ANother question: who is NOT plateauing?

Any May-ers not plateauing? I am really frustrated and want to copy someone successful. If you're reaping the rewards of that 'golden period' I keep hearing about, please let me know what/when you eat and exercise. I need some inspiration, and I'd like to try to emulate a 'big loser!' Thanks, kate-the-frustrated

In my opinion...if you are drinking enough fluids, eating your protein and taking your vitamins and exercising then there is really no other thing you can do to get your weight loss moving other than being patient and waiting for your body to start moving again. As fairly new post-ops, we know we aren't getting but probably 500 cals a day. That isn't alot. But it is probably all that we can take in at this point. Just a thought, Kathy

Hi Kate, I too am a May-er and have been plateau's twice in the 1 month since surgery. I have seen the dietician and the doctor, I am doing everything right but I am still losing so slow-21 lbs. I am losing inches but I expected to see the scale move every so often like all the others that I read about on here. I have been very motivated by Kristy T., she seems to be a down to earth person and is very open about the ups and downs. You might want to look at her profile and contact her for some inspiration. Other than that, I too am frustrated and wondering if this is one more thing thats not going to work for me. Hope things start moving soon, Bonnie

Keep in mind, a plateau is technically no loss in weight or inches for 4 weeks or more. At this point, it would technically considered a "stall". Yeah, I know, like that makes any freaking difference! The scale hasn't moved for me for a week and it's p***ing me off! I haven't tried measuring myself, but my clothes feel looser. Think of it this way, every few days/weeks, you're body has to take a breather. Kind of like a big deep breath, before it can keep expelling fat. Like Kathy said, if we're doing what we're supposed to be doing, than we shouldn't have anything to worry about.

I totally understand I lost 38 lbs in 2 1/2 weeks now nothing for 6 days! I cry thinking I am failing. when I am @ the gym 2 hours a day doing situps, squats, & swimming for 45 minutes to an hour. My Doc said our bodys r runing a marathon everyday I need to be patient....Easy for his skinny Butt! Well goodluck to all!!!!

Man! You're cleared for exercise already! You're so lucky! My doc said all I can do is wal****il my 6-week check when she'll clear me for other exercise. Don't get me wrong, I love my walks, but I'm dying to get back in the gym now that I actually have some energy!

OK this is really interesting... it looks like NO ONE is not plateauing. (Stalling, anyway.) I wish someone had told me this happened to almost everyone -- I wouldn't have freaked out like this. So many stories of people my weight losing 120 lbs in the first 3 months... guess I just kinda hoped I'd be one of them. And, by the way, I am not losing inches OR weight. I don't know where the extra 3200-odd calories between my daily expenditure and my daily intake go, but... they're staying on my butt. I want to make a 'fresh start' but I'm already pretty fresh... I don't know what I should be doing differently. More exercise I guess. But if your body already feels starved enough to hold its fat stores, wonder if that would make it worse? Holy frikin cow Carrie, 38 lbs in 2.5 wks?! I would be a lot happier now if I'd stalled at 38 lbs instead of 28. :-\ I completely missed the 390's, breezed through the 380's, and now I feel that I will never see the 360's, never mind the 160's... Worried, worried, worried. Wish I could see that scale move just a pound.

Kate, I too had a stall out period but find that I have lost four pounds in the week I have stalled. During that week I was a crazed lunatic as every day I would weigh and no weight loss was showing. Then all of a sudden on the seventh day four pounds were gone from my body!! I, like some of us, cannot stay off the scales. I did notice, during the week of being stalled, my clothing fit loser and my rings/bracelets are now falling off. Keep your chin up and keep plugging away!!! The weight will come off. 289/267/~130

Hi, Kate! Here's my story - At my pre-op appointment I was 310 (327 at the gym and primary care scale - my surgeon's scale is WAAAAY different than any other scale I'm on). At 10 days post-op I saw my surgeon again, I was 309. I stayed there for almost a WEEK!!!! But, as of today - I was 289 on my primary care's scale!! That's 38 pounds gone forever. I'm averaging about 7 pounds every 8-10 days.

Kate, I'm so sorry to hear that the scale isn't moving yet. You know that for me, after two weeks, I stopped losing for a week and a half. It was very discouraging. I meen geez, we aren't eating enough not to lose, or maybe that's the problem. I think that you are good to try to keep your calories a little higher as you had mentioned in your other post. The body will be extremely reluctant to give up anything if it thinks you are starving to death. I think that upping the water was instrumental to getting me moving again. I drink my 12 oz shake, 1-2 decaf coffees and 64 oz of water a day. This is certainly not excessive, but its more than I was drinking. I know that if you keep doing what you are doing the scale will start to move in the right direction soon. You will not be the only person on earth that didn't lose weight from this procedure (that's how I felt when it was happening to me!!) Contact me whenever you want for some moral support. Best, Dina