Question:
I have hit a Plateau...What am I doing wrong???

I know that we will all hit a plateau. I dropped 61 lbs already since 9/25 but I cannot get the scale to move. Is there something that Ineed to do that I may not be doing? HELP!!!    — Sunshine626 (posted on January 24, 2010)

January 24, 2010
How long have you gone since losing? One thing we were told at our support group meeting is that a plateau is when you don't lose for 3 weeks minimum. I remember the first one I hit a couple of weeks after surgery. What I realized was that even though I wasn't losing weight I was losing inches. Just know that your body has to keep up with the weight loss and has to just take time to rest. The weight loss will start up again. Promise! Keep up the good work and let your body do what it has to do and before you know it you will start losing weight again. I know it can be discouraging but your body just needs to adjust.
   — Dawn A.

January 25, 2010
Get your protein in and especially the water.... and definately excercise
   — MarthaJ0110

January 25, 2010
Plateau's... U R going to hit them. Trust me. They suck, but they are your new reality. What I did when I hit a plateau. 1.)increased my protein. 2. )increased my water intake. 3.) ate by the cardinal rule from my NUT - for every 100 calories, only 3 grams of fat and 6 grams of sugar and finally - EXERCISE!! For me, when I would hit a plateau --- I would change up, switch up my exercise routine. Keeping my body "working" and not adjusting to what I was doing. Also, if the scale wasn't moving - I would keep an eye on my waistline. Most of the plateau's I hit in weight loss was accompanied by inch loss. Don't get discouraged. Plateau's happen. I would get in a rut (food/exercise) and I saw a plateau as my bodies way of saying --- "hey! I am bored --- let's shake things up". I would. I did. It helped. Hope it helps you. Best of luck and congrats on the 61lbs. My surgiversary is coming up on 2/15/10 - it will be 3 years (still cannot believe it's been that long - seems just like yesterday). My original heaviest of all time 286lbs in a size 26/28 pants, 18/20 top. At the height of my weight loss, coupled with an intestinal infection, I went down to 143lbs in a size 4 pants, Xsmall top. But I was unhealthy. Very thin. (I am 5'8"). I was in and out of the hospital with this intestinal infection - viral. It had to run it's course out of my body. After 7 months, it finally did. I am a happy, healthy 165lbs in a size 8-10 pants, small/med top.
   — jammerz