Question for vets

Hello! I am 4 1/2 months out from surgery and experiencing a stall that has lasted 3 weeks now. I am just curious how long your stalls have lasted, and is 3 weeks normal? I am down 60 lbs so far. My goal is to lose 100 lbs total. I eat 700-800 calories a day, 60-70 G protein and take my water and vitamins daily. 

Thanks in advance!!!

If I were in your situation I would change my distribution of macronutrients. I would up your protein to a minimum of 80 grams per day. 100 grams per day would be great! The trick is to NOT CHANGE YOUR CALORIE LEVEL! 

You will need adequate fat for satiety and cell regeneration. Cutting carbs is a good answer to changing the macros around to fit your calorie level. 

A three week stall is not uncommon. It happens to many people. Don't fall into the trap of upping your calories to "shake things up". It's not the answer in the long run. 

I guess I am lucky, I never stalled.  My advice would be to up your exercise.  I know they say it really doesn't matter, but personally, I think it does - even walking helps.

I disagree with some things that have been said here. You need to make sure you take in enough calories, otherwise your body will go into fat storing mode again. If you don't eat enough calories, you will stall. My dietician told me that at 3 months I need to be at 1000 calories a day. Everyone is different, every doctor and dietician is different, but this is what I was told and it has worked very well. 50 lbs down in 10 weeks.

As your body gets smaller, it needs fewer calories to maintain.  Fat storing mode does happen in famines and concentration camps.  For a 5'10" man the body will go into starvation mode when he weighs about 80 pounds.  That means all of the fat in the body is gone and weight loss stops.  A woman has more body fat and can go lower before the body goes into starvation mode.

As long as you have fat on your body, your body will burn that for energy. 

Some years back, expensive personal trainers started telling their clients to eat more calories to stay out of starvation mode.  It was an attractive idea and many people bought into it.  They stay out of starvation mode and stay in obesity mode.

I guess my surgeon and dietician have no clue what they are talking about then.

Unfortunately, they are following a thoroughly debunked approach. The general goal of many Bariatric programs that shoot for 80-100% EWL is to eat as few calories as possible to meet your daily protein requirements.  800 is absolute upper limit and lower is better. I ate 600 calories or less.  I stopped eating when I reached 80 grams of protein. 

You are right. In this instance, they have no idea.

When you get a little closer to goal, you will have a hard time losing on 1,000 calories.

they sure don't. They are using guidelines for ppl with unaltered anatomy. 1000 cal I maintenance for most of us. 

Many do not which is why we must do our own research. Most of my sleeved friends maintain on 1000-1100, especially those that started out over 300 pounds.