Gwen, plateaus most certainly play with your mind. I was lucky that I consistently lost every week for the first 9 months but once I hit 9 months I had the mother of plateaus. It went on for 6 weeks. Talk about getting discouraged!! I was right outside of onederland too. What I did was increase my calories a bit and up my protein. I sat down with the nutritionist and discussed what I was eating...all seemed ok in that area so I decided I needed to change things up a bit. My nutritionist encouraged me not to worry. She explained that plateaus usually lasted 4-6 weeks....yep...6 weeks to the day my weight dropped like crazy. I lost like 10 pounds in 2 weeks. So hang in there sweetie. It's hard but it is something we all go through.
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Beth
Little Victories; Grand Rapids, MI
Bariatric Support Group
CherishedTeddyBear-(TT Bear Lover)
The Poetry of Milady
New Beginnings: My Journey to LIFE
359(BMI: 58.8)/ 148(BMI: 24.3)
Highest/Current
Diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, high cholesterol,
peripheral vein disease, joint pain and 211 lbs GONE!! 
Century Club: July 3, 2006
ONE-derland: Dec. 22, 2006
Double Century: May 29, 2007
Goal: June 15, 2008
Lap RNY: 1/30/06-Dr Randal Baker
TT/BL: 09/21/07-Dr Ronald Ford
PS Revisions: 04/29/08-Dr Ronald Ford
Gallbadder removal: 06/09/08-Dr Randal Baker
"...if we pay attention to the fact that we can move,
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there is cause for joy."
-Geneen Roth
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