7 months out....and not a -pound!!!!

Hey Hun How have ya been!!! Don't freak to much you probably hit a plateau and they are ALL very normal!!! I was stuck at 171 for almost 5 weeks and then over night lost 7lbs and I've been at 164 now for almost 10 days!! It will continue to come off!! I promise Hang in there and just like another lady said it may be that your not eating enough and your in starvation mode!!! If ya need me give me a call I'm still around!!! 457-6396!! Talk to ya soon, Lori

Lori, Hey Girl, I thought you had moved! So how's it going? I would love to see you. Are you still going to the meeting? I had to miss the last 2, my son wa**** by a car back in November and was in the trauma center (Baptist) for a while and I've been out of sorts, going to the doctor,surgerons,denist. But it's great to hear from you. I've hit a wall with the weight loss and my eating is a nightmare. Hope you are doing WELL.... Jerrie

saw this on the main message board thought it will help you: Consider how difficult it is for you to run up ten flights of stairs all in one shot. Can you do it? I'm betting NOT unless you are a top-notch-conditioned Olympian, right? Now, of course, you could EVENTUALLY get up those ten flights of stairs if you rested on the landings periodically to catch your breath and pause for a moment before your heart explodes. you'd get up those stairs - but only if you rested on the landings or PLATEAUS. Well, running up ten flights of stairs in one shot is what we are asking our body to do after WLS in the way we want the body to lose a massive amount of weight. As our body loses weight so rapidly, it occasionally has to "rest on the landings" to catch its breath, get its bearings, take a breather. Then once it feels rested, it takes another shot at dropping the pounds again. It's remarkable that the body can drop so much weight so quickly anyway after surgery. but it can't do it all in one long shot like running up ten flights of stairs in one long shot. It has to rest on the landings or PLATEAUS. Keep this analogy in mind when you hit those plateaus. PLURAL. PLATEAUS. No such thing as ONE. you'll have many along your journey. When those plateaus hit, you still must do what you need to do. DON'T stop the good nutrition, the vitamins, the exercise. keep those routines going. And once your body is done "resting" in between the flights of stairs, it will kick in gear again for the next flight or two. And the more pounds that are dropped, the slower the pounds will drop too. so you will not lose rapidly during that last stretch of 25-30 pounds. it's like an athlete who gives his all during the race, sees the finish line in sight, and does all he/she can to finish. the muscles ache, the heart is about to burst. but the athlete DOES finish the marathon. some athletes "walk" across the finish line. but the point is they FINISHED. Understanding plateaus will help you relax a bit and keep you from self-doubt, which is something you don't need right now along your journey.

Lisa, What can I say, other than it makes perfect sense..... Thank you so very much.... Jerrie

for some extra (but healthy) calories, stir protein powder into your sf pudding. I make the boxed kind w/ 2 c milk, then when it is starting to thicken, I stir in 2 scoops protein powder. I add vanilla powder to butterscotch, pistachio, banana creme etc. and of course you can add chocolate to chocolate. If you add 2 scoops and divide the batch into 4 servings, you will be getting 17g of protein in each serving. A yummy treat, too! Heather RNY 6/13/05 Dr. Galvin, Rochester General 297h/238s/170c/125g