Platues happen :(

I know that Platues happen but it is so hard to deal with. I feel like I have on every diet I have ever been on. Once I hit a platue the diet preety much stoped working and that worries me now big time! I have hit 2 platues the first one at aroun 3 weeks and it lasted 2 weeks and then another ay 6 weeks that lasted 2 weeks so now at my 11 week mark I have had half of that in platues. I have lost 50 lbs (21 came off the first week) so far and feel like I am falling far behind everyone else. when I talk with the support group vetrans they seem like oh well its just a platue it will pass. But it is the mental aspect of it that is so frustrating!!!! I think I am just gona get my water protine and exercise in like I have been and stay off the scale for a while to save my sanity.

Deanna, My lap R-en-Y was done on the 22 Apr..only down 47# and have also been on a plateau for a little over a week. VERY discouraging, I agree, I think the exercise and staying off the scale is a good plan. I find if I dont get my protein in, I dont lose weight. Try on old clothes if you get too discouraged, and it seems to really pick me up. Really love that baggy feeling, especially in the thigh area !! Also remember that if youre building muscle, it weighs more than fat, so, you may be losing fat, but gaining muscle, whick would mess up the scale.....try a measuring tape instead of the scale. ? . works for me....whatever works to keep you on target. goood luck

Deanna ... I had my surgery on 04/28/03 and I'm down 43 pounds. I've hit three plateaus and let me tell you, I get very discouraged! I get the same feeling as you - I feel I am so far behind everyone else. But, don't let these get you down. Everyone is different in the weight loss journey and I've talked to many individuals on this to ensure I wasn't off too much. My thinking is that the reason a plateau comes around is so that your chemicals/hormones can catch up to the body losing all that weight. Just my opinion. Hang in there and do not worry. Turn that frown upside down!!! )

I had my surgery on 22 April and it's been three platueau for me! I'm down 36 lbs and it just is sooooo frustrating. Really strange. I'm doing all I'm supposed to do and the scale stays there. I was on a 2 week platueau and went away on a business trip and came back 5 pounds lighter in four days. Then another two week platueau and I'm stuck again. I know the feeling of being left behind. My good friend had it done 4 days before me and has lost almost 60 lbs! We even go to the gym together and believe me I'm NOT building muscle. But the great part of this surgery is that I can't just blow it off and go back to old habits and don't even want too. It's going to come off, but right now I'm discouraged. You are right too. It's so hard not to get on the scale every day! Good luck and God Bless. Keep with the plan. It's going to work for us too, but maybe we'll just add a couple of weeks or a month in getting to our goal. Just think, by Christmas we'll be so full of energy. Much more then last year and we'll be able to get some nice holiday clothes!

I know I was losing at a very rapid weight loss, 101 pounds in less than 12 weeks and then all of a sudden for the past two weeks nothing. My doctor told me that we will hit plateus that could last for awhile then all of sudden drop. I am not complaining about the wieght loss so far. It is just discouraging when you are doing the things you need to do plus now I am exercising, and still on that crazy plateau, but I know one day soon I will wake up and another 10 lbs will be off. Hang in there! The weight will move.

I had surgery on April 8th. I have hit several plateaus. At first it really discouraged me. Each time I have hit one when I passed it I lost several pounds really quickly. The thing about plateaus is that even if you are losing pounds you may still be losing inches. Plateaus happen but don't let them get you down. Good luck all.

Deanna I too am at 11 weeks and have lost 50 pounds and feel the same as you do scare the weight will stop coming off! My doctor told me to only go on the scale 1-2 times a month only he said to judge things on how I feel but its so hard! I think Ive hit a platue too. How much should you lose in a month Im not even sure!