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So I am in my 8th month post-op and for the last 3 weeks, I've been having something happen to me that has never happened to me before. I will weigh and then gradually gain 1-2 pounds over the course of a weeek, then I will drop like 4 pounds all at once. Then, I will gradually gain another 1-2 pounds. Last week around this time I had made it to 168, and over the course of the week I went up to 169 and now I'm at 170 and I've held at 170 for the last few days.
My diet is pretty regular, not a lot of variation and everything I'm eating I've eaten before. I am work out 3 times a week for at least 1 hour each time. I'm not sure if things are getting a little wacky because I'm only about 30 pounds from my goal weight or what the deal is. The only thing that has changed is at the end of March I started getting 100-120g protein per day as per my nutritionists recommendation. So while I am eating between 900-1100 calories per day, the majority of those calories are from protein. My carb intake is around 60g per day or less on average (some days it may be a little higher).
Is this something I should be concerned about? I don't understand why I am going up and down....even though I still have a net loss, it is frustrating.
My diet is pretty regular, not a lot of variation and everything I'm eating I've eaten before. I am work out 3 times a week for at least 1 hour each time. I'm not sure if things are getting a little wacky because I'm only about 30 pounds from my goal weight or what the deal is. The only thing that has changed is at the end of March I started getting 100-120g protein per day as per my nutritionists recommendation. So while I am eating between 900-1100 calories per day, the majority of those calories are from protein. My carb intake is around 60g per day or less on average (some days it may be a little higher).
Is this something I should be concerned about? I don't understand why I am going up and down....even though I still have a net loss, it is frustrating.
I was about 168 when my weight did the same thing up and down a few lbs every couple days. I was actually increased in protien but I only get 60g tops a day with 2 shakes. He thought my body was done in Feb. here we are in april though and poof Im down 13lbs. Hang tough keep up the fantastic job! You will find the ballance again.
Personally, I think over 100 grams of protein a day is unnecessary unless you are a bodybuilder or have some other extreme stuff going on. I usually work-out 4-5 times a week...at least one of those is for 2 hours. I get between 70-90 grams of protein a day. I plan to try some body building this year and know I will have to up my protein for that, but you are still wanting to lose weight, so it seems a bit excessive to me.
BTW, I had so much muscle going into this thing (you need a lot of muscle to lug 300 lbs around), that I knew I had to lose muscle to get to my target weight. I didn't start seriously working out until I hit my goal. I did some stuff at home, but didn't actually work up a sweat. Once I hit goal, it became a matter of maintaining my weight as I toned and built muscle - changing my body composition, not what the scale says.
If what you were doing was working, why mess with it?
JJ