Had bipass march 7th. Down 90 lbs. the past 2 weeks I hit a wall. I keep my calories 1000 or less but the scale hasn’t budged. Is this normal and how long does it usually last?
Fluctuations in weight loss are totally normal. And there's another dynamic you should watch out for. If you cut your calories dramatically, your body will compensate by going into starvation response, a medical condition known technically as "adaptive thermogenesis." Your body suddenly thinks it's going to starve to death so it compensates by backing off burning calories.
It happened to me, though not as drastically as it happened to you. I made a lot of changes, mostly in increasing my physical activity. In so doing, the calories burned in an effort to fuel my activity.
I got the best results by changing the types and amounts of foods I ate every day. Some days I'd eat more protein. Other days I'd have a cookie. Or I'd eat carbs found in fruit and vegetables with butter or olive oil on them. Your body knows what to do with the food you eat and knows how best to use it for nutrition and energy.
Great job so far! I'd just relax about it, making sure you don't take in too many calories, but really varying the sources from which you get calories.
Oh, I actually had a plateau that lasted several months. The way I ended it was that I started hiking in the mountains after working out at the YMCA. I kept track of all the calories I burned and ate, and most importantly, I drank up to a gallon of water every day. I was never without a container of water in my hand.