Question:
Plateau Question

I had my surgery on Oct 2. 2002. To date I have lost ( getting calculator) 97 pounds. I have been stuck with no weight loss now going on almost 2 months. And yes my appetite was increased in a horrible way. Has anyone else experienced this and if so, when did you start losing again. And what did you do to kick start the weight loss. Thanks in advance    — Schatzie1 (posted on April 26, 2003)

April 26, 2003
I'm 11 months out now and I did stop the large weight loss about 6 months. Since then I have lost 3-4 a month. I stepped up the walking to jump start the process , but It will not be"falling off" like the first 6 months. I'm sure your not done losing, it just wont be as drastic. You have done real well- congrats
   — Kay B.

April 26, 2003
I'm in the same boat. I'm 5 1/2 mos, can eat about 8 oz of food (depending on the density of the food of course) and am on a plateau. I've only lost 77 pounds as of this point...based on that last post, I wonder, how the heck am I ever gonna lose the other 50?
   — Mrs. Rich

April 28, 2003
Rose, It happened to me too, was on a 3 month plateau, oh man it was terrible, I decided I would first of all decrease my calories, then I drastically went on the "NO CARB" thing for 8 whole days....... then went back to normal range calories, It worked it just started my weight loss,. I didn't change any of the exercises, , as I do mostly weight training and light cardio. Hope it helps. Post op 11 months down 128 pounds
   — tannedtigress

April 28, 2003
I'm sure everyone is different but I started keeping an even tighter reign on what I eat (I keep track of all of it on fitday) and try to keep my calories within 1000-1200 (max) and I try to keep my protein about 55% of that, maybe 45% at the lowest.. the rest carbs and fat.. with the fat staying well under 30%. After that, I get a lot of water in... and I upped my cardio exercise to running 6 times a week.. and now I'm doing weight training at the gym about three times a week. I didn't want to do all this exercise.. its hard work and time consuming but its paying off -- in many ways including the fact that I do enjoy running and the weight trianing now. It really jump started my weight loss and now I'm humming along again about 2 pounds a week... that's perfect as far as I'm concerned. I also work hard at getting a lot of water in each day.. and NOT leading a sedentary life...
   — Lisa C.