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Nobody said that at any point in this thread.
I also didn't see anyone being unsupportive or being mean until you decided that someone's reply wasn't to your liking.
Adjustments have to be made to be successful -for the rest of your life - but what would I know?
If you stick around, you'll get to know your audience and that people here rarely DON'T know what they're talking about.
Proud Feminist, Atheist, LGBT friend, and Democratic Socialist
Sorry. No judgement intended. Just saying it's all on us. The surgery is a tool just like MFP or other action. Our bodies don't lose linearly so fast and slow rates happen. Nothing magic about those just like the surgery isn't magic. Simplistic okay, I accept that. But work is work and focus is focus.
My point was to say to stay on plan regardless. I believe the body is an accountant and all stalls end, just like they started. There's no hokus pockus. Just keep working your tool. But if after months and months of nothing, you have to really look at what you are doing and makes changes. I've had friends tell me they eat 800 calories and aren't losing. When we sat down and talked I learned they drank coffee all day. What the 3 creamers per 12 oz don't count? Oh you take 6 prunes a day as medicine. Okay doesn't that count? Oh you don't count dressing and condiments..... I calculated she was almost double her 800 calories. But I'm sure there was more other areas. It is a function of how we manage our program. My point was focus, makes changes if need. Look at what you are doing. But in the end it's on us to do it. This surgery is never on autopilot as never should we be.
HW 510 / SW 424/ GW 175 (stretch goal to get 10 under) / CW 160 (I'm near the charts ideal weight - wonder if I can stay here)
RNY November 2016
PS: L/R arm skin removal; belt panniculectomy - April, 2019
I agree that answers like "It's all you! 100% what you are eating " aren't very helpful. A short stall is normal, and no reason to jump to the conclusion that the OP's diet is bad. Even if it is, this is a learning experience for all of us, and making someone feel guilty doesn't promote learning. I know you are all simply trying to be honest, not hurt people's feelings.
Steffryn, you may have simply hit a stall, which is a natural part of the weight loss process. When this happened to me a while back, I posted on the forum, and sure enough the next day I lost a bunch of weight "overnight". (And I'm still losing to this day, 16 months out, on basically the same diet.) I'd give it another week before being concerned.
Of course, what you're eating might be a problem. For that reason, it can be very helpful to post a typical day's menu on here, and see what suggestions people have. Usually a small tweak can make a big difference without making you feel deprived.(Warning: There are a few people on this forum who are convinced that there's only one type of diet that works. The most reliable research shows that low cal and low carb diets are basically equally effective, so the recommendation is that you choose the one that you find easiest to stick with.)
I'm ok with it if you want to call me wrong, but this is the kind of thing that I have read online about the existence of plateaus: "Hitting the dreaded plateau happens to most people, even after weight loss surgery. Don't become discouraged. You and your body have gone through a lot; the metabolism needs time to catch up and adjust to hormonal changes and new calorie levels. There will be periods in your weight loss where the metabolism has to re-regulate itself to new habits and weight."
So you don't agree that plateaus are a reality and you are saying that when you eat right weight will always come off every time you step on a scale? I know for me that I eat almost exactly the same thing, and sometimes I lose weight on the scale and sometimes my body will wait until my hormonal cycle comes around to give up the weight on the scale. If we deny that plateaus exist why even have the term?
You can lose as much and for as long as you like. But ScaleSkater is right, it is on you.
There's no magic to any weightloss surgery and there's rarely BS on this forum, (and it will get called out) which is why it's the most helpful out there. If you want platitudes, there are a ton of other groups that will pat your hand and encourage habits that will sabotage your long term success.
Proud Feminist, Atheist, LGBT friend, and Democratic Socialist
I think answers like "It's all you! 100% what you are eating." might not be the whole story. Partly because you did not state what you are eating, so no one can say that you're overeating, and partly because it doesn't take into account that plateaus are real and happen to most of us at least at some point of our weight loss journey. I am 7 months post op, down 71 lbs since surgery and down 108 if I count pre-op diets. Yet I am just now finally coming out of a one month stall, and I lost a pound yesterday and a pound today. It certainly gets worrisome that we might be done at 6 months, but I am sure if we keep up the good fight with high protein, food journalling and exercise we will still be able to prevail. As they say, for many weight loss graphs can look more like stairs than waterfalls (same weight, same weight, lose ... rather than lose, lose, lose)
My weight loss has slowed down significantly too. I'm glad your plan is working for you and I think I might just join you. I really want to hit my goal before the one year mark. Good luck to you!
As others said, don't overestimate how much calories you are burning. Don't eat back that calories.
2 years ago I got too thin and to gain weight, I started exercise. I gain weight when I exercise. Every time. Sure I would gain some muscles, but most of my gain was almost always fat.
Exercise may stimulate cortisone, and that in turn may stimulate hunger. Real hunger.
I can do gentle exercise like fast walking, yoga, stretching, etc. But any high intensity cardio would raise my cortisone level. And I would need to eat more.
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
