I'm going wrong somewhere....
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, 11-30-2017 at 05:43 PM (1763 Views)
Yesterday I had my monthly check up at my surgeons. The physician's assistant took my blood pressure and weight and saw that I am 1.4lbs up from last month.
She asked me what's going on...I honestly didn't know what to say. I was actually hoping she could offer me some insight into whats going on.
My 3 weeks stall has turned into a 4 and 5 week stall. I explained about getting a nasty UTI that I was on antibiotics for and she told me that can definitely mess up my system. I'm also due on my period next week and I usually go up about 3lbs due to water retention. But other than that I am honestly at a loss as to why the scale isn't moving downwards.
It wasn't fun sitting in the doctors trying to explain why I've gained 1.4lbs when I don't really know myself.
My husband said that at some point physics will have to kick in and calories in versus calories will start making the scale moving downwards.
But maybe I need to start looking at what I'm doing, because surely I must be doing something wrong to have no significant weight loss 5 weeks post surgery?
I haven't been eating 3 meals and 2 snacks or eating at set times, in all honesty I've just been grazing little bits of food here and there whenever I get hungry. By grazing I mean a tablespoon of almond butter, or spoonful of cottage cheese, a hard boiled egg, or a piece of fish, or a yogurt or a protein shake.
I think I have absolutely been eating too many carbs. I have to hold my hand up to that. If I had a piece of fish I was having it with a some mashed sweet potato. I was eating cottage cheese with a couple of oat cakes (kinda like crackers but flour-free) I've also had the odd little bowl of rice krispies or cheerios when I've been starving and haven't known what else to eat. I think that's the problem in general - besides plain chicken or fish, I don't really know what I should be eating.
I also tend to make everyone in my family something different each to eat - tonight it was eggplant in garlic sauce and noodles for my husband, my little girl wanted a peanut butter sandwich and then by the time I get to sorting myself out I usually can't be bothered making anything and just have a protein shake or whatever I can find that is high in protein. Last night my husband had pizza and I pulled off a bit of cheese and pepperoni and ate that. Well whatever it is I'm doing I guess it isn't working and I need to change. I've now got the all-clear to go ahead and start exercising.
I have to be honest. I'm kinda shocked that my weight loss has not just stalled but is wavering between 235-240lbs when I'm only 5 weeks post op. I'm not eating fast food or inhaling so much food I'm stretching my stomach.
At the end of my appointment yesterday the PA that I no longer needed to drink protein shakes unless I wanted to replace a meal with them and that I could not eat any carbs. No potatoes, bread, rice, pasta, sweet potatoes, corn, peas, fruit or starchy veg. So I'm left with protein, veg and dairy. I need to get on top of this or I feel like I'm not going to recover from it properly. Sorry if I seem negative or naive. This has gotten me down.