hoping to loose another 10 pounds by the end of the month. I know thats probably wishful thinking but I am gonna stay positive. Elizabeth M -48 pounds!

Awesome! I am on day 12 of a plateu and it is driving me nuts! It is just so depressing. I am having a hard time getting in the protein. I just can't eat enough to get it in and I dont like the shakes etc. but I am forcing myself to drink them again. I know it is majorly affecting my WL. I am also walking every day now. I am not going far. 30 minutes on the treadmill. Hopefully every week I will be able to increase that time. ANything is better than nothing though right? I think maybe another problem is I eat my meal and it isn't much but then a couple hours later I am hungry again. I have started eating things like sugar free fudge bars and maybe that is why I am on a plateau? ANy thoughts about this? There are so many of those atkins low carb, sugar free ice cream bars out that I wonder, are they ok to eat as a snack? Nicole

Elizabeth - this is wonderful news and I'm so happy for you. 4 lbs is a nice incentive, that's for sure! As you know, I can commiserate with the stall!!! Dina

Thanks guys!! I am with you on the shakes "blech!!!" I drink protein Ice its is a 20oz drink (not a powder) its usually located in the refrigerators of various vitamin/health food stores. They have various flavors - blue rassberry, apple melon, fruit punch, grape. (if you ever get them dont get the ones with the sports bottle cap they are gross) dont know why there is a difference but get the ones with the normal everyday caps if you try them. I cannot taste the protein in them. They taste very sweet and are strong but they are tasty and the blue rassberry taste out weighs it all. Once I started getting in that big amount of protein the weight started to come off again. It took a couple of days though. Darn those plateaus!!! Best Wishes! Oh I forgot to mention the 20oz bottle of protein ice has 40 grams of protein!!! Makes it so much easier to get in that protein. If your stores dont carry you can always request it from them. Oh and they always seem to really really curb my appetite. I'm like you I get hungry quick after I eat. I drink some of that and it kills the craving for some strange reason. Best of luck Elizabeth M -48lbs

Oh I will have to try that protein drink. Maybe the one in the sports bottle has extra stuff added to it like gatoraide. I cant stand that stuff. Nicole

You know what it is with those sports bottle capped ones...they reak of protein. I mean just to smell it is nasty! Its really weird its like a completely different product but its not its just in the sports bottle. Weird maybe they added some type of gatorade stuff like you mentioned and it just brought out the protein taste. Its strange. Another bottle drink is Isopure (in a glass bottle). They are cheaper but they have more of a protein taste. Very thin just like water in consistency they also have flavors...apple melon, grape, blue rasberry, orange. They arent so bad but I notice the protein taste in those too. Not NEAR as bad as those sports bottle ones though. The guy at the store said he prefered them sports bottle ones. I was like are you crazy??? I couldnt even stand the smell! I took 2 sips and was ready to ! LOL but I guess to each his own! He didnt have gastric bypass surgery I dont think so Im thinking he just is trying to sell them? Anyways best of luck to you with them Elizabeth M -48lbs