I am getting dicouraged

I am 11months post and getting depressed, the scale does not move and has not moved in a while...I am terrified of becomming big again I waited 30years to start my new life and I dont want it to go away..HELP!!! advice ,incourgement please. Please tell me I am not the only one.I feel like I am failing. Also where or what can I do to get help with eating.Anyone ever tried weigh****chers or some kind of program..I am telling you I an getting depressed... Thanks Alice

I know the feeling! You're NOT alone!!! Since Christmas my weight had stayed the same. I was getting a little freaked out! I'm still a LONG way from my goal. I was stuck at 256 which left me with about 70lbs to goal! Then I went onto www.fitday.com and started counting again. I realized I was getting too many of the wrong calories and too many carbs. I went back to basics (like 2 months out) and I've lost 8lbs in a week! I try to aim for 800-1000 calories a day, no more than 50g of carbs (the RIGHT kinda carbs... whole wheat, etc), and 70-80 g of protein. I don't know if my scale will continue to move, but I'm hoping. Whatever you do, don't let yourself slip because you're depressed, let that make you work harder Good luck hun! You've come such a long way, don't turn back! ::HUGS:: Michelle Lap RNY 4/18/05 (400)388/248/185

I am the same no movement since November and about 30 lbs from docs goal and 80 lbs till mine. I have done fit day and now I am back at the gym hoping my metabolism will kick back in and take some off. I am a little scared also.

Hello Alice, I have notice that my weight loss has come to a creeping along too... But I have found is that I have had to go back to the basics and concentrate on getting in at least 80 ozs of water a day and to have at least 3 protein shakes per day. With the three micro meals. Which are mostly protein and no fat at all.. I have found out that I am very senseative to fat and it will make me dump. So I concentrate on getting in lean cuts of pork or fish with very little mayo or Ranch dressing. I still can not do much beef unless its jerky. I can eat roasted chicken breast. I make alot f Lentils too and bean soups. Also I have been upping my excerise to 5 times per week for the past month too and that has helped... I just lost another 10 lbs in the last 2 weeks, since I have went back to the basics and cut out just about all carbs and fats. It really is showing now.. I am still building muscle mass though too. I feel One Hundred times better then I did a year ago... I just know I am going to have to be supplementing my diet for the rest of my life with a protein shake... I have found out that the protein bars are full of too much sugar and that is not helping me lose either so I am just using the shakes for my suppplementing protein and lot lots of water. Wishing you the best, We are in this to together.... If you need someone to talk with email me and I will be glad too chat or talk. Take care, Tom 536/348/250 -190 lbs

Alice: There is good news here. You dont need to go to weigh****chers ever again. You have the tool there and will for life. You are not on nor will you ever be on a diet again in your life. Sometimes things will slow down but we need to be in charge of our new pouchies. To get back to the basics is easy. Just concentrate on eating Protein and veggies only. We rarely require much more then that any way. If you do as Tom says and cut all carbs from your regimine, you will put your body into what is called Ketosis. That is fat burning mode. When we first had surgery, we all went into ketosis stage of weight loss. Here is what you do to put yourself back on track hun, Eat Protein for 3 meals a day plus 2 to 5 servings of green veggies. 2 high protein snacks a day, and that is it. concentrate on fluid, eat S/F jello, pudding and such through the day, water water water,....you will with in 5 days get back to the basics of weight loss and as long as you do that, you will see the pounds drop off you like flies again. I am 11 months out and have lost 170 pounds doing this. I am very healthy. I take my vitamins as directed and am fine with it. i have been in fat burning or ketosis since the day of surgery. I just had my abdominoplasty on Monday and could not be happier. To think of paying money for a tool you already have should not even be a consideration. The tool is there, just retrain it and you will be on the weight loss section again... I would love to help you and keep you encouraged in this....email me if you need any help or suggestions to get you started...meal ideas and such...it can be a pain in the a** but you can do it... Good luck Rae Ann

Alice, Most of us have been where you are now. I had to start depression meds about 6 months out and my weight lose slowed around Christmas. Going back to basics does really help you get a jump start on weight loss again. My Dr. resently told me 75% of my calories should come from protein and 25% from carbs ( fruits and vegetables). He said we don't need the other carbs that come from starches or breads ect. He told me protein bars were stopping my weight loss. I am now sticking to 3 meals aday. 2 days a week I do protein shakes for 2 of my meals. If I eat a protein bar it is used as a meal. This is working for me at the present. I have the same worries about gaining weight back. After all we have done this (yoyo dieting) for so long. This is all we know and the feelings are normal. Remember how far you have come. Hang in there and keep your head up high and be proud. See you lighter. Joanne Hammond OBESITY HELP CHAPTER LEADER.

Alice, from your profile, you have lost over 100#! I am so jealous. I have only lost 48 since my gastric bypass and still have 50 more to go. I started doing bikram yoga in January which is very strenuous and eventhough I have tone up, my scale hasn't budged. Believe it or not, I started taking cortislim a few weeks ago and then suddenly this week, the scale has slowly started to move again. I don't know if it's the exercise, the pills or what but I'm sticking to all of it and pushing forward. Don't forget to count your calories and carbs and make sure you are eating right.

Hi Alice, it is very hard to not get discouraged when the scales just wont shift. I have suffered depression during the past year as seems to be pretty common with us on this board. I am one year out today, and even though I havnt lost the staggering amount that most others on here have, I am still much better physically than I was a year ago. Keep your chin up, and do like I do, and instead of one year goal, I had to reassess my vision for a two year goal. hugs from down under Helen