Question:
HELP! I am NOT loosing weight!
I am 5 months out and I have not lost any weight in 4 weeks! I am hungry all the time! For 4 months I never felt hungry. Has this happened to anyone else? I have only lost a total of 44 pounds total. I started at 237. — tammiherb (posted on August 31, 2006)
August 30, 2006
Hello! I haven't had WLS yet and I'm a lightweight like you but I think
that you may not be eating enough protein or eating every few hours to rev
up your metabolism. 44 lbs in 5 months is not bad at all! Everyone loses
at a different pace. Have you consulted with your nutritionist or doctor?
They should be there for you on a weekly basis so you can discuss these
issues. I will rely heavily on my nutrionist to guide me along the path of
losing. Keep me informed about your progress.
— Sheri A.
August 30, 2006
Hello Tammy,
You did not note what surgery you had. I had lap RNY 013006. I did have
not has a plateau yet. At least I do not think I have. For the first 6
months I did not weight my self regulary. But I can tell you I did get the
hungry's at about the same time. Many people have plateaus dont let it
get to you. It is your body adjusting itself. Try to tweek your diet
somehow or increase you exercise. I have heard this could help.
— Tina G.
August 30, 2006
There are many reason that would make you not lose weight. First of all
you have not stated if you are eating, drinking and excercising. these are
the 3 most important things you must do. you also did not state how much
you are eating per meal. a plateau is 4 months just to let you know. if
you answer some of the questions then we can help you.
good luck
— Steve Cohen
August 31, 2006
Hey Tammy,
I am also almost 5 months out, but I started at a much higher weight than
you. I have Lap RNY and the weight has really fallen off of me, but I too
am at a stall right now. Are you keeping track of your protein and making
sure you get in enough....I use fitday.com to track my food and calories.
I eat around 800 - 900 calories NOW a day. But right out of surgery I was
only eating about 300 - 500 calories a day. I also exercise 3 - 4 days a
week by walking, doing pilates and weight lifting. Hang in there are try
to adjust your diet, liquid, and exercise. I know my NUT said to make sure
I was getting in between 60 - 80g of protein each day.... Good Luck and
keep us posted on how you are doing!!! Becki
— brosane
August 31, 2006
Hi
I can't believe this - I am also 5 months out , hungry and haven't lost
anything in 3 weeks!. I had my RNY on March 27th and have lost 82 pounds -
was going great until the past 3 weeks. I am exercising, drinking H2O etc
but may be grazzing too much on protein....NO carbs, minimal fruit (as per
my Dr). I am also hungry all the time. HELP!!
— beebees2
August 31, 2006
— shakeyourweight
August 31, 2006
I know my answer will not be what you want to hear. I wouldn't have wanted
to hear it also. However, I started out at 230/a lightweight. I never did
reach my goal, despite trying to do everything by the book. I think
obesity is complicated and is not entirely understood. I just try to be
happy that I am now 172 rather than the 130 I had dreamed of.
— [Deactivated Member]
August 31, 2006
Hi. I had lap RNY June 17, 2005. I started out at 283 and I am now 130.
There have been times when I've stalled for weeks. I increased my exercise
routine and increased my protein and the weight started coming off again.
I'm stalled now,but that's fine cuz I don't want to be any lighter than
130. My dr only wanted me to be 140.
— mzb2u
August 31, 2006
Tammy teceived the RNY Surgery, It's on her profile.
Tammy here is a PLATEAU Breaker I was given.
#1 - Do this for 10 days to break a plateau
#2 - Drink 2 quarts of water a day
#3 - You must have 45 grams of protein supplement and all your
vitamins/minerals supplements each day (some suggest at least 60 and up to
80 gr)
#4 - You may consume up to 3 oz of the following high protein foods, 5x a
day
beef
pork
chicken
turkey
lamb
fish
eggs
low fat cheese
cottage cheese
plain yogurt or artificially sweetened (?)
peanut butter
beans/legumes
You may also have:
sugar free popsicles
tea or coffee
sugar free soda
sugar free jello
broths/bullion (sp?)
crystal light drinks
#5 - If it's not on the list, you can't have it for 10 days!!!!
