Plateau

I am sure there are numerous threads on this one but I find myself on only the second plateau in my 10 months post RNY. The first passed quickly.  This one has been almost three weeks eating exactly the same as always but losing 0 in 20 days.  Anyone with a good plateu breaker? Thanks

There is a saying - "If you always do what you've always done, then you'll always get what you've always got."   And so it goes with plateaus.  When you find yourself at a plateau it's recommended you make adjustments to your routine.  As you drop weight and/or add lean muscle mass your intake requirements change.  It's highly likely that you need increased calories and protein in order to break that plateau.  Hopefully you've been tracking your intake - if so, as you make slight adjustments you'll know where your intake is for optimum rate of weight loss and more importantly be able to repeat what you're doing. You're burning more calories, therefore you need more calories in order to fuel the furnace and be as efficient as possible in burning fat.  Make sure they are quality calories - additional protein and some complex carbs (if possible) for some additional energy will give you the biggest bang for the buck. Increasing intake is not always the solution - it's not out of the question that a decrease would be effective.  In my observation of others, and through personal experience however, the vast majority of the time, it's the incremental increases as you move down the scale that keeps the weight loss going. Everyone is different - but this is the strategy I used.  I never once hit a plateau.  I did see my rate of weight loss slow, but never plateau.  Increasing protein and calories always did the trick for me.  Best wishes! Cards Fan "STEP OFF THE SIDELINES AND GET IN THE GAME!"

I just got through a 2-weeker, myself. Go back to basics with nutrition. Exercise until you puke. It'll break, don't worry.

Well, I usually skip the plateau posts, because I never stopped once on the way down - I was only having Isopure protein shakes for breakfast and lunch, then eating as much as a normal dinner as possible. Three  shakes and a meal. But rather than give credit to the shakes, I'd say it was probably more likely the ten hours of exercise per week. You mileage may vary, but if anything, due to past yo-yo dieting I think I should have had more plateaus than anyone.

Hope it Breaks Soon,

Dave