Can exercise cause a plateau?

I've posted a few times before about my on-going terminal plateau.  I had surgery on 2/25, lost 14 pounds the first week (by 3/3), and have only lost 2.5 pounds since then.  And. . . because I wasn't informed about the frequent plateaus that are apparently a part of WLS before surgery, I never took my measurements along the way, so I don't know if I'm losing inches or not. But anyway, my question is -- I'm taking eating anywhere from 700 to 1000 calories a day, getting in all my protein, drinking 95% of my water, and burning about 600 calories a day, according to my step counter.  Yesterday I ate about 900 calories, and burned 663 total, meaning I only existed on 237 calories yesterday -- which is obviously starvation. Could that be what's causing my plateau??  Could it be that my body refuses to lose because it knows that I've burned off that many calories and am living on the bare minimum?  The more I read posts about everyone else's successes (I just read one where someone lost 150 pounds in 8 months and almost cried).  How in the world can I NOT lose weight living on 237 calories??!  I could lose 4 pounds a week on 900 calories before the surgery!  I'm about to lose my mind. I have wracked my brain over and over and over about why this weight won't come off.  I've tried everything -- more protein, less protein, more calories, less calories, more water, less water, more exercise, more carbs, less carbs, on and on and on.  It just doesn't make any sense.  The surgery is supposed to be a tool to help me, but so far the surgery has done nothing but make it harder and nearly impossible.  I'm beginning to feel like it has sabotaged me to keep me fat.  This is so unfair after everything I've been through to get here.

Don't panic yet. Your body is still adjusting to what was done to it and sometimes it takes longer for our bodies to adjust.  Try not to worry so much about it it will begin to come off before you know it. I think that the person you read about may have been me.  I have lost 150 pounds in 8 months but here are a few reasons why. 1. I started out at 415 pounds which means that I have alot to have to lose.  2. I got sick (see my profile) after surgery which caused me to lose 52 pounds the first month and I ended up losing my gallbladder because of it. 3. I am working out on average 3 hours a day at the gym to train for the avon breast cancer walk.  So my weight loss is not typical of most WLS patients.   Try to remember that each one of us is different and that we are all going to lose at different rates and amounts, but what is important is that you have taken the steps to make YOUR life better and that you are losing and it doesn't matter how fast you get there, just that you get there.

Hey Sheryl You pretty much answered your own question.  After surgery, your body will constantly adjust to the changes it goes through.   I would cut back on the excerise a bit and see if that doesn't jumpstart things.  The body will go into starvation mode and not drop any weight if it isn't getting enough calories (or keeping them in your case). 

Good luck

Brian