Question:
if you don't get in all your water will it keep you from losing weight
i had surgery April 27-08 and i have only lost 20 pounds is that good or should it be better?i am walking a mile a day and not eating very much it doesn't seem like enough to me! any help with this would be great just getting frustrated! — 1bigbear (posted on May 24, 2008)
May 24, 2008
That's only a month ago that you had surgery. You are walking a mile a day
- that's wonderful. I couldn't do that at just 4 weeks out! Don't get
frustrated. Make sure you are drinking your protein and drink as much
water as you can but let your body adjust to this major change. All of us
have gone through periods when we don't loose. I went 5 weeks once and my
PCP finally told me I was in starvation mode and HAD to eat more! When I
ate (even some things that were forbidden by my surgeon like mashed potato)
I began to loose. At 1/4 cup total what can it hurt if that's all you can
get down. Anyhow, I am back now to mostly protein at 5 months out and am
down 83 lbs. C. Garber
— Caroline Garber
May 24, 2008
You are doing all the right things and the weight lose is just great. That
said, I backed off the 100 Oz of water a day my doctor wanted me to take
because I felt like I walked around all day and night with a bottle of
water to get it all down. We just 4 weeks later, despite a good weight
loss, I came down with a case of Gout. It is a pain in you foot or feet
that is like not so gentle as the pain after surgery and there is noting
you can take to back off the pain. Just drink and take a perscription drug
to help remove the uric acid from your feet. Uric acid is what you pee
out, and the water helps delute it, you create more uric acid when you are
losing weight and the woter make you go more often. Without the right
amount of water, the uric acid circulate in you blood and like water use to
do it settles in your feet, and the uric acid crystal atttach your bone
joints creating the pain. I am back at my 100 oz a day and recovering from
the attach, and for the rest of my life, water will be there every day,
bottle or no bottle in hand to insure I do not experence this attach again.
Best of success to you.
— William (Bill) wmil
May 24, 2008
I had my surgery April 21-08 and have only lost 22 pounds. It slows down
some while your body gets used to the new types and amounts of food you are
consuming. I've heard it picks back up some after week 6 if you keep
eating right and exercising. I'm hoping it will for me. :) Seriously
though, I posted almost the same thing about 2 weeks ago and got the same
advice. I think it happens to almost everyone where things slow down a bit
for awhile.
— DianaB.
May 25, 2008
I'm glad to see doctors recommend the 100 ounces of water daily. GREAT
advice. I found a guy who talks about metabolism, too - I don't think it
costs anything to check him out! He does have a book, but I just listened
to an interview. www.maximizeyourmetabolism.com is his site. He talks about
fat burning vs fat storing mode. Sounds like you may be in storing mode.
But 20 lbs isn't a bad amount to lose - I've seen that frequently in two
months with a nutritional change. I did 30 lbs in about 100 days.
— Ruth Shapovalov
May 25, 2008
Yes, you are doing great! the exercise you are doing is awesome. I can't
seem to walk that much, I am swimming some but nothing great!! I guess we
are all different! I had surgery 4/29 and lost only 6 lbs. Now that is
bad... keep up the good work and don't feel discourage!!
elisalu
— Elisa D.
May 27, 2008
You are doing wonderful! It seems slow now...but trust us...It catches up
and after a year you will be soooooo happy! Drink the water, no matter how
hard it seems. The water keeps your skin hydratated, your organs
functioning...the toxins out of your body and keeps your kidneys and liver
clean too...These vital organs need flushing to wash out all the extra vits
and supps that you are not absorbing properly anymore. (Another reason you
MUST take extra to begin with)...Water is a must, and I don't know if it
really keeps you from losing if you are not drinking enough, but it does
keep you healthy and all your organs functioning properly...Even if you
cannot get it all in yet...DON'T stop trying...eventually you will be more
than able to drink over 64 oz of water daily...It keeps you from grazing
years later too...I drink all day between meals and stay totally satisfied
all day long...4 years of success keeping my weigt off...and I believe
water helped curb my hunger inbetween meals for certain!
— .Anita R.
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