The Plateau Physiology: Why the Scale Stalls and How to Respond Without Panic with our Featured Speaker: Aimee Rothe, BSN, RN

Are you experiencing a weight loss stall and feeling frustrated or anxious that your progress has completely stopped? In this episode of ProCare Health LIVE, host Brenda Hoehn, MSN, BSN, RN, CHTP, is joined by featured speaker Aimee Rothe, BSN, RN, CBN, CEN, TCRN, NHDP-BC, AFAA-CGFI, NASM-CNC, to break down the biological mechanisms behind stalled scales.

Weight-loss plateaus are a predictable physiological response—not a personal failure or lack of willpower. Aimee Rothe, Program Director of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and a two-time bariatric patient herself (Lap-Band to VSG revision), combines deep medical expertise with authentic lived experience to help you understand metabolic adaptation, look beyond the scale, and take non-reactive, evidence-based steps forward!

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🌟 IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN: What a Plateau Actually Is: Distinguishing between normal weight fluctuations, fluid retention, metabolic adaptation, and a true weight loss plateau.

The Biological Mechanisms: How your body's survival instincts and hormonal feedback loops respond to weight loss.

Looking Beyond the Scale: Identifying Non-Scale Victories (NSVs), body recomposition, and inches lost when the digital scale isn't moving.

Non-Reactive Strategies: Practical, evidence-based responses to keep your health journey on track without resorting to panic or extreme restriction.

When to Seek Clinical Support: Identifying red flags and knowing when to consult your bariatric care team, dietitian, or surgeon.

👩‍⚕️ ABOUT OUR SPEAKER: Aimee Rothe, BSN, RN, CBN, CEN, TCRN, NHDP-BC, AFAA-CGFI, NASM-CNC

Aimee serves as the Program Director of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery at a hospital system in Alabama, leading a BCBS Blue Distinction and MBSAQIP Comprehensive Center of Excellence. Along with being a healthcare provider, Aimee is also a bariatric patient. Her journey began with a Lap-Band in 2010, followed by a revision to a vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG) in 2017. Living with the chronic disease of obesity firsthand shaped her calling to this work.

Aimee is an active leader within the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), contributing to several national committees (CBN Committee, Integrated Health Support Group Committee, Access to Care Committee), serving as the Integrated Health State Chapter STAR (IH-STAR) in Alabama, and serving as a Member-at-Large on the National Integrated Health Leadership Council (IHLC).

🎙️ ABOUT YOUR HOST: Brenda Hoehn, MSN, BSN, RN, CHTP