MY WORST FEAR IS COMING TRUE
Although, you should weigh, measure and document EVERYTHING that goes
into your mouth , take heart.. My first stall was at 3 weeks for 3 weeks...
dont eat any JUNK and by JUNK I mean that frozen yogurt or anything
MARKETED as healthy, low fat or diet friendly..this means protein bars too!! (BIGGEST SCAM!!!!)
even once is too much!!!
tighten up your eating..avoid like the plague any and all carbs,
and most importantly once you do that...stay on course...
believe it or not you are in the honeymoon phase
and take it from us, who are a couple or more years out
IT. DONT. LAST !!!!!!!!
i found that I'm never hungry it's actually bordom,
or my old stress eating habits coming into play.
good luck and keep us posted!!
I'll keep this short and sweet:
1. Dump the chips (I don't care what kind), hummus and frozen yogurt. Same goes for every other carb that isn't yogurt or veggie.
2. If you don't know how much water you're drinking then you're not drinking enough. Measure out 80 oz. first thing in the morning and make sure you drink it all by the end of the day.
3. Log every bite so you know - without a doubt - that you are getting 80 grams of protein and less than 40 grams of carb per day. Without fail...every day. That will probably mean drinking a protein shake every day - not "almost every day".
If you faithfully do #1-#3, you will lose weight. The weight loss surgery won't fail you...but you can certainly fail your surgery. And you are already doing some things at less than 2 months out that are sabotaging your success.
As a nine year post-op patient, I would have to say that this is the top question on every newbies list. You are only two months post op. Are you following up with your surgeon? Like the other post have stated, are you following the diet guidelines that your surgeon has given you? Don't want to sound harsh, but it doesn't sound as though you are. You need to be focusing on drinking at least 64 ozs of water daily, exercising, eating protein and taking your supplements. My suggestion to you would be to start Journaling daily to see what it is you're doing and talk to your surgeon.
First, you will not be the first VSG failure. The surgery is only a tool and there are many failures. You need to follow the diet plan and learn to eat the foods that will let you lose the excess weight and maintain the loss. It is very easy to eat the wrong foods and to not lose your weight.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends