HELP many questions.... Anyone PLEASE
Good afternoon everyone. I have a few questions and i hope some of you can help. I am almost 10 month out of surgery. I have lost 103 pounds. But for the last month or so I have been up and down 2 to 3 pounds. i am going crazy. I really want to lose another 20 pounds to be really happy and reach my goal. Is this possible. What do I have to do. I went on a trip and I ate like crazy and I got really scared that I had gained like 10 pounds but when I returned home I weighed myself and noticed that I had lost another 7 pounds. I went to Cuba abd there you really have to walk alot. So that inspired me and now I started to walk every night. I just began 2 days ago. I read something about Plateau Busters and also Fitday.com. I have never heard anything about these. Can someone please explain what these are and if they can help me. My other email is [email protected]. Any help you can give me i would really appriciate it. I am desprite and I want to reach my goal. I am happy about how far I have came but you know you always want more. Everyone tells me how great i look and now they call me skinny. But I want 20 more pounds. I have gone from a size 22 to a size 10. I can even fit in a size 8 tight. So i am really happy about that. Well I'll wait to see if anyone can give me some advise. Hope your all doing well and the best of luck to you all.
XOXOXOXOXOXO
Carol
Carol;
Fitday.com is a web site where you can track your activity and food intake. I used it a lot early in my journey so I could notice trends in my weight loss. That's how I learned that I lose more when I'm eating 85-100g of protein instead of the 70g my surgeon recommends.
Plateau Buster is a diet that is said to help bust a plateau. You can read up on it on this profile. http://www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/members/profile.php?N=C1090331797
I personally have never resorted to it and don't personally know of anyone that has, so I won't speak to it's effectiveness.
Blessings,
Jennifer
Aimee 
Hi Carol. I, like Jennifer and Aimee, usually eat more protein than my doc suggests, around 85-95 gm a day. I have been lucky to have had a pretty steady loss, but not without a few bumps here and there. And it is slowing substantially since 6 months out. Sometimes only one lb a week (I only weigh weekly). Even had a 2 lb gain one week in July but didn't go nuts over it. I haven't had a plateau (no loss at all for 3-4 wks) so I cannot speak to the plateau buster diet. In April or so loss slowed so I upped my water to about 100 oz or more. That gave me a boost. Now I consistently drink at least 98-100 oz.
I have logged EVERYTHING I have eaten since the day of surgery. I use my own excel spreadsheet but also I rely on fitday, product labels, and the USDA calculated nutritional information to determine what I am taking in. And I plan, plan, plan my menus a week in advance so I know every day that I've met my 85+ gm protein goal and if I need added protein from a snack (or NOT). I normally only have one snack (protein) in the evening. I'm diabetic and go hypoglycemic in the evening if I don't have something. But it's always protein. You said you just started walking every night. Exercise is important. I suggest you use something like fitday.com or just keep a log of what you are eating and drinking. You might see some trends that you can tweak that might help you get back on track. Are you keeping a log of your measurements? Often even if you hit a stall you are still losing inches if not lbs. Many a week I have felt 'skinny', weighed and hadn't lost a lb or only one when I thought for sure I had lost 3 lbs that week. I was still getting thinner.
You have only 20 lbs to goal. Good for you! I was told the primary window for weight loss was 12-18 months. We're only approaching month 10. You're not at the end of your weight loss yet. Give yourself a break. Relax.
Kathy
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