Strangley enough I quit drinking my morning protein and starting taking in a few more carbs and have lost 10 pounds since Christmas. I don't always understand how my body works and don't necessarily recommend this to everyone who has hit a 3 month plateau, but sometimes just changing it up I guess confuses your body and you lose more weight. Also, I wonder if my body just needed to adjust to the weight I had lost before it allowed me to lose more.

Like I said previously, there seems to be no rhyme or reason to my weight loss at this point in my journey. One thing I did change around Christmas is that I started drinking more caffeine as I got a new Keurig coffeemaker. Don't know if the additional caffeine has stimulated some weight loss, or maybe I am drinking more fluids now??? Just happy to finally be in the 160's. I am hoping to land around 150lbs and stay there (give or take 5 lbs).

If nothing else i am learning to have more patience with myself and my weight loss. No longer panicking when my weight loss stalls, just trying to understand what impacts it.

I have also decided to increase my exercise. I had been doing 3 hrs of Zumba/wk and 2 days of strength training, and random long walks and 5Ks. I am now doing 4 hours of Zumba a week and will be adding more to my strength training and more walks with higher inclines. I hope this will build more muscle and also help me get off that last 15lbs.

Wow how strange it feels to say I only have 15 more pounds that i want to lose. For 40 years I have had a daunting amount of weight that I needed to lose--now only 15. But, I also know it will probably be the hardest 15lbs to lose and keep off---so, i better get serious and work hard.

Good luck to you in your journey.:flowerforyou:





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I have increased my exercise to 6-7 Zumba classes a week (1 hr each); strength training 3x week, a 5K every other Sat. and additional walking as much as I can during work hours. all this exercise just makes me hungry and hasn't done anything to promote weight loss. Although, I do feel well and stronger--I still can't seem to shake this plateau.

Over the past year I have had some success with doing the 5 Day Pouch Test on occasion (just Google 5dpt for details) to stimulate weight loss as well as just get refocused on the rules to live by post WLS. So, yesterday I started on this plan again to see if it will help me start losing weight again.

I keep hoping, and trying to believe that by adding strength training my weight has stalled due to gaining some muscle and taking in extra protein. But, I still fear the stalled weight loss and possibility of regain--and would be alot more comfortable with myself if I could at least reach my goal of 150lbs (size 10 clothes) and put more distance between where I am and what for me feels like i am overweight.

Good luck to you as well.