Stall Blues

I know that everyone looses weight at a different rate, but I have now gone three weeks without the scale moving one bit. I have tried every trick I know. Eat more protein, eat more, drink more, eat less. All with no results. I know I should not be depressed since I have lost 89 pounds since surgery 4/11, but it is hard not to. Any suggestions/tips? I have never tried any protein bars or protein shakes. Do you think I should? All the protein bars I looked at have alot of fat in them, how much fat are we supposed to stay under?

I have heard on here that there is a plateau buster diet. It is basically very lo carb. I have had a couple of stalls and it works for me. Also, upping your activity level by 10 minutes or so helps me. Ask on the Main board about the diet, someone will post it for ya!! Good Luck!! Toodles, Reneé 418/316/125 -102lbs!!

This was the plateau buster diet someone gave me. i am down 80 lbs - just hanging here the last couple of weeks so i know where you are coming from. I dont do protein bars = i am like you - they look like they have alot of calories. Id rather eat a piece of chicken. watch your sodium intake - it can get surprisingly high quickly. good luck Mari How to break a plateau #1 - Do this for 10 days to break a plateau #2 - Drink 2 quarts of water a day #3 - You must have 45 grams of protein supplement and all your vitamins/minerals supplements each day (some suggest at least 60 and up to 80 gr) #4 - You may consume up to 3 oz of the following high protein foods, 5x a day beef pork chicken turkey lamb fish eggs low fat cheese cottage cheese plain yogurt or artificially sweetened (?) peanut butter beans/legumes You may also have: sugar free popsicles tea or coffee sugar free soda sugar free jello broths/bullion (sp?) crystal light drinks #5 - If it's not on the list, you can't have it for 10 days!!!! #6 - Keep a food diary and try to get up to 30 mins of exercise daily

Heather, I use protein bars as a meal replacement. I buy the low carb ones. They are about 210 calories and 10 grams of fat. I was told to stick within 12 g.of fat and 3g of sugar. I use them at work when I can't eat a meal. I am also in a stall for 2 weeks. I am taking physical theropy to strengthen my leg muscles so it will be interesting to see what the scale does this week. Hang in there. See you lighter. Joanne

Hello Heather, join the gang! Like I just posted on Kristies post right after yours. For give me, I cut and pasted my post to her below: I was on a plateau for the past 2 weeks and finaly I went to GNC last Monday got some new protein bars and upped my protein from 60 grams per day to 80 -100 per day since Monday and I have lost 5 pounds since last Sunday. I was getting worried. So I asked around on a couple other message boards what people said to do was up the protein and water and change your exercise, so I upped my protein like I said, then I upped my water to roughly 100 ozes per day. Its hard to do... Then I added swimming to the 1/2 mile walk per day. I only go swimming twice a week. But I am going to start walking at the local shopping mall so I can get out of the weather this winter. Take care, Tom 536/404/200 132 lbs gone.

I did not know that we could eat beans. I thought that they were high in carbs as well as protein. Do any of you regularly eat them? What is a serving size?