wondering about the yoyo's
I have no tips, but much sympathy. I'd say check out your water and make sure you are getting enough. Change up your diet a little. Your body gets used to the same thing in and out day after day. Other than that, post a thread about it usually seems to do the trick for me =)
100 pounds down: 9/19/08 Onederland reached: Sometime during the week of 9/22
Weigh Date: 1/16/09 Height: 5'6" Surgery Date: 2/13/08 Current Weight: 180
Stalls are common at about the time you are out.
Are you...
1) eating no more than 3 meals and 1 snack per day?
2) measuring every meal/snack you eat by volume to ensure that you don't go over the 1/2 cup maximum that Dr. Baker recommends?
3) keeping your percentage calories from fat between 20 - 30%?
4) keeping your fluids at or above 64 ounces per day?
5) keeping your protein grams at or above 60 per day?
What does your calorie intake look like? I know they don't advocate a specific calorie limit - but I pressed them for one because I'm a numbers kind of girl. My calorie intake (per Dr. Baker's advice when I pressed him about it) was about 600-700 calories per day at 4 months out (where you are). What does your calorie intake look like?
Are you moving? Are you getting any exercise? If so, you could be building muscle while losing fat. (These loses would show up as INCHES lost as opposed to POUNDS lost.)
Note: If you haven't started measuring yourself already, start now.My mother was getting discouraged by her weight loss until I asked her if she had MEASURED herself to see if she was actually losing FAT - because I could totally SEE the weight falling off her. The next week she came to me all excited. She had not lost any pounds on the scale, but had lost FOUR INCHES around. She was DEFINAETLY losing FAT - she was just either gaining muscle or retaining fluid - because the fat was/is melting away.
I also agree with the suggestion about changing things up. It really does help to vary your diet - not just with weight loss but with actual HEALTH (varying diet = varying nutrients received).
Don't get discouraged. As long as you are following the plan, you will not fail. It is idiot proof (as evidence by my success)!!! LOL
Good luck!
Wen
Are you...
1) eating no more than 3 meals and 1 snack per day?
2) measuring every meal/snack you eat by volume to ensure that you don't go over the 1/2 cup maximum that Dr. Baker recommends?
3) keeping your percentage calories from fat between 20 - 30%?
4) keeping your fluids at or above 64 ounces per day?
5) keeping your protein grams at or above 60 per day?
What does your calorie intake look like? I know they don't advocate a specific calorie limit - but I pressed them for one because I'm a numbers kind of girl. My calorie intake (per Dr. Baker's advice when I pressed him about it) was about 600-700 calories per day at 4 months out (where you are). What does your calorie intake look like?
Are you moving? Are you getting any exercise? If so, you could be building muscle while losing fat. (These loses would show up as INCHES lost as opposed to POUNDS lost.)
Note: If you haven't started measuring yourself already, start now.My mother was getting discouraged by her weight loss until I asked her if she had MEASURED herself to see if she was actually losing FAT - because I could totally SEE the weight falling off her. The next week she came to me all excited. She had not lost any pounds on the scale, but had lost FOUR INCHES around. She was DEFINAETLY losing FAT - she was just either gaining muscle or retaining fluid - because the fat was/is melting away.
I also agree with the suggestion about changing things up. It really does help to vary your diet - not just with weight loss but with actual HEALTH (varying diet = varying nutrients received).
Don't get discouraged. As long as you are following the plan, you will not fail. It is idiot proof (as evidence by my success)!!! LOL
Good luck!
Wen
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