Stuck

Where I am at if playing the numbers game: 52 down and about 94 to go Start 281 Today 229 (but back and forth between 229 - 231 the last few days and staying in that range the last three weeks) Goal: 135ish (would love to get to in that 15 - 20% range for BF) So I've been stuck in a holding pattern! Bleh. =( Increased my calories a little the last couple days and monitored my weight more closely to see if it made a difference but that hasn't changed anything yet. I'm going to stick with that plan for a couple weeks to see if maybe that does the trick. I'm working out at least 60 minutes a day so I thought maybe I was putting myself in starvation mode but then again it could be that I am building more muscle from lifting consistently again. Also retaining a bit of water and probably PMSing right now. I set myself the goal of getting in 80 - 100 grams of protein and 1200 - 1400 cal. I'm not sure I can really do much more other than to just wait it out and ignore the scale for a couple weeks. If anyone else has suggestions let me know. Added in Iron supplement 65mcg (elemental) X 2/day. My Iron was low from my last labs. Everything else was perfect. Really enjoying my spinning class lately. Dana started working at a new gym so I am there when he opens the club. If I'm not at the gym then I am in our workout room at our apartment complex. Doing the cardio 5-6 days a week and lifting 3X per week .. alternating between upper and lower split.

At this point Stayce I would ignore the scale, the first six months to a year does not make any sense. Nothing matches up with what any of us with any sports science have ever learned. So, leave the scale alone, keep up with the spinning, get good protein in let the pouch rule on calories in for now, it will break. Once you are farther out, it gets back to what you know, good carbs, protein, good fat in moderation, but early on the bypass mojo rules everything else out. Just my .02

Thanks Mikee. I think I needed to hear that. I know that the whole WLS makes it even harder to predict how your body is going to respond. I will just keep on doing what I am doing and if this goes on for more than another couple weeks I'll touch base with my nutritionist. How was it when you lost weight? Did you drop at a steady rate or did you go through lots of plateaus?Did you even bother to check it? How about the rest of you guys and gals? I still focus on the good carbs, protein, and good fat in moderation as well as follow the pouch rules. The only one I have a hard time with is not drinking 90 minutes after eating. My surgeon just went from the 30 min requirement to 90. What a pain! I do end up having a few sips of fluid after I eat but I don't gulp down a ton of it. We are talking just a couple oz of water to wash down the food. Do you think that matters? I'm not logging stuff in fitday right now but I do take mental notes of calories consumed and estimates on amt of protein. Every night I go through my head what I have had and then make my decision on my snack for my 4th meal based on that amt to round things off to the 1200 - 1400 calorie level and that 80 - 100 grms of protein. I do still do at least one shake and occasionally an additional power crunch bar. That seems the only way I can get up to that much protein. I probably could do a better job at balancing my meals a little more but I don't stress too much about that as long as I always eat the protein first. Doing the macro nutrient ratios and logging everything seems like overkill. Sound ok?