Question:
Will it ever end? I need ideas on boosting weight loss.

I had my 6 month follow up today, I have lost 58lbs and it's actually the 7th month. My surgeon said I was not losing as well as I could be but as long as I was not gaining. I have posted before about eating sweets for 2 months after Halloween, I have not eaten sweets since the end of December, boosted the amount of exercise, upped the protein etc, and still it is clinging to me. My Dr. does not want me using protein shakes, instead wants me to get extra protein from food. Don't get me wrong, 58lbs is much more than I could have ever lost in 7 months, I just want to get as much out of my surgery that I can.    — Mandy M. (posted on January 21, 2002)

January 21, 2002
Mandy, First off people do lose differently. I, too am at 6 months post op and have lost 121 pounds. BUT--i started 100 pounds heavier than you!. Right now I weigh around 240 and it is much harder now that I am smaller. I got stuck for almost a month. I decided to cut out all fatty proteins and existed on fish for a couple of weeks. I even tried the protein shakes, but the fish tastes better and gives you same protein or more. I wrote out my meals for the day, prepared food at night and tupperwared it all up. Then I bought a huge 128 ounce jug. I came up with this silly rule--i called it 32 P. I just promised myself that I could not eat ANYTHING until I drank 32 ozs of water and it had to be lean protein. That was usually my fish or at times a protein shake. When I treated myself it was the leanest pork chop I could buy! At the end of most days I drank more than 128 ozs and had 120 grams of protein. There was no room for anything else. I only did this for two weeks to jump start the weight loss On Jan. 1st. If you look at my profile you will see I lost 13 pounds only this month, but each of those pounds fell off in 2 weeks. I have gotten slack and have only lost 1 pound this week. You better believe that yesterday I started my silly 32 P program again, it does boost your loss, hope it can help you too!
   — Courtney W.

January 21, 2002
Some of us are more sensitive to carbs than others; so, cutting out sweets is only half the battle. I've started losing weight again after 2 years of....the world's longest plateau! Last week I lost 4 pounds after losing ten pounds in the previous ten weeks. I understand now that if I want to get to my goal (40 pounds to go...) I have to eliminate all simple carbs. That's the only way for me. That means no breads, potatoes, pastas, sugar etc. I eat only meat, fish, eggs veggies, fruits, whole grain cereals/breads. But I'm down 14lbs. and I feel better than I've felt in the past two years. I believe that you can do much better than the 58lbs. you've lost and I think that carbs might be your problem. Experiment for a week or two.....see what happens.
   — [Anonymous]