Im having issues....please help!

So.....since the 5DPT I have stedily been losing weight. a pound hear, an ounce or several there.  I really dont care how much it goes down as long as it goes down.  the other day the scale doesnt move at all.  Instead of going into a panic, I decide maybe its time to do more exercise.  I up the exercise 30 min. The next day I drop like a pound and a half.  cool right!!!  I do the same the next day and I gain it (the pound and a half) plus a few ounces!!!  I drink over 8oz. of water a day, but only 30 min. before and after meals. Im on a high protien, low carb, Adkins like diet!  What am I doing wrong?!!!!!  Help please!

Hi there! You didn't mention a few different things - 1. How long ago did you finish the 5dpt?  2. How much weight have you lost during/after the 5dpt? 3. Was that a type-o or do you really only get in 8 oz of water each day??  4. What exactly are you eating? - give specific examples so that we can better help you. Upping your exercise is ALWAYS a good thing so don't be discouraged by that. I will wait to see what your response is before saying anything else.  I am on day #2 of the 5dpt and struggling this very minute with wanting to eat a cheesy bite or two of the mac n'cheese I just made for the kids!!!  I need to get offline and out of this room for a bit but I will check in later to see if I can offer up any suggestions.  Don't give up, I'm sure it will work out ;) ~Laura

This happened to me too...I called them my rubber pounds because from day to day they just bounced all over the place! It was driving me absolutely crazy insane!  I could not figure it out...Til I started a little notebook journal of my diet and calories...(eventually I began posting my daily diet in the accountability thread) I haven't in a few days though...I lost some oomph there and didn't feel like logging food in my journal because I've been too lazy to figure out the recipes I've been making lately! Anyway...what I found out about me, is that because I eat such a wide variety of foods, my calories bounce around SOOO drastically...I was eating 600 calories on one day and 1600 on the next!  It was insane! I had no idea...It averaged out to be about 1200-1300 a week...so I decided to add more protein on days I was not making caloies and try to keep my intake steady instead of going up and down in calories and that worked like a charm...I have yet to find where I lose or gain...But I'm not trying to do either at the moment...Just wanted to stabilize the 10 lbs of gain I lost...and I have maintained the 10 lbs lost for about a month with in a lb which is better than 3-4 lbs... So I have actually added more calories with a daily protein drink and began keeping my calories within a 100-200 calorie range difference and that did it for me. Sometimes I go over and sometimes I go way under...but not nearly as often...

Any time I've lost weight, I've gone up and down on the scale. Even after RNY I would gain a few pounds and sit still for a while before I'd lose anymore, sometimes 3 or 4 weeks. It was very discouraging and the main reason I never stuck to a diet before RNY. If you're eating right, drinking enough, and exercising enough, your body should eventually reward you with a healthy weight. Do you think it's possible that you're not taking in enough calories? If I drop below 1500 calories (which I hardly ever do because I love to eat), I'll start gaining weight. Also, the experts say you should never stick to a particular diet for a long time without having some "cheat days" because you'll adjust to it and it'll stop working. I've never really tried that theory, but I also saw it on the Biggest Loser. You're supposed to pick a day a week that you don't stick to the low-carb (or whatever you're doing), and then get back on it the next day, and it kick-starts your body into losing again. Of course, you may not be able to tolerate too much of that cheating since your WLS, so I don't 'know if that really applies to us, but it may be worth a try.

Okay, this is what I had to eat ...1 scrambled egg W/ cheese, a chef salad, pork chops in a maple pecan glaze (i know that sounds bad but a glaze is very thin so I shook alot of it off of mine), green beans, sf pudding, peanut butter and apple (2 slices of apple).  I also had a typo, I had 8-10 8oz. glasses of water. Hope this helps and thanks for all the replies so far!

Hi there! This may or may not help, but I noticed that you didn't include portion amounts in what you listed... or preparation methods. Was the egg fried in butter or non-stick spray, what kind of cheese and how much? Did you dress the salad and with and how much what? was there a lot of cheese and egg on it (it was a chef's salad)? Any high-calorie meats like salami? How did you cook the pork chops... on a grill or in oil and was there added fat/oil in the glaze? and peanut butter... did you use 1-2TB or scoop it up with apples? These are HUGE differences that all told could add on AT LEAST 500 calories, up to maybe even 1000+ (if you like cheese like I like cheese!)!!!!! I have found that it's easy to not realize how many calories I'm not even EATING because they are "on my other food" as "garnish" or as cooking mediums (ie:olive oil @120/cal TB). They add up...