PLZ READ ON PLATEAUS!!!!!

Saw this on the MAIN PART OF OH and wanted to be sure the junebugs read: 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.

How appropriate Lisa. I am going to print this and put it up where I can read it everyday! Thanks! Love, Debra

Thanks Lisa. I think this is an awesome reminder for all of us. chip

Hi Lisa, This helps a lot...thank you! Tina

Great read! Thanks for posting it! I have been lucky so far in not hitting a plateau, but this really puts it all into perspective! Have a great night! Leslie

Thank you for posting this. It really prepares me for a future plateau.

Lisa this is wonderful!! I plan to post this in my office and kitchen, as well as put it in my notebook I carry everything with all my student's information. It will be a constant reminder not to give up and that my body is just 'resting' when I get mad at that old scale, lol. Thanks again. Laural HW- 313 SW- 292 PW- 211 GW- 135

Thanks for posting this. Although I am not on a plateau this came at the right time for me. I too am going to print this out & hang it to remind myself. Thanks again, Laura