I haven't posted in forever b/c I've been in a complete funk. I won't try to post too much but will let you know I'm so frustrated with this weight loss thing but also thankful that I've lost 50lbs! My one year since the surgery was on October 17, and I'd hoped to achieve my goal by then. Wrong.... I still have another 40-50lbs to go. I feel as though I'm doing almost everything right, but I haven't lost anything in 5 months....just maintaining... I bounce between 196-200lbs. I exercise 5-6 days a week, which is a body pump two nights and running at least 2 miles every day. I'm not a perfect eater, but don't eat hamburgers, cookies, pizza, etc.... (maybe every once in a while) I just don't understand how I haven't lost any more weight. My NP at the doctors office thinks it b/c I occasionally eat a piece of bread or have a small bowl of mashed potatoes...once again, maybe once every 2 weeks. Sorry.... that doesn't make sense to me. I'm not a quitter and I won't give up, but I'm starting to get pissed and really frustrated. The five months I haven't lost anything could have been another 25lbs gone! So... bandsters... help... advice.... bitch... I don't care.... I just need to hear something.... I'm losing my mind over this and I shouldn't be. How do you not lose weight when you are exercising and eating right????
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Well I was told that our bodies get use to a certain weight and they like it their, ie... plateau. I have been on one for almost a year! I do everything right and it is stuck! I had a friend who went through the same thing and then one day the weight started coming off again. So just keep doing what you are doing and I know it will start up again. I told myself that I wouldn't be the same weight as I was last Christmas! So I have been stepping it up a bit and so far, noda.... But I won't give up!
I understand your frustration! I found out recently for me that it is about portion and amounts. I have started not allowing myself to eat anything after 6PM and I am starting to lose again. Just like you exercise everyday/watch intake, etc. but it has apparently been the little picks at night all adding up to me plateauing instead of losing. I now have lots of caffeine free hot tea at night instead of ANY food! Just what works for me....good luck!!!!! Love your blog :-)
I love your blog too and have been going through the same thing for the last while now. Also, I didn't lose ANYTHING--in fact I gained--for the first 3-4 months after surgery. I think some of mine has to do with my fill situation, but who knows?! Either way, it's frustrating when you want to be further along!
Keep blogging!
Maybe you need an adjustment. I know how frustrating it is. I haven't lost anything either in 5 months in fact I have no fill so I have even gained a few pounds. I have been really bad the last couple of weeks eating candy and such. I am getting an adjustment on Monday finally and hopefully I will get back on track. Maybe you just need an adjustment to shake things up.
Hang in there and don't give up. Glad to have you as a friend.
Holy moly, >I< could have written this!!! I just had my one-year bandiversary on 11/21 and I was "only" down 68.5 pounds. I too thought I would be closer to goal, maybe down 100 pounds. I have had plateaus for months on end, almost too many to count. I got a GoWear Fit back in March (it's like a Body Bugg), and it shows I've lost 20 pounds since then. TWENTY POUNDS in NINE MONTHS. WTF?? I'm beyond disgusted and confused as to what's going on. And I too eat pretty dang well almost all of the time, and beginning in early October I started a workout program where I'm getting exercise three days a week, approximately six hours' worth. Again, WTF???
Beth... I know... I'm still sitting still and starting to get really pissed about it. I'm not a quitter but I don't know what else to do. I'm going to get a tab bit more fill when I go in January but I'm almost back to where I was when I was way too tight. I don't want to be a failure @ this thing and feel like I am.... So totally frustrated!!
I'm going to post something tomorrow about eating ENOUGH -- sometimes when I've stalled I've logged my food intake to be sure I'm not eating too little.
ALSO... though we ALL use the scale heavily (no pun intended) to gauge ourselves (I do it too much myself and bitch to high hell about it), I too realize that INCHES make a huge difference. What the scale doesn't show, your tape measure MIGHT. I don't know how often you check, but I have had times when the scale hardly moved but I lost double digits in inches.
I keep trying to remind myself that I wouldn't care if I was 300 pounds if I could fit into a size 6. lol But if you don't already measure, DO. You may like what you see. And maybe we should both stay off the scale for a while so that we don't go off the deep end.
Hey new friend! Hope you come back to blogging or leave me a comment when you need some support too! I'm wondering if you got that fill in January and if it's doing anything for you? I don't track food often, but when I have I've always learned something...it helps me be honest with myself and avoid snacking. I've know so many that have had to have more unfills/fills to get things just right. These bands are just a mystery sometimes. Give me a shout out when you need a friend!!! -BG
Hey Lulu!
I too was stuck between 90-93 since November of last year.
I have gone back to keeping a food diary and it has really helped. I don't plan on doing it forever, but just until I can back into a routine again. It has definatly helped to keep me honest and make me realise just how many 'bites' here and there I was having!
You have done really well in your first year!
Bel
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