Is weightloss over?

Help! I am almost 10 months out and I have not had much luck in losing since November. I keep going up and down by a couple pounds and have only lost a total of about 80 pounds altogether. Since Jan. I have been exercising 4 or 5 times a week (about 60 minutes on exercise bike), journaling my food, watching my water and protein. I am scared that I won't lose anymore weight. I have about 30 to 35 pounds still to lose to reach goal. Please let me know if anyone else has gone through this and if there if hope for me. I would appreciate any ideas people have to try and get back onto the losing side Take care Julia P.S I just figured out a little while ago there was this April board and have been reading your posts. You have a great group of people here!! Keep up the great work.

Julia P. Welcome to the board, yes we are a wonderful group here, and a very supportive group. Try do the liquid diet for 6 days. Just clear liquids for 3 days, then on the fourth day do the clear liquid plus one protein shake a day for the next 3 days and see if that wont jump start your systems. It worked for me. I was stuck for 2 months and this is what my nut suggested I do. You might try eating more protein too. Hope this helps. Kathleen

Someone posted not too long about a diet to follow to jumpstart your weight loss. You would have to go back in the messages to find it. Are you eating your protein or driking it? If you are not drinking protein drinks I would strongly suggest doing so. Are you eating white carbohydrates (white bread, pasta, rice) or sugar regularly? That can slow or stop your weight loss and eventually cause regain. My weight loss has slowed a lot and that's to be expected after 6 to 9 months or so. I have noticed that I'm having more carbs than I should so I'm paying close attention to that now. Sometimes no matter what you do or don't do your body is just going to plateau for awhile. Good luck figuring it out and getting the last of it off Lizzie

yes I know how you feel I have been bouncing back & forth for 2 & 1/2 months now but today I did lose so I hope I have a loss comming it is comming off slow for me to I have lost 87 ,29 to my goal .I go to gym 2 times a week & walk 2 miles a day so I get upset sometimes because it wont come off fast but I have hope it will ,so lets keep going to gym & drink our water & protien& take our vit & we will get there soon ,good luck Becky

Welcome Julia, Don't despair. It sounds like you need to shake things up a bit. Maybe changing your exercise routine a bit by alternating your aerobic exercises on the bike with some strength training to build some muscle which will help burn more calories. Double check your food intake, go back to basics protien first then small amount vegetable or fruit. Stay away from those bad carbs like white bread, potatos, and pasta. My nutritionist said recently that I should be getting 900-1000calories a day. Sometimes if you are not getting enough calories in and you are exercising up a storm your body will try and keep all those calories as it thinks you are starving it. Also shoot for 60-70 grams protien a day. Alot of us have had our weight loss slow down or stall, you are not alone. You can continue to lose. Hang in there. Try and shake it up a bit. Sher

Thanks for all your input. It's nice having others who are at the same point as you in your journey. I will mix things up and see what happens. Wish me luck? Julia

When I hit 80% of my excess body weight lost, my surgeon said, "well, you have hit the goal for your surgery... anything else you lose is going above and beyond." I panicked! I wanted to lose 100 pounds! But what he said made sense. The surgery is supposed to make you lose around 80% of your excess body weight and keep it off. Anything above that is your own hard work. Which is cool. I feel more of a sense of accomplishment for every pound I lose now. The surgeon said that it would take me 6-9 months to get the last 15-20 pounds off. I tried to do the liquid diet, but failed miserably. Let me know how you do!

Sound right. I need to lose about 155 pounds to hit a weight of 170. Lost 130 pounds ( a little more then 80%) and have to start exercising to lose any more. Wifey doesn't want me much skinnier through.

Julia this is the best place to come...we are all around the same stage in our surgery date and we all go through the same struggles and we help each other...I love these people here and they share their wisdom and their pain and we all work together to encourage and help each other...welcome and I hope you try some of the things the others suggested...they all shared what I would have shared. In Him, Joan M

Julia, I too have lost only 80 pounds, but my biggest issues are not drinking enough. Are you drinking plenty? Kim M.