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6 weeks out... suggestions on diet and exercise

sarahsommerday
sarahsommerday Posts: 1 Member
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So I was steady losing weight BUT this week I gained. I'm lost what to do next. My dietician was very vague... help... need recipe ideas... diet plan... exercise tips... anyone have an answer to tighten skin?

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  • martabeerich
    martabeerich Posts: 195 Member
    This happens! Weight loss is NOT linear. You will have stalls that last weeks and weeks. I often bounce up 3 pounds. I respond to sodium, travel (I can gain 10 pounds of water and my fingers and ankles balloon when I plane/train/boat/auto!), and if I have a vigorous exercise session I can bounce up. Keep plugging forward. Drink water. If you have access to a water aerobics class, being in the water often works as a diuretic for me. Hormones can mess with you, too. Keep a notebook. Write down things like exercise, successes, whatever. (I write down daily weigh-in #, steps, total calories, exercise.) Just understand that often during these times is when your body is changing.

    I'm in a month-long stall right now (6 months post op - sleeve). Yesterday I was trying on sale rack clothes. In a size SMALL. Whaaat? I weighed 211 day of surgery. I've had many stalls. But obviously my body is majorly changing.

    Hang in there!
  • loveshoe
    loveshoe Posts: 361 Member
    Looking back on my food log at 6 weeks I was eating banana's, refried beans, steamed broccoli, tuna, rice crispy's cereal (not sure why), crab and tuna salad, sweet potato's, salmon, eggs, squash, mashed potatoes, cream of chicken/mushroom soup. It didn't look like I was doing any real cooking because I can't find the name of any recipes in my food logs. My serving sizes were between 1 and 2 ounces. I also saw that most of my protein was coming from protein drinks.

    I was lucky and had only one real stall during my weight losing days. That stall lasted for 28 days and I was 10 pounds from my goal weight. I just kept exercising and eating the right thing day after day and it finally broke. I wouldn't consider anything less than 3 weeks a real stall a few says is just a pause. Don't fret about the stalls I believe they are common.

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