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I am really getting mad...the last two months I have lost 3 pounds each month....slow but sure...this month I am going up and down with a pound or two...no loss...why? I am really not liking the numbers...I am doing nothing different...drinking the water, eating the protein...doing the excercise...why? oh WHY...this might be the first month that there is no loss whatsoever...feedback , ... Dennis

Ugh Dennis. I don't know... Hang in there. Maybe you do need to change something. Your body may be used to the same foods and exercise. Try different workouts for a while. Double them if you have to. Then, you will need to up the protein. Good luck! Marcia

Sorry, I just replied under my husband's signature. He doesn't know how to log off when he is done! Anyway, just wanted to let you know it was me. Marcia

It does get harder to lose the further out we are from surgery and the less we have to lose. I second Marcia's suggestion about trying to change things up and see if that helps. Perhaps changing the combinations of foods that you eat - adding more dairy, using different kinds of proteins - or changing the time of day you eat or when you eat in relation to when you exercise. Change the type of exercise that you're doing - add some weight lifting or intensify your weight-lifting efforts, try a different kind of cardio, try a mix of cardio (15-20 minutes of 2-3 different activities in a row, so you working out for 45-60 minutes, but using different muscle groups). If you've body has settled into a routine, perhaps changing things up will get your weight loss moving again! Good luck finding something that works for you! Kellie

IF YOU FIND THE ANSWER LET ME IN ON IT. I have been going up and down the same 5-6 lb and have not lost anything in several weeks. I talked with my nut and she told me to go back on my preop diet for a few days and up my protien by 30. More protien!!! I was already at 100-120. Pre op diet consists of 4-5 protien shakes Lunch and dinner : 2 oz lean meat and 1/2 cup steamed veg or small salid Good luck. Deb 392/264-270/???

Dennis - I can only support what the others have said - change it up. Vary your diet and your exercise. The only thing I wouldn't mess with is the vitamens and water. I can't remember where I read it (I wish I could so you could read it yourself) but this articles recommendation in terms of a stall was to change it all around. I don't want to get shot for saying this but don't exercise 1 day; change meal times and contents; change your protein amount - up it. I am not sure but please hang in there and know that I am pulling for you. I miss your posts. Ann

Hi Dennis I'm right there with you. I'm the slowest loser in the group. My whole life is consumed by my weight and the scale. I was stuck for along time at 195. So I had to go off food and back on full liquids in order to get the scale moving. I believe this is going to be a life long battle for me. Good luck and you are not alone in this weight loss battle. Karen K. 260/182/150