How did you get off the last 5, 10, 30

Plateau Busters?  I am stuck and cannot get the last 25 pounds off to save my life!!
I really want to, but maybe my body doesn't want me to.
Any advice?

The plateau busters was started as a joke and took off, at least thats what I was told.
I would suggest contacting your NUT to help you go over your nutrition - perhaps its time for some changes. Change up your exercise routine and up the intesity - remember as you lose weight things get easier to do so you have to push yourself harder to feel the burn. For most as you get closer to goal the weight slows so I suggest being patient - if you have no lost pounds OR inches for four weeks or longer its really time to start looking and seeing what needs to be changed... if you are just losing slow or stalled just keep on pushing and you will get there.

I was feeling the same way as you are and I made an appt with my nut after documenting every bite I put in my mouth for almost a month - and my water and exercise and dt cokes, the whole thing.  I also have been having hormone issues so I thought my problem was all hormonal and I was very upset and afraid thinking I was doomed to regain rather than continue to my goalweight.  I was doing everything right just like you mentioned.  I was trying desperately and felt hopeless.

I'm glad I went.  I was eating the right foods but wrong time.  Meaning I should have waited til maintenance for some of the good carbs and good fats I was eating.  I was told they were all good choices and good recipes, I just wasn't there yet.

So I'm back to eating the way I was in the 2nd of three phases from my nut/surgeons office - the way I ate for almost the whole weight loss.  It's very carb restricted compared to the way I had ventured off and I never knew I should be counting my fats.  All this to say an honest look at what you are eating with your nut will save you some anxiety.  Call today.

Also, I showed her the plateau busters diet and she said that is the same as South Beach without the fruit maybe, right now I can't remember the details just that she said it was basically the first two weeks of South Beach. She said the 5 day pouch test is the same as the lap banders eat immediately after surgery.  This is just for ME, only my opinion, but I didn't go through wls and change my life completely to go back on diets.  I need to keep with the nut and surgeon's plan and make these life changes in my diet, stay on track and keep going the path that's going to keep me successful.  By the way I'm 3 years out.

Losing the last 5, 10, 20, or 30 pounds will require hard work, dedication, exercise, and regular monitoring of your daily food intake.  Initial weight loss is much easier, as we have such significant restriction in our pouch.  But as our pouches stretches, our capacity increases, and our daily calorie deficit gets smaller and smaller, making it take longer and longer to lose. 

I lost about 150 pounds in the first year after my surgery.  The second year, I lost another 30 pounds.  And in the past 9 months, I've lost another 20 pounds.  Losing the last 50 required a lot more work, but it really has been worth it to me.  My body has become more and more adaptive as I've continued to lose weight, so I had to keep changing this ups to continue losing - adding exercise, increasing protein, decreasing carbs, adding strength training, changing up what I was doing for cardio, etc.  It's sort of a hassle because I'd like to settle into a routine and stay with it, but if I do that my body adapts and I stop seeing results. 

If you really want it, you can achieve it!  Good luck on your continuing journey -

Kellie