finally breaking out of my three week stall

Tomorrow is week 24 and I've lost 53 lbs exactly. I know my loss is going to slow down to a crawl. I am disappointed. I want to get to goal by my one year mark and now I'm thinking I have to raise my goal to a higher number and hope for the best. I am starting the gym next week. I should have been doing it all along. i was getting the exercise in weekly with my previous job then I was out of work for a while  now I'm working with kids. I'm on my feet most of the day but not really getting any exercise. I finally have the money to get a gym membership at the YMCA so I'm going in tomorrow to do that. I figure I will just go after work everyday. It won't be that hard to keep a change of cloths in the car for me and that is the only way I will be able to do it. But I want to start on some weight bearing exercises so that I can tone up. I'm starting to see some flab that I don't like. I also want to do some cardio. Hopefully I can get in my routine of using the bikes and the treadmill again. I love the treadmill. I can use that thing for an hour and be quit happy with that. With me being on my feet all day I am HOPING that I'm not sore when I start working out but we will see. I also have to quit smoking. One of the girls on here is sending me an e-cigarette to help me quit. I can't believe I started smoking again. How stupid can I be? I'm not making the smartest choices with food but I'm drinking two shakes a day to get some protein in. I"m going to buy different protein  because I'm using muscle milk now. It tastes wonderful and I love it but it only has 16 grams of protein per scoop and pure protein has 23. Thats a big difference when every gram counts. I have to get my carbs under control. I have been snacking on food that isn't very good for me. I need to stick to just my protein and stay away from the sweets. I am wondering if I should have had the bypass surgery just for the simple fact I would have the dumping when I ate bad. I don't do sweets often but when I do I eat A LOT of them. I am so busy these days I'm finding myself eating easy foods instead of good foods. My containers have all seemed to disappear so I can't make stuff and freeze it for when I need a quick meal. I'm going to do better this month when I do my shopping. I bought a lot of frozen meal stuff last month. Yes most of it is protein but it's carbs too. I need to get back to only eating protein. SCREW THE CARBS!!!! carbs are evil don't let anyone tell you different. My doctor doesn't have me on a carb restrictive diet but I know I shouldn't be eating them. I have been doing pretty good keeping track of my calories on myfitnesspal. I lowered my calorie goal from 850 to 750. I'm hoping that helps me loose quicker. It helped me break the stall I was in. I guess i got to 800 calories too quickly to begin with. I find that I don't get hungry except when I eat carbs. When I eat junky food I end up hungry the next day, When I eat protein I just make myself eat because it's time to. I am still struggling with eating when I shouldn't be. Like stress eating. I have to stop that, I have been under extreme stress lately and find myself wanting to much all evening after work. I need to set a timer and not eat after 7 anymore. I used to do that and it worked  fine for me so idk what the problem is now.

I know it's frustrating beyond belief.  (((hugs)))  Swinging lizards you will kick this into high gear.

--gina

yes very frustrating. I just hope that this y membership kicks starts my weight loss into over drive

Bypass doesn't help with the sugar, only about 30% dump on sugar.  I can eat lots of carbs/sugar and don't dump.  

I am seeing flab too.  I need to get into a workout routine.  I have had a few other surgeries in the last 4 months and never started back to the cardio/weights.  I wish I loved the treadmill.... sigh... 

I too find myself stress eating, as I got severanced from my job.  It is hard but we can conquer this!  The no eating after 7 sounds like a great idea.  I may try it, or just have a shake if I get too hungry.

 

 

Ya, when I must eat after seven I try eating popcorn!!!!

It sounds like you have learned a lot about yourself and what you need to do in the past few months.  Now the hard part is doing the right thing, everytime.  Well, none of us is perfect but it is so important to use this time to learn to make good decisions.  Maintenance is just doing this forever.  So figure out what works, and keep on keeping on.

We all lose weight differently and we all have our good and bad periods for exercising.  I did great the first six months after surgery and then dropped off for three months and now picking it up again at least with the cardio.  I know I should be doing weights but they bore me so.   If you like the treadmill go for it, but I might recommend that if your time is limited like mine that you try the EFX Crossramp.   I can generally burn 2x the calories using the EFX Crossramp than I can on the treadmill.  Its similar to the elliptical but no arms but it has varying levels and resistance.   Another good cardio workout is the rowing machine as it works almost every muscle and you can change the resistance.   Rowing can be very boring, but it does wonders so if you can tough it out.    I would recommend that you go to the gym first thing in the morning before your day gets filled.  If you can afford to purchase one, get a heart rate monitor as most machines at my YMCA will connect and can provide valuable feedback on calories burned, average heart rate and maximum heart rate.  My YMCA used to also have a software program that would track your workouts online.  If they don't take a photo with your phone of calories, miles, etc. and track it on here.   One last bit of advice, do what you can to fight the boredom, switch things up, compete with yourself for miles, calories burned, etc. and have good tunes on your ipod.  Good luck!

 

Thanks, that all sounds like good advice and don't worry I have a playlist just for working out

Very frustrated, afraid I won't make goal by my one year mark. I know weight loss slows when you reach your six month mark and I have a minimum of 29 lbs to loose but would rather loose 39 to 44 lbs and that's a lot considering it took me six months to loose 54lbs. I needed this surgery and it seems like I keep screwing up. I hope that the exercise helps me to continue to loose quickly but IDK. I'm trying to up my water intake and my protein is only about 50-60 even with the shakes. I'm trying to stay under 750 calories and it's hard to get my protein with that because the two shakes I do only give me 32 g and cost me 300 calories. I"m going to switch shakes this month but that still won't get me to goal on protein. WIth work it's hard to get in all of my liquids. I'm really trying but it's difficult. Most of my intake of liquids are the 32 oz of protein shake I get. Idk. I'm trying but probably not hard enough. I guess I will see what happens. But 39 lbs seems like a lot for six months. Plus I'm getting married and upset that I will not be at goal but instead will still be obese for the wedding. I don't want to look back at pictures and see myself big. It's kind of depressing. :(