Will not enough Protein make you stall?

[Happyme2]

Hi All,

I'm at the 3 month mark and have lost 31 pounds. Yeah!!! The last couple of weeks I have not been measuring my protein, lazy I guess. But I have not lost any weight in 2 weeks. Today I counted it and I had 44 instead of the 60 they said to do.

You would think that not eating as much would make you loose faster.

I eat breakfast about 9:00 and for some reason forget about eating until I look at the clock and it 1:00 or 2;00 pm. I have be getting all my water in, It's like a schedule now. It's hard to get all the protein in lately.

Any thoughts appreciated. bj

[sraebaer]

YES. I my opinion protein is the main secret to success with the sleeve, more important than anything else. It's what works for me, protein at every meal and snack. If I get out of that routine (like last weekend visiting the grandkids) I gain. When I get home and back to my protein, I lose whatever I gained.

I still attend Weight Watchers once a month as a lifetime member to keep me accountable and because I enjoy the people, many of them neighbors. There is this very large lady who is not losing weight. She told the leader she hardly eats, skips lunch everyday. Your body needs food, and the protein is the perfect fuel for the sleeve. Eating too little can be just as bad as eating too much.

[jackalope81]

Easiest way to get that much protein is two of the 30g protein shakes a day. Either Premier or the adkins added protein ones I like. Regular adkins ones have 15g which if you are just shooting for 60g exactly might be helpful. I'll be three months on tuesday and am down 54 pounds since surgery. I had a three weeks and a ten weeks stall.

If you aren't getting the protein your body will slow your metabolism and in most cases more than the fewer calories. There are studies that show that's why extreme dieting almost never works without surgery. That's why people yoyo. Basically you lose a certain amount of weight and your body goes "hold up I'm starving let's slow everything down". The point of the sleeve is to reduce the size of your stomach and reduce cortisol production so the protein shakes and small protein laden meals tell all the stomach chemicals you are still eating and aren't starving. The working out portion is to increase muscle mass to use the protein and keep your metabolism up or increase it. The stalls we get would normally be our bounce back points on our old yoyo diets.

[Happyme2]

Thanks much, I should know that.
I have been real busy lately and just forget about eating. I will make sure I get my protein from now on.
Shakes here I come.

[Christie13]

When I stalled it was always when I was not eating enough. Up your protein for sure.