Major Stall or Plateau

Hi All, 
    I am so discouraged with myself! I just had my 9 months post op RNY check up; I am in the 55 percent WL. They said by now I should be at 66 percent; I have been at a stand still now for 3 months (fighting the same 2-3 lbs back and forth). I am feeling like a failure! Wondering if I will get over this or not. Any suggestions? Am I all alone? I wonder if others have ever had this battle? What have you done to get through it? If anyone can help me please do! I am sooooo discouraged. I am about 45 lbs from goal; and wondering if I will ever get there at all??? What will it take to get my WL going again; and to get my heart back into the battle? My hope is fading faster than my WL; please help me.. I know I am so much healthier than a year ago; but I still want that final goal that seems so out of reach! Sincerely, Judy R

Hi Judy, I had a stall at about 11 months postop.  I had let a few more carbs creep back into my diet, and it scared me to see the scale stop moving downward, and even going up a little.  I decided to really commit myself to seeing what I could do at that point.  For the entire month of May, one year postop, I did not consume any bread, pasta, potato, cereal, or rice, whatsoever.  Nothing with any flour.  Not a bite.  Only protein and good veggies, very limited amount of fruit, and lots of water, and protein drinks.  It was hard, but my weight dropped dramatically during the first two weeks of that month, and then stabilized for the rest of the month.  This was the push that I needed to continue on my weight loss until I reached my goal at 18 months.  Now, at maintainance, I am still really aware of those foods, even the good, whole-grained carbs, and if I see my weight going up a couple of pounds, I reduce them from my diet. I don't know if this will help you, but it helped me.  Many of us are very sensitive to the amount of carbs we eat, even the healthy ones. Debra M. 351/150/132 sw/gw/cw