stalling...what has been your experience?
Holly_penguin
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I had my bypass surgery on 8/1/12. I have lost 80lbs so far. But the last month has been a struggle. I am lossing 1lb or 1/2 lb a week. I'll never get to my goal of 130lbs loss by 8/1/13 at this rate. Has anyone else noticed a stall 6 months in? How do you get over it? Is it just my body readjusting or have I gotten lazy in my food choices/exercise? I have gotten a little, but I stay under 1200 kcal a day for the most part and exercise at least 3 times a week. I just need someone to talk me off the ledge a bit. Thanks.
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I had gastric bypass on 8/21/12, and weight loss did slow down and become more erratic between five and six months. I think it does for most people. It's possible that you are eating more or exercising less, but you are the only one who can answer that. Do you log everything? For myself, long term success will depend on continuing to log all of my food and exercise. Without that, you really don't have all the facts.
There are also other explanations. Your BMR decreases as your weight decreases. Use a BMR calculator to see the difference between your current weight and your starting weight. For me, the difference is almost 1100 calories a day. That's over 2 pounds a week less weight loss, even with no change in diet. And as you get lighter, you burn fewer calories for a given exercise. All these things means you will lose less weight.
You are really just a victim of your own success. The less you weigh, the more difficult it becomes. That's a good thing.
Log everything, and hang in there.0 -
Thanks for the advice. It looks like we are roughly on the same journey...However your 242 lbs lost is AMAZING to my mere 80 lbs. I know from support group, that the loss will slow down. I also know I've been lazy about logging and lazy about getting to the gym for the last month. So I'm not really surprised at the slow down. I do recalculate my BMR every 10 lbs. But MFP keeps me at 1200 calories/day regardless.
I'm happy with my progress thus far, but I want to keep losing. I look great, but I know I can look better.
As to being a victim of my success, I couldn't agree more. Yesterday i ran on the treadmill for 30 minutes at 5mph average and brief spurts at 6mph. When i began exercising after WLS I could barely manage a fast walk at 3.8mph. So after I finish and wipe the sweat from my face I notice the treadmill logs my calorie burn at 250 calories. ARGH! 3 months ago that would have been a 350 calorie burn minimum. I'm just going to have to bring a sleeping bag to the gym and move in I guess.
Thanks for your insight!0 -
I had lost quite a bit before surgery. Since my surgery date, I am down 126. And I would bet anything that I was a lot bigger than you, so losses are all relative.0
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Bump up your exercise to at least 5 days a week, 30-45 minutes, and change up the routine you're doing every couple of weeks. You can do it!0
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Talk about stalling. I have been in a stall since February 15, and have done all I know to make that scale move. No inches lost, no size changes, no pounds down. I have upped the calories, upped the exercise, downed them, changed up the carb count. You name it. Not happening. Not even six months out and nothing. I honestly think that I will be the one that rny does not work for. I don't want to think I went into this to remain 164 pounds and a size 12 forever.0
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I weigh in on Wednesdays. Last week I saw a small bump up. I haven't been as vigilant as I had in the begining, and i know that is palying a part in the stall. I'm also considerably hungier than lately. And grabbing a cookie is faster and less messy than rolling up some lunch meat. I know it's wrong, though.
So I'm re-committing to exercise and actively making better food choices after 6 weeks of letting things slide.
I'm currently 185 lbs and a size 14. Which, quite honestly, is awesome. In fact when I hold up my pants before I put them on I think "There is no way those are fitting over my butt" and then...THEY DO!
I can get back on this train...just need a bit more determination.0 -
I had RNY on Nov. 6, 2012 so I'm 5 months out and stalled at 60 pounds lost - 175. Two weeks at this point, but I spent most of February stalled at 185. Since February, I've found this site that makes it easier to track so now I'm logging my food and exercise - calories 800-850/day; protein 85-104. I go to the gym at least 3 days a week and spend an hour on the elliptical, at least 2 other days my daughter and I walk 2.5 miles. I'm drinking 6-8 glasses of water daily. I'm pretty much at a loss as to what I can change so I just keep at it hoping to see the weight loss come back. I'm still 45 pounds to goal.0
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I'm impressed with your water intake. I can't seem to get my water in AT ALL. To the point it affects my bathroom habits. I don't notice I'm thirsty until my tongue sticks tot roof of my mouth practically. Or I have a really intese workout and hardly sweat at all. Before surgery I drank a gallon+ per day.0
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How is your stall going? Any movement yet? My nutritionist said that things won't happen for weeks at this point and then one day...big loss. That's what I'm hoping for tomorrow at weigh in.0
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update...lost 1.4 lbs this week. Hope this is a trend and not an anomoly. Weight loss in 30 days only 2lbs. But a loss is a loss and more importantly. not a gain.0
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I am stalling now only 8 weeks out , but you guys seem to be all doing great !! I am figuring it out slowly ! Would like to hear the progress now if you are still here ?0
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It's harder everyday to lose weight for me 16months from surgery. I stopped tracking during Holidays but maintained at 175 lbs. I am back on the train now, logging and excercising and making good food choices. I am really weird about weighing though. I will only weigh first thing in AM, before my shower after using the toilet. But my toilet habits are not regular so I don't weight often. i will weigh myself no matter what this month though. All my clothes still fit, so i suspect all is well.
