AAAARGH - Can't I lose A Freaking Pound

rhearob
on 2/24/12 10:19 pm - TN

I have been constant at 259 for the last 6 days. I am 2 lbs from my midpoint. I am doing so freaking good, at almost 50% only 4 months out. I know I am doing everything right. I know Stalls Happen. I have had the coversation with my surgeon, with my support group, with my spouse. Hell, I have even had the conversation with my housecat!

I am doing everything I am supposed to be doing. I am eating less than 600 calories a day, I am exercising, I am taking my vitamins. I deserve to be losing!

I have already had so much success. In less than 4 months I have lost enough to be able to stop taking all my diabetes meds, (my A1C count dropped from 9.2 to 5.4), I have been able to stop all Blood Pressure Meds, I have lost 12 freaking waist sizes. It can't stop now!

I know, its only been 6 days - I just want to reach that 50% mark, and then head out to no longer being Obese but MERELY OVERWEIGHT.

Thanks for listening - It feels better just saying it again.

_____________________________________________________________________
160 lbs lost. Surgeons Goal Reached in 33 weeks. My Goal in 37 Weeks.

VSG: 11/2/2011; LBL+Thigh Lift+BL: 10/3/2012; Brach+Mastopexy: 7/22/2013

lucy2e
on 2/24/12 10:31 pm - Laurel, MD

VSG on 06/01/11

Your body is just taking a deep breath and regrouping - you are doing incredibly well! Just relax, stay on plan and stop worrying - the stall will break in no time then you'll wonder why you stressed over it until the next stall, then the whole process will start again!

Lucy (Imma Loser!)

HW 335 SW 311 CW 181.2 -- Goals: Twoderville - 6/7/11, 280 - 7/1/11, 260 - 8/1/11, 240 - 10/30/11 Centry Club - 11/22/11, 220 - 12/27/11 Onederland - 5/25/12, 180 - , 170 (surgeons goal) -
We shall see where this leads...

BethR311
on 2/24/12 10:33 pm - Fort Wayne, IN

VSG on 10/10/11

I sooooo know how you feel! You might want to think about bumping up your calories a little, not with Girl Scout cookies but some good dense protein. Starvation mode is a hotly debated topic here but several threads have said people have lost more by alternating low calorie days with slightly higher.

I think we have to have faith in our own hard work and our tool. I tell myself, I didn't gain it overnight and I won't lose it that way either. But it is horrible how easy it is to gain and how painfully hard to lose!

Open yourself to possibility and possibility will present itself.

BethR311
on 2/24/12 10:35 pm - Fort Wayne, IN

VSG on 10/10/11

I just want to say quickly how great it is to see other people who started where I did! I get demoralized seeing so many starting out where I had to fight to get to!

Open yourself to possibility and possibility will present itself.

lucy2e
on 2/24/12 10:46 pm - Laurel, MD

VSG on 06/01/11

Lol - I know just how you feel! But remember - even the people we think of as small have struggled to lose/keep off weight. They're just catching it before they got to where we were.

Lucy (Imma Loser!)

HW 335 SW 311 CW 181.2 -- Goals: Twoderville - 6/7/11, 280 - 7/1/11, 260 - 8/1/11, 240 - 10/30/11 Centry Club - 11/22/11, 220 - 12/27/11 Onederland - 5/25/12, 180 - , 170 (surgeons goal) -
We shall see where this leads...

Happy966
on 2/24/12 10:58 pm

VSG on 08/29/11

When I stall - and I have to tell you, six days isn't really a stall - I too get very frustrated and disappointed.

I have to tell myself that I don't control the scale, my body knows more than I do, and maybe I've slowed down to let my head catch up with my body. This kind of self-talk doesn't always work, but it helps.

You'll do great!

:) Happy

53 yrs old, 5'6" HW: 293 ConsW: 273 SW: 263 CW: 206

tinkerott
on 2/24/12 11:01 pm - St. Catharines, Canada

VSG on 08/09/11

Well I must say 6 days it not that bad. I'm currently on a 8 week stall. I don't know what the deal is. I try to eat as best as I can, but nothing seems to be helping me. You just have to wait it out, I guess. Congrats on the losing so far though, I'm sure you'll get it started again soon.

felicity2u
on 2/24/12 11:09 pm - LA

VSG on 03/03/11

If your eating less then 600 calories a day and exercising too, your body may be going into survival mode. I would either up your calories to around 700-800 or if you don't up your calories then maybe skip a day or working out once or twice. Sometimes you have to go off of your normal routine to kinda shock your boy into losing again! Hope this helps!

If you fear nothing, then you love nothing. If you love nothing, what joy can there be in life?
                       VSG-3/3/2011 HW-308 SW-298 CW-152 GW-160
                                                156LBS. LOST

Shagdoll
on 2/25/12 2:01 am

VSG on 08/18/11

I am 6 months out. I stalled for 3 1/2 weeks in January, then BOOM! I dropped 15 pounds in the following 3 weeks. I agree with alot of the other posts. I think your body is readjusting.
I think maybe doing what felicity2u said might help if you are working out.
Good luck!!

rhearob
on 2/25/12 2:35 am - TN

VSG on 11/02/11

Thanks everybody for your replies and support. Many of you have said the same thing my surgeon told me. It helps to vent and hear people going through the same thing.

I am well distracted today. My spouse and I are having our housewarming party tonight. We have been cooking all day. We are making fresh pita bread to cut up into pita chips, many dips and sauces, 3 types of italian skewers (melon and prosciutto, Caprese, and pancetta-mozarella), a raspberry pound cake with Moscato wine cream, spinach and ricotta ravioli with Marinara.

7 hours of cooking left, LOL.

And yes, I did have to take a (single) bite of the pancetta after i suteed it, LOL.

_____________________________________________________________________
160 lbs lost. Surgeons Goal Reached in 33 weeks. My Goal in 37 Weeks.

VSG: 11/2/2011; LBL+Thigh Lift+BL: 10/3/2012; Brach+Mastopexy: 7/22/2013

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