Question:
Am I ever going to get off this plateu. Am I eating tooo much?

I will be three months post op on June 18 2004. I feel like I am eating more than 2 ounces at a time when I eat. I feel like I am staying hungry more. I have not been sick or had any dumping since I had the surgery. I am tolerating all the food I eat well. My weight loss is only 40 pounds in three months. Am I doing something wrong? Why is it going so slow. Someone please help. Email me at my email address [email protected].    — Bobbie E. (posted on June 2, 2004)

June 2, 2004
Are you exercising 3-5 times a week?
   — mrsmyranow

June 2, 2004
Are you eating refined carbs? Concentrate on protein... it's not how MUCH you put in your pouch, it's WHAT you put in your pouch.
   — mom2jtx3

June 2, 2004
Everyone's body is different. As long as your are eating right and exercising you are fine. YOu have lost 40lbs in almost 3 months. That is great! I lost about 50 in about three months, and I am below goal now. You have to make sure you continue to eat right and exercise. The weight will come off in time.
   — keishax

June 2, 2004
Are you eating enough? If you don't your body will go into starvation mode and cause you to plateau. I went two weeks with no weight loss, as soon as I started eating more the weight started coming off. Hope this helps.
   — Angel E.

June 2, 2004
First of all, please take a deep breath. You are in for a journey of improving your health and changing your lifetime of habits, which may have included poor eating habits and poor exercise habits. That certainly applied to me. You are just 3 months out from surgery. Some experience very fast loss, some slower. Everyone's BODY is different. That doesn't mean that you shouldn't honestly evaluate how much and what kind of food you are choosing to put in your mouth. Remember, be HONEST. Evaluate your exercise program and the frequency/type. Again, be honest with yourself. Also, evaluate how much water. Minimum is 60 oz, I myself shoot for 100 oz. I use fitday.com pretty darn religiously. I too was hovering and not losing for close to two months. I started tracking my caloric content in fitday because I didn't think I was getting in enough calories (which will stop your body from losing just as eating too much). Well, not only wasn't I getting in enough calories daily, I wasn't even clearing 500 calories most days. I THOUGHT that I was maybe eating too few calories, but I didn't think it was that low. I shoot now for 1000-1200 daily. Some days I eat less, some days more, but I must put honestly track everything I put in my mouth. I do this to keep me from going into denial about what/how much I eat. (This was one of the reasons that I became MO - denial.) I also track my exercising in fitday. Some days it motivates me to do some form of exercise just so that I have something to enter. I count housework, yardwork, shopping -- whatever keeps me moving is exercise in my book (I'm not counting it as cardio-exercise tho'). I am 13 months out and down over 160 pounds. I had severe complications that led to tube feeding for my first 3+ months after surgery. I couldn't eat any food or drink anything. I had lost only 30 pounds during that time. Once I was able to work this whole program, the weight came off. Some months QUICKLY, some months SLOWLY, some months seemed like NOTHING was changing, but keep track of your measurements. I do it monthly on my anniversary date. Even when the scales haven't moved or maybe moved only a few pounds, the inches often do!!! I have never had a month that I haven't lost at least a few inches. If you are in a plateau (and by most definitions, plateaus include absolutely NO changes for a period of 6-8 weeks), I find that incredible. You are only 3 months out and have lost 40 pounds. I don't see where the plateau could have even fit in that time frame ;)! Our bodies are changing pretty violently right now. We have had major surgery and are healing. There are many factors that can affect your weight. You can't control all of them. You can choose to drink enough water, eat a balanced diet and exercise. Honestly, if you do those 3 things every day, you will be a healthier person first and your excess weight will drop off. Please don't concentrate on the losing of the weight. Concentrate on the changing of your eating habits and lifestyle. Long-term success beats short-term triumphs. Begin truely listening to your body. Some days I can just feel that my body is adjusting/changing. During those days my weight stays the same. I don't let it get me down. I keep working my gameplan and look forward to the weight loss that is ahead of me (after all, if I'm not losing weight this week, then next week has great possibilities! - as long as I am honestly doing what I need to be doing). Whew, I've gone on a long time here LOL. Good luck on your journey. Be patient and kind to yourself. Jodie 336/172/?? 05-02-03 RNY
   — Jodie P.

June 4, 2004
I have to be "queen" of the SLOW LOSERS!!! All through the months I worried and worried and WORRIED that I was not going to lose the weight. Well, I will be 1 year this coming August and I have lost 91 lbs. You will too!!! It is going to happen! You sound like me... feeling like you are eating too much... never dumping, etc. All those things happened to me too... although I get deathly sick (dumping) with some of the foods now that I use to eat in the past and was fine with. How long have you been overweight? I am 49 years old and have been overweight since I was 5 years old. I guess we can't lose it overnight and we have been overweight so long. Check my profile and read about my frustrations and you will see we have/had the same complaints! But take heart my friend... it is going to happen for you!!! Best Wishes and God Bless you in your WL Journey!!
   — pennix122