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Lately the scale has been jumping back and forth between 196 and 199 for weeks and it's driving me crazy,
I have upped my protien to around 100 grams by munching on jerky (14 grams of protien 60 calories per 1/4 package) and adding protien pudding and a shake to my daily menu.
I may be wrong but it seems to slow some of my recent hairloss.
I started walking 2 miles a day around the lake at the park.
Weight comes off so slowly. When I was on Atkins it came off faster than this.
I do not eat a lot of carbs but I eat some.
I would be extremely disappointed in this process if not only did I have to rearrage my inards but I have to do low carb for the rest of my days.
The world is simply not geared to no carb (which is really what it boils down to)
I know there is nothing anyone can do but I am really unhappy about this.
For me, I seem to lose a couple of pounds and then go on to another 3-4 week plateau.
Why... what am I doing wrong?
I long to hit my next wow moment like maybe at 175 weighing less than my husband for the first time EVER!
Does anyone have any advice?
I have upped my protien to around 100 grams by munching on jerky (14 grams of protien 60 calories per 1/4 package) and adding protien pudding and a shake to my daily menu.
I may be wrong but it seems to slow some of my recent hairloss.
I started walking 2 miles a day around the lake at the park.
Weight comes off so slowly. When I was on Atkins it came off faster than this.
I do not eat a lot of carbs but I eat some.
I would be extremely disappointed in this process if not only did I have to rearrage my inards but I have to do low carb for the rest of my days.
The world is simply not geared to no carb (which is really what it boils down to)
I know there is nothing anyone can do but I am really unhappy about this.
For me, I seem to lose a couple of pounds and then go on to another 3-4 week plateau.
Why... what am I doing wrong?
I long to hit my next wow moment like maybe at 175 weighing less than my husband for the first time EVER!
Does anyone have any advice?
Karla~
im also in the same pattern right now of platau'ing(spelling?) the scale just doesnt wanna moved, n i keep going up n down 5 to 7 lbs..
I know that you don't want to do no carbs for life, but while in the losing phase you may want to limit or cut them out until you get to maintenance. And once you get to maintenance, you can then add some whole grain carbs back. Staying away from the white carbs pretty much altogether.
I lived by the NO breads, rice, pastas, potatoes, low sugar and no carbination my first year and still pretty much do. If I added these carbs in, then my weight loss would stall out on me. I kept up my vitamins and my protein was between 60-80g daily. I also kept my exercize up, walking 4-6 miles in one shot every weekend, and worked on not being sedentary during the rest of the week. For me to see a differnce on the scale with exercize, I'd have to keep up my pace for at least 3 weeks, and then continue on to keep my momentum rolling to see my numbers go down. If I stopped for a few weeks (which now I haven't exercized in months) then my weight loss would stall out, and I'd have to start over, giving it nearly a month to catch back up to me losing again.
Just having the guts rearranged doesn't mean then magically the lbs fall off. We still have to work VERY hard at weight loss, with eating right and exercizing.
I wish you the best! I'm 16 months post op, down 165 lbs.
It is low carb, low fat and high protien... such a fantastic bang for your buck.
But there always seems to be some reason I can't eat something I enjoy.
Fruit has to many carbs, salad usually requires dressing to be tasty etc.
Maybe after eating like this for a year I will see an impressive drop.
But what about only absorbing half the calories we eat and stuff.
I think that's a bunch of hooey.
If I allow carbs it's usually in small quantities and I try to be smart about it like maybe a low carb whole grain wrap cut in half or milk for gods sake.
Somestimes I will have a couple bites of pasta or potato just to keep that craving at bay and so I don't feel deprived and abnormal.
I do this maybe once a week.
I guess it's as I already am coming to realize.
This is a crazy mad diet with a little help from your friendly local surgeon.
You and I have pretty much been neck and neck since the beginning. It seems like every time I have a question you ask it first! My surgery was 3 days after yours. I have only lost 54 pounds since march 1st. I also don't have any issues with any foods, and I am also frustrated about this being a'diet'. I have been on a plateau for 4 weeks now....just hoping it ends soon. Soooo, no advice,, but know you aren't alone!
Sorry to about your stall... It just sucks. But I went to the Dr other day and I lost 26 lbs the first month and four the second. WTF! I say this because I only consume 300 calories a day and walk a mile every other day. I must admit that I move alittle slow because I'm winded, tired from the lack of calories but should still be loosing alittle more, right?
He told me that I need to start doing interval training to boost my metabolism. So, walk for five - 10 minutes then kick up the pace for 5 minutes and repeat. He says that it makes a big difference to those who had prior metabolic (thyroid) issues. So may want to google that and see if it helps. I know people plateau... it's just your body's way of trying to hold onto what it has while it's figuring out what's different/changing.
He also pointed out that I'm not eating enough protein (only 35-40gms/day). Now my situation is alittle different than yours because I'm 2 months out and not really tolerating foods. But, he said some of his patients take in 80-90gms of protein and he likes to keep everyone on lower calories until they can eat.
I'm not sure how much protein you are getting in, maybe you need to look at that? I think the interval training will make a difference because I swear I can feel it already, my weight isn't plummetting but my pants are hanging.
The other thing to look at is to make sure you're getting the water requirement in as well ...
As for carb's I was reading last night that when you 3months out or greater you should limit carbs to 20-30 per meal. And they offered different ways to calculate individual protein, carb requirements, etc. So maybe a nutritionist could help you find the right mix of carbs/protein/etc for you specifically?
And since we're talking carb's can you eat something like Quinoa? It's got a lot of protein and is good. I hoping someday I'll be able to eat Couscous again... it not's as carb laden as other things and is very satisfying.
I'm with gurlie... I hope this helped.
Take care,
Colleen
p.s. Congratulations on what you've lost to date, it's impressive!!!
I eat protien at every meal as well as my shake and my protien pudding.
I had steel cut oatmeal this morning so I don't think I would have a problem with Quinoa. I have never really had a problem with anything unless it's ridiculous like a big piece of cake with icing.
Now in my own defense I thought I was dying of OC, so what did it matter.
After eating that cake I definately felt like I was dying and learned a hard lesson about dumping but that was my own stupidity.
I must say the interval training sounds promising.
I honestly cannot get anymore liquid in than I already do but I will try.
As for carbs I seriously doubt I take in 20-30 evey meal.
According to fitday.com carbs take up about 25% of my diet. The rest is dispersed between protien and then fat.
Everyone keeps commenting on my face and how much it has slimmed but the rest of me still needs work. Sigh....
Sometimes life isn't fair... I'd love just to loose my hips and thighs! lol
Colleen