Loosing weight longterm post-op

I have seen a lot of post saying that to take off the weight after someone has been post op for awhile is to go back to taking in a lot of protein. Is that the case? I have even been given the Plateau Diet that you do for 10 days. Does this really work?

What's the plateau diet?? And if anyone knows it works please give it to me. I've been on one for months and need help. Tina

Here is what i was given, hope it helps. Im going to give it a shot. *** 1. Do this for 10 days to break a plateau. 2. Drink 2 litres of water a day. 3. You must have 45 grams of protein supplement and all your vitamins/minerals supplements each day (some suggest at least 60 and up to 80 gr). 4. You may consume up to 3 oz of the following high protein foods, 5x a day. Beef Pork Chicken Turkey Lamb Fish Eggs Low-fat Cheese Cottage Cheese Plain Yogurt or Artificially Sweetened Peanut Butter Beans / Legumes You may also have: Sugar-Free Popsicles Tea or Coffee (decaf only) Sugar Free Jello Broths / Boullion Crystal Light Drinks 5. If it's not on the list, you can't have it for 10 days!!!! 6. Keep a food diary and try to get up to 30 mins of exercise daily

Hey Priscilla! I'm over 5 years post (9/6/01) and have run the gamut on weight loss: lost too much, worked to re-gain, did that really well & re-gained too much then re-lost, now maintained over 2.5 years... Before taking on a "prescription" of "how to lose weight", I'd have to take a close look at what I'm currently doing... What are habits that have been established? Good & bad ones? For me I worked hard to regain (after discussing w/ my nutritionist) by 1st: DRINKING WITH MY MEALS . Added more volume (also adding more complex carbs: multi grain breads crackers & lo-fat cheese) to daily meals & regained well! When I realized I had gone from 2/4 back up to a 14/16 (5' 7" -Started 292 to 129 to 179 to 159 & holding...) I put the BRAKES on & looked at what I was really doing. I had to break the habit (again!) of DRINKING WITH MY MEALS and put LIMITS on those wonderful CARBS and increased my MOVEMENT (purposeful Movement: walking, biking, working in the garden, parking farther out in lot, etc..) For me, it wasn't about doing another "diet" or fasting or anything more than EVALUATING what I was habitually doing and making the tweaks... How awesome that (for me) the TOOL WORKS when I work the tool !! Might be something to consider! You can do this!

Wow! Didn't realize I had already posted to your previous post! Sorry for the redundancy!!! (I'm quite good at repeating myself!) Take care!

I think the Plateau diet is a great short-term fix. I think you need to figure out what you're doing now that is different from what you were doing when you were maintaining/losing. For me, it was all a slippery slope... and not setting "OMG Limits." I think once you find a weight you're happy at.. you need to have an emergency plan/action plan for when you're 5 pounds (or whatever) over. And stick to it. So, I think if you did a plateau diet at that point, you'd be fine. You'd be back on track. If you've let things slide a bit more... gotten back into old habits a bit more, I think you need to do a bit more to get back on track. I'm a fan of Weigh****chers for long-term post-ops.. because I think it gives one the accountability we need... as well as allows for a realistic diet (anything...as long as you count it.) But that's just me. ~ Karla