Why am i not losing?????please help

[mommysparkles]

I am irritated. I had my surgery in March of 2011. I have only lost 70+ pounds, and I see everyone at this point losing over 100, or way more. I dont eat alot when I do eat, but I eat several times a day. I had my surgery done in Mexico with Dr. Almanza. Surgery turned out good, lost alot at first, now a snails pace or nothing. Do I go on liquids? All protein, what am I supposed to do? I dont want to "diet", but am I supposed to? I don't want to fall into that pattern again. I would rather just stay at this weight then to start that again. Would no carbs be best, Liquids??? Here I go with the diet BS again!!!! Please someone help!!!!! My goal is 165 but I am willing to just be under 200 at this point. Pathetic I know, but I am at my wits end????

[Carlee18]

what type meals r u having? like wat is a typical day food wise for u?

[chesire9]

Are you drinking with your meals? You eat a lot more when you do that.

[brianamato]

wow 70+ down that is great - but I can see how pissed you are.. I know everyone says they loose weight differently , Men looose faster than women, bla bla bla.. Get to a Nutritionist, keep a food diary maybe there is something your specific body can not have... Are you eating too much food, did you stop exersicing?

good luck, things will change around -

[Chloe9926]

I 100% understand what you are going through. That happens to me too...a lot. I even start researching having additional surgeries. What I do is go on the 5-day pouch diet (look it up online). And that usually get me back on track. And excercise a lot more. Your body is going to fight hard to resist the weight loss, you just gotta overcome it. Good luck

[RussianBlue_x2]

While you may not need to "diet" like you did pre-op, you will probably have to watch and track what you eat, because we tend to underestimate how many calories we are eating. Are you tracking everything you eat on one of the websites? If not, give that a try for a few days and you may be surprised. The other things that are always mentioned here are just as important: water intake, protein intake and exercise. How are you doing on those?

You could try the 5 day pouch test also. Go to the top of the page to the box that says "Search the forums" and type in "pouch test." You will find a lot of discussions regarding how this has helped people get jump started again.

At 7 1/2 months out, I still have to be very diligent about tracking everything I put in my mouth. Otherwise I get lazy and end up snacking on the wrong things and cause a stall. It will probably always be this way for me but I'm willing to do it because I never want to get back to where I was pre-op.

Good luck!

[Carlee18]

i nvr heard of the pouch test im gna look it up too, this scares me i still have a long way to go to get to goal.

[itsmytime]

I definitely agree with the not eating and drinking at the same time. That seems to be of vital importance. You don't want that habit to slip back in. Also, you don't have to go extreme. Sticking to PROTEIN FIRST is very important. That should leave just a little room for anything else. You want the majority of your calories to be protein, it doesn't have to be ALL protein. Exercising more would help for sure. I think the five day pouch test is a great idea. Just kind of reset your stomach to be more conscious of how much you can really eat and maybe get rid of some of the carb cravings. Good luck!! I don't want you to give up!!

[juzmejnee]

i am almost a year out, surgiversary will be june 23rd. I started out at 226, and im currently 155. My goal weight is around 125-131. I have lost over 70 lbs. I too am frustrated. my weight loss was GREAT for the first 5 months or so, and then drastically slowed almost stopping it seemed. I have only lost a few lbs a month if that, but i feel GREAT, and eveyone compliments that i look like a totally different person. I have a lot of excess skin, and that sucks too. But i am much healthier now. I was taking in about 900 calories a day, i track on MFP. I increased it to about 1100 calories. Since ive upped my calories ( the past 2 days ) ive lost about 1.5 lbs which seems amazing to me. Small loss, but heck its a loss right? I do agree we all lose at our own body's pace. And i myself not to get so dicouraged. But i would continue to track your food, share what you eat, and what amounts you eat. Do you drink your water everyday? Are you excercising? If you would like, message me and ill give you my # or email, maybe we can help support each other. Its hard to see how so many are blessed to ahve their weight just melt off. But thats not the case for me. Keep working your tool as best as you can. Our bodies get comfortable with the calories we intake, and the excercise we do. SO maybe change up your excercise, increase and or decrease your cals. keep trying to find what works best for you. Email me if you want to have a buddy Take care... jenn

[Sunflower]

OK, just to clarify: you've lost 70 pounds in 3 months and you're not happy? Heck, I'd be over the moon! I had surgery 5 days before you and have lost 47 pounds. I'm estatic about that! Let me put it in perspective: Before the sleeve, I couldn't lose 5 pounds, much less almost 50. Before the sleeve, I was in constant pain and couldn't exercise because of the pain. I'm still in pain now, but moving my body with 47 less pounds on it has made it easier and I've been to the gym 3 times this week already. My youngest child has never seen me this small. My oldest child cannot remember me this small because it's been 12 years. I am digging closthes out of my closet that I haven't worn in forever. I feel healthier, I look better, and I'm happier. I do get my share of stalls, but I have noticed that I have a pattern that includes a few days of loss, then a few days of stalling. I am good with that. WHen the scale doesn't move, I measure and sometimes, I find that I've lost inches. When I stall, I take an honest look at what I'm eating, and how much activity I'm getting. If I need to tweak something, then I tweak it. To date, only one person has commented that they've noticed my weight loss (except for my mother, husband, and doctors who know I had surgery). No one else has said they notice, but so what? I'm healthier! I have lost almost 20% of my orginal wright. How cool is that? I by no means mean to diminsh what you're feeling, but have you considered that after such a rapid weight loss your body is trying to catch up with itself? Hang in there. It will happen.

[Carlee18]

i thot it was only 3 mnths at first too sunflower, but she had her sleeve n 11 its bn ovr a year

[Sunflower]

Oh, now I see--Still, it will happen for you! Sorry about the mis-read

[Munchkin]

Have you tracked your daily calorie intake? I notice my weightloss has slow down a lot. I track my calories and realize I was eating too much for my size.

Don't forget people who have been overweight can't consume as much calories (about 20% less) as someone (same size, same age) who has never been overweight.

[yadayadayada77]

Here is the link to the 5 Day Pouch Test

Surgical Weight Loss 5 Day Pouch Test

It seems to have gotten lots of people over a stall and put them back on track!
Kelli

[angela zinck]

I had surgery with Almanza in January and i've onlylost 57 lbs. Everyone is different I don't exercise that much a little everyday nothing major i just watch what i eat and let it run it's course.