At 8 weeks i was losing at least 2lbs+ per week. However TOM, salt intake, toilet habits all play their part. I stongly suspect that your stall is a true stall. Make good choices, get in your protein, take your vitamins and water and exercise as much as you can fit in and you will be okay. Feel free to add me.0 -
hi.
i live in Kronoby a small villiage in Finland. had the gastric bypass surgery in Vasa central hospital 13.11.13. so far lost about 10 kgs since my surgery. feel qvite well. my next goal is to be 83 kg:flowerforyou:0 -
Great work...add me if you need friends.0
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I know it's a bit of an older threat, but I wondered how you were doing?
Have you been getting enough protein? I had a stall a few months ago, and asked the nutritionist about it. She instantly asked me if I was getting my 120 gm of protein each day. I said no. So, now that I've started eating more protein, about 110 or 120 gm a day, I've been steadily losing body fat and doing well at building muscle in the gym.
Edit: I had surgery on 9/10/2012. So about the same time frame as you.0 -
I've lost 16lbs in 2013 total.
I'm 25 lbs from goal. My Nutritionist suggested increasing my calories but not specifically my protein. Over the holidays i've take a break...but am back on target again. Over last month I've lost 2 lbs. So that feels pretty good.
I had an evaluation with a trainer last night. He was arrogant and didn't care for him or the process at all. HOWEVER, I do know i need to build lean muscle and he gave me a few exercises I can do at home witha resistance band. I'm going to start there.
Part of me wants to be happy at my current weight. part of me wants to continue to lose. I guess I need to figure out which part of me is happier.0 -
I'm glad to see that this thread made it's way back to the top and you were still here Holly!
"Part of me wants to be happy at my current weight. part of me wants to continue to lose. I guess I need to figure out which part of me is happier."
This is the struggle I have every single day. I say to myself..... I can live with this weight. Hell, I've lost 211 pounds... just be happy here. Then I say, BUT, this is not where you were shooting for. Don't give up. And, I keep trying.
Don't give up til you truly feel like you have reached your goal.... wherever that goal may be. Don't decide you are happy because the journey is so hard. Decide you are happy because you are truly happy. It's a tricky thing to determine
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Currently in a stall for the past 2 months... months 6&7 post surgery. The "hungry" has returned after disappearing nicely for those first months. I have started at a gym about 6 weeks ago, adding in regular exercise is one of the harder things for me. I guess I can be grateful that I don't experience dumping... but then I would have that extra deterrent for sweets. I find that they still go down just fine. I've been feeling bad about this all, and not logging as regularly as I had been. So this is my "confession" and I'm back on track. So I ate too much today... at about 1500 calories. That isn't so bad I guess... in the past a bad day would have been 4000 or more! I made sure that a lot of it was protein, if I'm going to overdo it better be on what my body needs. That's all for now, thank you all for sharing your stories, the real struggles, and your encouragement.0
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Currently in a stall for the past 2 months... months 6&7 post surgery. The "hungry" has returned after disappearing nicely for those first months. I have started at a gym about 6 weeks ago, adding in regular exercise is one of the harder things for me. I guess I can be grateful that I don't experience dumping... but then I would have that extra deterrent for sweets. I find that they still go down just fine. I've been feeling bad about this all, and not logging as regularly as I had been. So this is my "confession" and I'm back on track. So I ate too much today... at about 1500 calories. That isn't so bad I guess... in the past a bad day would have been 4000 or more! I made sure that a lot of it was protein, if I'm going to overdo it better be on what my body needs. That's all for now, thank you all for sharing your stories, the real struggles, and your encouragement.
I like to believe it is the winter putting me in a funk. With the longer daylight and the warmer sunshine I am finding the process easier. Hang in there. You can do this!0 -
I'm 1/2 way to my goal... or a bit more than half, as DBF pointed out to me. 1 dress size to go, and I crossed the 'century mark' from surgery day... I'm walking during my lunch hour, and am trying to get back to that 1-mile walk.
I bought a FitBit (the little one you can clip on) and since we moved to a new office, I find myself walking more, because our stuff is so spread out. I sync it to MFP, and so I can usually figure out my distance and log my food.
Lately, I've found that Sour Patch Kids are my 'drug' of choice. I've been trying to substitute it with grapes, raisins, nuts... but nothing beats it. So I've had to treat myself like a little kid - telling myself I can have ONE SPK after I work 3 files. It was much easier when my body couldn't take sugar.
How do you get in so much protein? I have to increase that, but I'm not sure how.0
