The LAST 25 pounds...til Goal - ThinnerTimes - Gastric Bypass Forum, Lap Band Forum, and Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy Forum

Snow-Belle · 10-25-2009, 10:32 PM

I have approximately 25 Pounds to lose to reach Goal...

Just over a year out from my surgery...my weight loss has slowed down dramatically (that is when it moves at all)...

I am desperately clinging to the idea that I still have another six monthes before the weight loss window of opportunity pretty much comes to a close...

I know that some of my weight right now is saggy skin...but I don't think it's that much of my 25 pounds that I need to lose...

And I'm not going for 'skinny'...I'm just trying to reach the weight that at my height, will be two pounds under the 'overweight' designation according to the BMI charts...so I'm not going for anything unrealistic... No where near what I considered 'normal' until I started gaining weight after my early menopause.

These last pounds before reaching goal...

Will it be possible?

I am soooooooooo good (for the most part) about NOT eating anything I shouldn't (if anything, I probably am not eating enough, I still don't have much of an appetite and sometimes forget to eat)...

I am exercising... I am walking less now (due to the weather) and using my exercise bike more.

The frustration of these last pounds that just refuse to budge....

My weight loss has slowed down to about 5 pounds a month...if that...
I am so afraid that I will not even come close to my goal, let alone reaching it.

I've worked so very hard at making changes in my life and how I view and use food....I would be very disappointed in myself if I could not lose at least 20 of those remaining pounds...

I still have this 'ring' of fat around my middle... My legs, arms, butt, and everything else has slimmed down but I have this flabby/slabby ring around my middle-a saggy roll of fat.

Unfortunately I no longer see how far I've come....I only see how much I have left to lose and have become hypercritical of myself...

Any thoughts or suggestions on how I might jump start my weight loss?

I'd try the 5DPT but I really don't have a carb issue (my carbs are primarily fresh fruit, nuts and veggies--I don't eat bread, crackers, cereals, grains, potatos, cookies or chips at all).

HELP!!!!!

poet_kelly · 10-25-2009, 10:38 PM

Michelle, you might try increasing your protein. A couple months ago, I increased mine from about 60 grams a day to 80 grams. I didn't change the calories, just the protein. I had been losing about two pounds a week and when I increased the protein, it increased to about three pounds a week. However, I will add that that only seemed to last for about five weeks. Then I went a week without losing anything, and then the last couple of weeks I've been losing about two pounds a week again. Still, it helped for a short while.

I also mentioned that to my mother, who has not had WLS and is actually on the skinny side, but she wants to lose ten pounds. She bought some protein powder and started having a shake for lunch, instead of yogurt and crackers, which is what she normally ate. She's getting about the same amount of calories, but more protein. She just emailed me today and said she lost two pounds this week. So I vote for increasing protein.

Kelly