Stuck!!!

jlo669
on 6/25/08 1:21 am - bohemia, NY

HAs anyone hit a plat. where they can't lose really anyomore?  I'm about two years out and all of a sudden I have just stopped losing weight. I eat the right amount of protein a day and calories and I can't seem to lose.  Funny thing is if I eat one time a day I lose weight  I knwo not the right way but I'm totally confused?

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on 6/25/08 2:13 am - Cleveland Heights, OH

You've either hit a temporary plateau, or you're eating as many calories as your body needs to keep you at your current weight.  Even with WLS, in the long-run it's still about calories in versus calories out.  Eating one time a day is not the way to go - that may cause your metabolism to slow down to a crawl.   Suggestions:  Use a daily food journal so you can get a baseline for exactly how much your eating.  There are good tracking tools online at www.fitday.com, www.sparkpeople.com, and www.thedailyplate.com.  You're interested in your total calories, carbs, fats, protein and fiber.   If you can handle it, weigh yourself every day and track your weight in the same program where you're tracking your food.  Give yourself a few weeks to track and get some baseline information about how your weight fluctuates based on your daily calorie intake.   Get an estimate of your daily calorie needs using a BMR/RMR calculator - that should tell you roughly how many calories your body needs to maintain your current weight.  Here's a link to an online calculator: http://www.caloriesperhour.com/index_burn.php Once you've got your baseline information from using your food journal for a couple weeks, compare your actual numbers to your estimated baseline from the BMR/RMR calculator, and see what the difference is.  If your actual intake is much lower than your estimated BMR/RMR calculator, you may need to increase your calories.  But if your actual intake is higher than your estimated BMR/RMR, you may need to cut your calories back if you want to continue to lose.   Keep in mind that the BMR/RMR calculator just gives you a rough estimate - because our bodies are all different, there's no way for a calcutor to be 100% accurate.  But it should give you a rough idea what calorie range might be appropriate for you.   Lots of information, somewhat disjointed because I'm in a hurry, but hopefully this makes sense.  Good luck figuring out what works for your body -  Kellie

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