STUCK..NOT A STALL.. BODY IS STUCK AND I DISAGREE
I often had 10-12 days where the scale did not move. Then woosh, 4-5 lbs would come off in 2 days.
I would not recommend upping the carbs, at least not for me. Carbs cause me to retain fluids.
Surgery Date 04-22-14 HW 2011 388(lost 60lbs on WW, regained 40) Surgery Consult Weight 1/10/14 - 367 SW 357 - CW 9/15 210.
Stalls are your body's way of telling you not to get too cocky.
5K - 1st 59:00(9/14) PR 33:45(9/15)
10K - 1:14(10/15) 1/2 - 1st 3/20/16
Your profile doesn't list when you had your surgery, so I don't know how far out you are.
You will hit plateaus over the course of your weight loss, especially if you're older. All you can do is stay on course and the weight will eventually come off.
Are you weighing your portions? I find that I always overestimate how much a portion is until I put it on my food scale.
And you definitely need to increase your water intake. Consuming so much protein is hard on the kidneys and you need to keep flushing them.
Hang in there. It's a marathon, not a sprint. A week and a half stall is not very long.
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Height: 5'-7" HW: 449 SW: 392 GW: 179 CW: 220
I don't know about you, but I have never been good at delayed gratification! I also have been a bit stuck in the 10 days or so, too. So I get impatient even tho I know this is part of my stair step losing pattern.
My food stats look a lot like yours mentioned in your post, including a tendency to be light on water. Anyway, I'm just going to stay the course as far as food goes but will (as always) work to get my water intake up to make sure the body is getting everything it needs.
Eventually the weight will drop more to my liking....I bet yours does to.
~Shel
HW:361 SW:304 (VSG 12/04/2014)Mo 1:-32 Mo 2:-13.5 Mo 3: -13.5 Mo 4 -9.5 Mo 5: -15 Mo 6: -15 Mo 7: -13.5 Mo 8: -17 Mo 9: -13 Mo 10: -12.5 11/3/2015 Healthy BMI Reached! Mo 11: -9 Mo 12: -8 12/27/2015 Goal Weight Reached!
I stalled at 180 and again at 160 for weeks. I thought "OK this is it for me, I'm done." But I stuck with the plan, after all, it's my plan for life now, and now I'm in the 140's just a couple of months later. I'm a firm believer that our bodies need time to catch up. If you're following the plan, try not to worry so much. Easier said than done, I know.
Lanie; Age: 43; Surgery Date (VSG): 8/12/14 w/complications resulting in RNY next day;
Height: 5' 6" SW: 249 Comfort Zone: 135-140 CW: 138 (10/13/17)
M1: -25 lbs M2: -12 M3: -13 M4: -7 M5: -11 M6: -10 M7: -7 M8: -7 M9: -3 M10: -8 M11: -4 M12: -4
5K PR - 24:15 (4/23/16) First 10K - 53:30 (10/18/15)