#6 - Keep a food diary and try to get up to 30 mins of exercise daily
— Michael Eak
August 31, 2006
Okay, I'm going to fly in the face of some of what is said here. Over and
over I see people continuing to say "You need to eat more." I
want to remind everyone why we had this surgery...to reduce the size of our
stomachs so we can eat LESS. Don't force your eating. If you are
famished, it's probably because the feeling is coming back to your pouch
that has been numb for the past 4 months. Some of the advice given here is
sound in that you need to eat protein first. That will not only give your
body more of an ability to burn what it consumes, but it will also satiate
your appetite faster than anything. If you are hungry all the time, are
you eating all the time? Are you snacking? If so, get that under control.
Push the protein first and foremost and get rid of excess carbs if you are
eating them. From the onset if I ate pasta, I would fill up on it, then 30
minutes later I would want (and eat) more. I have to avoid pasta because
it just keeps me coming back for more. I will eat it once in awhile, but I
have to keep that in mind. It triggers your blood sugar reactions and
causes you to be hungry again in a very short period of time. Now, the
other thing is that you are stalling and that is normal for most people.
Many people will discover that their body wants to stay at a weight that
they spent time at previously. I had landmark times where I stalled as
well. It's almost as if the body has a memory of that weight and it wants
to hang on to it. 265 was one of those weights for me. I was stuck there
for quite awhile. Some people will experience many stalls, and some will
not. 4 weeks is a long stall, and I would encourage you to go over what
you are eating. If you are doing everything right - eating your protein
and not overindulging in snacks and carby things, then I would say to you
that you should take a deep breath and wait it out. If not, you need to
nip this in the bud while you can and change what you are eating. A vast
majority of those who have wls will have something that they are not
"supposed" to have at some point. And some of those things will
make them stall out. What has been effective for me is not falling into
the old dieting pattern of believing that I am being bad if I have
something I really want. If you deny yourself certain foods, you might
tend to obsess on those foods. Then when you do eat it, you feel guilty
and many folks end up bingeing on them. So candy was always one of my
weaknesses. And I have to say, I have candy all over the house. But most
of it goes stale and gets thrown away by the time I try it. But it's there
and I no longer feel like I need to eat it all the time. If I want it,
though, I have it there. I buy bite sized everything so that if I want
something, I get a taste of it, and I move on. Had a bite sized Mounds
just a few hours ago, in fact. The point isn't to talk you INTO eating
something not good for you though. The point is that this is MY trigger in
years gone by. And instead of eating one, I would feel compelled to eat 10
or more. Because I always felt I was being "bad" and so
therefore I would "fall off the wagon." Now there is no wagon to
fall off. There is no compulsion to eat all I can of something because
there is that feeling that I will never get to have it again. I will have
it again....so I don't have that sense of desperation. That is why that
box of Sugar Babies that was in my locker got chucked the other night at
work. I took one bite and discovered they were quite stale and nasty. Oh
well, moving on....I can have them in the future if I want them. I'll
likely buy another box and let it go stale too. So if you are discovering
that you are having these old kneejerk dieting reactions, do whatever you
can to change that. This was the answer for me, and I'm pretty happy with
how my relationship is with food right now. Your comfort zone may include
something completely different. But just make sure that your hunger is
born out of real hunger and not cravings for sugar or carbs brought on by a
disproportionate amount of them. And if you just have to have those
Cheez-It's or pretzels, keep yourself stocked up on them. Eat your protein
filled meals and when you think "hmm, that sounds good" have 2-3
of them and move back on to the protein. Protein does help you burn the
fat up faster, but putting an uneven focus on any one thing will cause a
sense of loss somewhere else. If you can get to the point where nothing
makes you feel desperate because you can't have it, then you might find you
are more satisfied with the good stuff and only want the other stuff
occasionally.
— Dinka Doo
September 2, 2006
I had surgery on 11/1/05, so I am about 10 months out. I lost 14 (253 to
239) before surgery and 73 since then (now 166), a total of 87 (I am only
4'11).
Your 44 lbs loss in 4 months is similiar to mine. I lost quickly at first
and then it has slowed down. I am still losing, but not like at first.
Many say to try something new - increase your water, increase your protein,
change or increase your exercise program. It will start coming off again.
Don't lose faith, just keep going, and don't weigh yourself everyday, you
will make yourself nuts.
Danita
— Danita S.
September 4, 2006
44 punds is pretty good for four monthS! It averages out to ten pounds a
month. Make sure you are really hungry when you eat and not just eating
due to "head hunger." Head hunger is when you are not physically
hungry, but you just want to eat.
Aslo, continue getting your protein and exercising every day. We all hit
plateaus. You just have to follow your diet and exercise plan and work
through it.
— Novashannon
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