What the heck...s-l-o-w-i-n-g down....

Hello Everyone! Hope you all had a great Easter (minus the chocolate bunnies! I opted for fuzzy stuffed ones this year!) Okay, so since I only weigh on holidays, today was the day...I've only lost another 5 pounds since March 12th (my anniversary, that's why I weighed then!) That makes only 20 pounds since my last doctor's appointment on Jan. 17th. What is going on? Is my rapid weight loss phase already over??? I was six months out on this past Tuesday. I have lost 117 pounds so far (no, I'm not ungrateful, just worried...) I was losing 20+ poundds a month the first 4 months and now...s-l-o-w-i-n-g down. I thought when I started exercising (back in January) that it would start flying off but instead it's down to almost nothing! My original goal was to be at 200 by my birthday at the end of May, but that's 23 pounds away and at only 2 pounds a week (if I'm lucky) that won't happen. What am I doing wrong? Any advice on how to jump start the loss again? PLEASE??? Thanks everyone! Dawn

Hi Dawn, It feels like I am slowing down too, but how about inches how are you doing with losing inches. I know that since I have picked up the exercising, I am losing inches. I know we all look at what the scale says. Don't get discouraged, your body may just be losing inches now instead of pounds, losing fat and gaining muscle. Muscle weights more than fat. It sounds like you are still doing what you are suppose to. I would worry to much. Sonya

Dawn, Try increasing your Protein, Exercise, and/or Water (PEW). Also, be sure you are getting enough calories in. From what I've read about others further post-op, many have experienced a huge slow down because their body goes into starvation mode because of not enough calories. Check with your dietician, but I heard that 1000-1200 is an average goal (you can track this on fitday.com). Good luck! Sherri

we definately are all on the same wave length...I'm struggling with this same issue - i saw the doc on 2/14 and since then have only lost 8 lbs - talk about disgusting! I don't even eat pastas, breads, or red meats, etc and have slowed down to a crawl - and having emotion issues to boot. I was doing 20 min of cardio then fat burning so i'm try more cardio and see if i can get this scale moving/body moving again.

First off happy belated Anniversary. Mine was on the 13th of March. I've only lost about 10 since about a month ago and that is slowing down for me. I know we get to a point where it happens. You are doing so great with your weight loss though. Have no fear weight loss can pick up and slow down so saying you won't make under 200 by your birthday may not be true. I myself want to be under 200 by the end of April. One thing I try to do is make goals that are reachable. If I set them to high then I lose confidence in myself it I don't make em. When my weight loss slow's and I get nervous I start making sure my fitday is totally accurate and I keep track of everything. Makes me accountable for what I am eating. Also make sure your not consuming to many calories which I am sure your no****er helps, when you drink more or atleast when I drink more it tends to help me eat better cause I am not as hungry when I am properly hydrated. Protein is great but sometimes it is hard to get it all in. I have days when I am hungrier then I am on other day's. Some day's I feel like I am a bottomless pit. I really don't know what your doing right or what your doing wrong so giving your advice tailored to you is hard but following the basic's is helpful. It could just be a time when your body has slowed to readjust to your weight loss. As long as your losing and not gaining i'd say it's a plus. Best wishes Shannon