Without protein the scale doesn't move???

So I admit I am the worst when it comes to daily protein. I drink Myoplex most days because just about everything else makes me sick. Anyway, I have been loosing steadily and then somehow between this week and last (while on vacation), I forgot about protein drinks and so the scale stopped moving. I am not discouraged and realize this could well be a stall, but has anyone else experienced this? It's funny because for the whole week and a half I've rocked back and forth between 178.5 and 180....WTH is that, lol. I exercise almost everyother day and I can barely eat much at all (NOT COMPLAINING). Any thoughts

It might be a coincidence...I dunno, I've not gone without protein shakes since surgery 3 1/2 years ago and I've always heard increase your shakes and fluids to break a stall. Interesting observation to be sure.

--gina

Yeah, I don't know but I wanna say it happened before but I was no new with the protein that I didn't know what I was doing. I still don't but enough time has passed for me to notice some new things. I will just wait and see. Thanks!

 It could be coincidence, but every time I have a protein shake before bed, if I have missed protein quota, I seem to lose. This morning I was down one pound. I make sure it is really plain, milk and Beneprotein, so it seems like a glass of milk, no funny tastes.

Thanks....I know what you mean about funny tastes. I can not do anything frothy, lol. It's funny I always plan what to eat/drink but then the time comes and I think to myself....oh no, there's more. LOL!

Thanks for your input.

I do seem to lose better with 2 shakes than with 1 a day.  Sometimes that bumps my protein up over 100 and calories up, but it seems to help more than food protein.

I agree with your theory. When I consume the 42g shake over the 20g or in terms of what I just went through no-grams I loose a lot better. Not saying that other foods didn't have protein but the added 42g makes a huge difference. It's so amazing how are bodies work.

Could be!  Everyone's different.  I get less protein than most people here and way more carbs, and haven't really been doing that long enough to know whether it affects my loss or not.  So far so good, but tomorrow is weigh-day so I'll let you know!

Good luck to you!

I found I lost more when I got more protein, but that does not need to be from shakes.

You can still lose without getting enough protein, but honestly, slow weight loss would be the least of your concerns if you don't get your protein.  What happens is you start to break down your muscles for the amino acids you need, and your heart is a muscle.  Breaking down your heart is about as bad as it sounds.