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I have to get myself into the "losing" mode. When I am doing that, I really don't enjoy the food. Adding zero points food is still adding calories and it slows down the weight loss. I know that is not what you want to hear. When I eat a lot of zero point foods, I maintain and do not gain any more. But to really lose, I have to cut out the calories from all foods.
My goal weight is 136. I maintain that at about 1400 calories a day. To really know how many calories I am taking in, I weigh and measure everything and record it in My Fitness Pal. To lose a pound a week, I need to eliminate 500 calories a day. That is 3500 in a week or one pound. So when I stay between 800 and 900 calories a day, I do see that drop on the scale.
For me, 800 calories a day is not sustainable, but I can do it for a few months to drop ten or fifteen pounds. It is not fun or enjoyable.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
Wow.. do you eat "zero" points too? Do you feel satisfied on 800 calls? I still have restriction thank god but.. I do have hunger a lot.. very annoying .. just trying to find a reasonable solution
thank you for your feedback
To actually lose weight I have to commit to about 800 calories a day and I lose one pound a week. On Weigh****chers that is around 16 points a day.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
hi...I'm almost 48/female, sleeved 4 yrs ago. Sadly I never lost all of the weight I wanted. I'm stuck at 228 and really need good advice from anyone who's broken through something like this. I'm basically sedentary .. although I've been walking a lot more since covid. I joined ww.. but mentally have to fight eating all day. I don't drink alcohol .. I don't use cream, or have issues with treats/ indulging. I've had an issue being heavy all my life .. and have always been a "slow loser". The thing is.. I must get to "onderland" I didn't come this far ... to only come this far. Any advice from anyone who's experienced this is appreciated ??
Most of us look back longingly to those days after weight loss surgery when our appetite was completely gone and a few bites felt like overeating. Enjoy the feeling. It is the reason that the weight comes off so quickly and easily. It probably will not last.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
I'm not sure if you're still having medical issues related to the surgery and that's why you're finding eating stressful, or if it's just the somewhat normal reaction to food a lot of us have the first few months after surgery. I could have cared less about food the first four or five months and really didn't enjoy eating anymore. In fact, I had to remind myself to eat so I wouldn't get sick. To be honest, I wi**** was still like that for me - it was so easy to lose weight when I didn't really want to eat. My hunger came roaring back (as it does for most of us) at about five months out, and things got a lot harder after that (as in - harder to make myself stick to my plan because I wanted to eat again!!)
Hello,
I had the sleeve gastrectomy 5 weeks ago. I had a few complications including internal bleeding and had to have 2 blood transfusions. I am finally starting to feel a little more normal but have found that eating has become quite stressful and I don't really enjoy it anymore. Has anyone else experienced anything like this and how did you get passed it? I greatly appreciate your time and support!
Thank you,
Taylen Muret
I can't stress enough how much exercise helps. I weighed 284 at the beginning of October of '19, had surgery on the 15th of that month and I weigh 166 now. 10 months after my surgery date my BMI was in the normal range. I am an athlete now and can do pull-ups with good form for the first time in my life at age 36.
I promise you all, it wasn't because I ate nothing but grilled chicken breast and veggies. I exercised week in and week out the entire time, taking small breaks when needed but getting right back at it a few days later.
Exercise becomes an addiction if you stick with it long enough, if you find something you enjoy. The workouts I do could be completely wrong for you and vice versa, just burn those calories. Get creative It's not about working out really hard for a month and stopping. It's about finding your groove, something you can make a part of your life now and in the years to come.
If for some reason I can't workout for more than 2 days, I'm a complete mess. It's something I need at this point, and as far as addictions go, I have to say I'm enjoying this one.
Many of us have gallbladder problems after weight loss surgery. Talk to your doctor. Gallbladder removal can be a pretty quick and simple operation. It could also be scar tissue, muscle strain, rib fracture, or heart attack waiting to happen.
When it happened to me, I saw the doctor and he prescribed heartburn medicine. It did not help and we tried three different prescriptions over three months. Finally he suggested I go to the emergency room, tell them I had chest pain, and get it checked out.
Since all of the EKG and blood work was fine, they decided it must be gallbladder and I was scheduled for gallbladder surgery. But I was still in the hospital and they decided to also do a chemical stress test.
That test came back with blockage in my heart arteries. They scheduled a cauterization and were going to put a stent in. But they determined my blood vessels were too small for the stent and did a triple bypass heart surgery instead.
I am fine now, but learned that heart symptoms can be hard to detect.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
