Hitting A Plateau 13 Years Post-Op or Keeping It Real As A Long Term Successful Weight Loss Surgery Patient

Keeping it Real After the holidays, and some bouts of some serious family illnesses, I found my weight over the top of my comfort/maintenance range. I vowed to knock off the weight and then some as I have a few exciting trips coming up between April and June.

I did exactly what I said I would do with no issues. Got back into my maintenance weight range and decided I would feel better if I reset my goal and went for another 10 pounds. This is supported by my medical professionals for various reasons, and by me for the bathing suits and clothes I want to wear in May, on my 50^th anniversary cruise.

Keeping it Real I know how to do this, right? I’ve been doing it for 13+ years, right? So then why am I frustrated that I have been the same weight for a week and can’t seem to get the weight loss going? I know plateaus happen. I also know how to kick them to the curb and start the weight loss again. What’s missing from my plan? So, I sat down today to review the plan, because I NEVER give up. This is what I have set up for myself:

Calories under 1000 per day
Water at 64 oz minimum per day
Protein at 80 grams minimum per day
Exercise at 5 days minimum of total of 300 minutes
Journal everything that goes in my mouth

Keeping it Real Sounds like I have it all covered, right? Not quite. I left out a few important pieces to my kicking the weight loss into action again. Here’s what I think and what I will do for the next week:

Water at 72 oz minimum no matter how cold out it may be
Carbohydrates at 50 or less for about 5 days to get my body into fat burning mode
No sitting at my desk for longer than an hour without getting up and moving for at least 5 minutes
Work on keeping 1 gram of protein for every 10 calories consumed
SLEEP - make sure I get enough sleep
SMILE - keep the happy going and use positive affirmations every day
Meditate and visualize those additional 10 lbs. off my body and how great I will feel and look
Absolutely no alcohol because I know this messes up my losses even if I account for it in my calorie/carb consumption

Keeping it Real That’s a lot more than the 5 basics I had going for me… That’s looking at the entire person, the whole of my being, instead of just the “metabolic machine”.

Sometimes this is exactly what it takes to start letting go of those ounces and pounds.

Who’s with me here?