Stalled again

I am becoming very frustrated and discouraged with all of the stall that I have had. I lost 16 pounds my first week, then stalled for nearly 3 weeks. Then I lost 10 pounds the 5th week and stalled for a week. Then i lost 4 pound on the 7th week and 10 pounds on week 8. Now i have gained 3 pounds back in the 9th week. UGH! I feel like this surgery has me on an emotional rollercoaster! I have increased my protein to 80 grams a day and take in 100 ounces of water. I walk in the morning and at night, i take in between 600 and 800 calories a day, I weight train for an hour a day 5 times a week and do 30-45 minutes of aerobics everyday. I dont know what else to do. Today I just sat home all day and was depressed. I had only about 30 ounces of water today and did absolutely nothing. I need to shake this off and get back to my normal routine tomorrow. I m sorry for venting, it is just that I know someone out there on this site can relate. I am almost 10 weeks out and have lost 38 pounds, and it is not like I have a little weight to lose I need to lose 150 pounds. I dont understand, and I feel helpless, there is nothing more I can do except believe it will change soon. Again, Im sorry for venting and whinning. Hugz Tina

Tina it sounds like you are doing great and you may be building alot of muscle and I bet you are losing inches all over the place. How do your cloths fit? Hang in there and keep doing what you are doing and don't beat yourself up. Everyone loses at a diferent rate. Hugs! Sue

Tina, I agree with sue you are doing great I wish I could make myself exercise that much. Cheryl

Tina, I have to agree that I was a bit unprepared for the stalls that would occur. I knew that they would come, I've just had more than I thought I would. I'm just over 9 weeks post op myself and I've lost a total of 47 since I started the liquid diet toward the end of May. I lost 36 for the first part of 2007 getting ready for the surgery. That makes a total of 83 pounds in about 7 months. I share all of this because as I go through this (day to day and week to week), it seems like a very slow process. However, when I look back on the past 7 months, I can't beleive how fast things are happening. I urge you to keep the faith, do the right things, and think about a year from now when you are either at your goal or pretty darn close to it. Don't let things get you down. If you do the right things, the weight has no choice but to fall off. Go back and read the literature that you have and perhaps there is something you can change to make things even better. Enjoy the journey as it can be as much fun and getting to the destination of goal. I'm a teacher and I've never had so much fun with my kids during the summer. I'm running their butts off go here and doing this and that. Remember... "If you can't be happy where you're at, you'll never be happy where you want to go". John

I stalled for three weeks in the 2nd month too and I've been stalled for almost two weeks now. But I'm not worried about it. I think that's just going to be the norm for me. My theory is that your body get's "worried" when you lose a large amount and responds by trying to hold on. After a few weeks, it calms back down and you lose again. All I know is my stalls eventually broke without me doing anything different. I don't compare myself to other people. I fully expected to lose more slowly, as I always have. Nor have I set any goals for myself. Wherever I end up, is better than where I began. It doesn't really matter how much or how fast I lose. What matters is keeping it off and being healthy--not run down ragged looking like some people I've seen. I think if you lose too fast, you're going to look old and haggard. That's the last thing any of us should want. I'd rather be pleasantly plump and pretty than skinny and ugly.