Need Advice!!

I hit my first plateau this past week...I've stepped up my water intake and am watching even more carefully what I'm eating and how I'm exercising...Is there anything else that I can do?? Please help!!! ~*Becky*~ May 17th, 2005 -54.5lbs

Hi, Becky - there's a few threads about plateus (really a stall) on here today. Just keep doing what you know to be right and it will eventually come off!! BTW, keep track of your inches, too. Michelle

Adding another protien drink seems to work for me. Some days I only have 1 or 2 during the day, but during those slow times, add a third and watch what happens! Works for me - but everyone is different. Good luck!

I went over two weeks with no scale action and decided to add an additional protein supplement to my day and I've now lost 3 lbs since last Wednesday. It is only an additional 100-120 calories a day but apparently my body "needed" it. Seems counterintuitive that to lose more, sometimes you have to eat more. But it seems to work. You could give that a try or just keep hanging in there with your increased water and exercise! Best wishes, Kathy

My stalls seem to happen when I get into eating the same kinds of foods for days at a time. Add a different couple of foods and the lbs start falling off again - ate at my fav Indian resturant and dropped two lbs right away?! Gotta be that spinach and cheese that boosted me this time! Think of a stall as a rut. Then, climb out of the rut with a change in intake. Increase water, add a protien supplement, add one or two hundred calories... try one, try them all! Angela in Oklahoma RNY 5/23/05 288/237/?140ish?