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I guess if you REALLY asked me I'd say you have a choice. And it also depends very strongly on where you're coming from .
I personally was a lightweight from the beginning... a very frustrated person regarding weight and diabetes but not hundreds of pounds overweight.
In the end I think you need to ask for advice your specific peers who succeeded before you and are still successful .
We're not all in exactly the same boat physically and losing and permanently keeping off many lbs is a HUGE thing .
(((())))) many hugs and the best of luck to you
Pills often feel stuck to me. I take mine with a small amount of applesauce. It works much better for me than water. Yogurt sounds like a good plan to test with. Let us know how it goes.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
A calorie is a unit of energy and the body burns them equally whether they are from brown rice or chocolate brownies. A woman needs about 10 calories a day to maintain one pound of weight. So 1200 calories to maintain 120. 2000 calories to maintain 200. So a calorie is a calorie, when you are only looking at calories.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
I think you may have missed the entire point of my post. This has nothing to do with which foods are "better choices" or keep you feeling full longer. I completely understand those points. But, at the end of the day, a calorie will always be a calorie and that is, ultimately, what causes us to either gain or lose weight.
Just spoke with my surgeons office, she said that it doesn't sound like a Stricture because I'm able to keep some fluids down.. She wants me to eat some yogurt, wait and then drink and then to call her back to see how I did with it. She also said that not taking my protonix could be a big reason why I feel nauseous all the time. Which I haven't been taking my protonix because swallowing pills has me throwing up and very sick hours after I've taken them.
I still just feel like things getting stuck in my throat the way it has been isn't normal. Like something must be wrong. I don't know.
I would call my surgical team right now and go to the ER .
I had a bowel obstruction due to dehydration and because I got to the emergency in time they just gave me an IV and I did not have to get open .... go go go ....
Just spoke with my surgeons office, she said that it doesn't sound like a Stricture because I'm able to keep some fluids down.. She wants me to eat some yogurt, wait and then drink and then to call her back to see how I did with it. She also said that not taking my protonix could be a big reason why I feel nauseous all the time. Which I haven't been taking my protonix because swallowing pills has me throwing up and very sick hours after I've taken them.
I still just feel like things getting stuck in my throat the way it has been isn't normal. Like something must be wrong. I don't know.
You also Did ask m about real personal experience. I?m telling it to you ... my experience over a decade .
You can argue but the bottom line is this is what happened to me .
I also do find that if you eat fat free ( at least at home ) you get SO much more leeway calorie wise without weight gain .
There are a lot of foods you have to stay away from ... however you pretty much get to eat what you like and ( I at least ) don?t have to weigh and measure or stop eating after twenty minutes or only eat three times a day .
Do you Actually feel like you?ll die if you don?t eat fast foods or gross mostly fake cheese pizzas ? these things are so DISGUSTING!
I literally look at food *****n the TV and want to barf ... I can?t imagine being a victim of it or ( God forbid ) wanting the horrible offerings.
This is the REAL Halloween lol ... chick -f -l chasing you around with a gross double- fried 2000 calorie sandwich lol! If you paid me fifty bux I wouldn't bite that thang .
I?m pretty relaxed about food at all .... I never thought I could enjoy real gourmet meals and even restaurants regularly post op .
I?ll just choose the most lowfat delicious option.... like a shrimp ****tail or a light soup to fill me up ... usually an appetizer sized portion of a main meal if I can get it which ( usually) comes home with me .
If i really want something fatty and exciting ( like stuffed clams ) I?ll try to split them with my partner... and usually two ( out of six or eight ) is plenty for me . I get to enjoy the taste without making myself gain or feel sick .
Now I personally love complex carbs like ( super filling) yucca ... rice n peas ... even fresh made ( not oiled or buttered ) breads in small quantities but most folks here find carbs make them gain .
I?m not sure why my body?s different but I?m glad it is .
I have however stayed away from ( most ) fats since years BEFORE my surgery... . Yes I eat fat occasionally when I crave it ... mayonnaise based commercial seafood salads , mozzarella, avocado, a restaurant meal . But very rarely.
I guess my question would be how much experience do they have in terms of weight loss surgery? Every dr will have a "first" but it all really goes down to how much experience they have in general. You could also ask some questions as to what additional complications are possible with your size as well as what they think should be done before surgery to prevent those. Asking those questions will be good to help you understand what you can do to help your surgeon with your surgery.
