Plateau finally broke!!!

Well my almost month long platueu finally broke over the last 2 weeks. I was 164 for almost a month and I am now 159....WOOHOO....Life is wonderful! It felt like I was never going to break into the 150's. I am now only 9lbs from my doc's originally goal for me to consider this surgery a success. I am also 29lbs from my original goal but I think I will raise my goal for myself since I know I will lose some when I have my TT in May. I guess everyone would like to know what I have done different to break it right? Well I honestly started paying attention again. I started drinking at least 1- 25g protein shake a day....sometimes 2. I also started to make sure i was doing a little protein then veggies. I really slacked off for a while so I know the plateau was my fault. Well what ever it was I am thankful. I wish you all the same luck in breaking the plateau that we all seems to hit at the same time. HUGS... Julie S. 265/159/130 (maybe 140) Charleston, SC TT in May.

WAY TO GO!!!! I've been plotting my weights on fitday and I follow a pattern of staying the same for about a month and then losing about a pound a day for a week (or 5 days or whatever), so I just have to be patient to wait til "losing week". I'm in it now and I'm OVERJOYED to say I'm at 154.8!!!! Your doctor's goal and my doctor's goal must be just about the same. He wants me at 149 to make my BMI at the top end of normal/ideal. I feel as fat as ever and really saggy. I can still "pinch an inch" just about everwhere on my body, even the backs of my calves when I'm in the bathtub (EWWWWWW). Plastic surgery would help SOME of this but there's still a lot of fat to go. Maybe at 135 or so I'll feel less like a really fat person. Congrats on your incredible progress!!! You look phenomenal!!! I bet you're really excited about the TT! Hugs, Susan

Julie S. Congrats. My cycle of going up and down seems to have stopped at this point also, so I am a happy camper. Have a great day. Love and Prayers Emma Lou

SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF US WERE AT A PLATEAU!! HOPEFULLY, MINE WILL START MOVING DOWN TOO. I HAVE STARTED EXERCISING AGAIN AND STARTED BACK ON MORE POWDERED PROTEIN. I FEEL BETTER. JUST WANT THAT SCALE TO MOVE! JEANNIE

Waaaaaa -- my scale hasn't moved yet! I'm still here at 165 and thinking it will never come off. And like Susan, I can see where it all is still lurking -- like, on my back (I hate that). But thanks Julie, for keeping me hoping! I'm being strict about my protein and veggies too so maybe one of these days the scale will get unstuck. Congratulations to you! Donna 243/164/130 (someday!)