Eating Too Much? Weigh In.
Hey Everybody.
So, I'm 11 weeks out, and I've lost 83 pounds. I started at 449 and now weigh 366. I'm a 25 year old male.
Here's my concern: I had the RnY Gastric Bypass, and I'm worried, I'm able to eat too much. This varies from time to time. Sometimes, I'm not able to eat anything at all, and other times, I'm able to eat, maybe anywhere from 4 to 6 oz. of food in one sitting. 6 oz might be inaccurate, but, certainly, there are times when I feel like I'm able to eat too much. I am hoping (and do) follow the rule my doctor gave me: stop eating when you feel full. The fullness feeling varies, sometimes, I feel full quickly and stop, and other times I feel a brief pain (perhaps brought on by eating to quickly) and I wait it out for a few minutes and continue eating. Also, I find that I'm able to eat more, the longer it takes me to eat. If I sit down to a meal, and eat it over an hour, I'll be able to eat more than if I just ate for twenty minutes.
...As I'm writing this, I feel as if I'm not making a lot of sense. If folks could just give me their opinions and experiences with eating. I know I'm not eating a lot compared to a normal stomached person, but I'm eating more than I ever thought I'd be able to eat before I had the surgery.
If your wondering about my diet, to put it simply, I don't eat crap. I eat solid meals every time, but I'm not super carb conscious or fat conscious, or anything like that. I watch calories, but don't count them to an exact number. I eat solids. For example, a turkey sandwich, a taco and 1/2 with steak, or chicken, or ground beef, shrimp, etc --- I'm not a snacker or candy addict. Probably one of the worst things I eat, is a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on 12 grain bread. I also do an hour of cardio everyday.
I'm just having a lot anxiety (I'm generally an overly anxious person) that perhaps my new surgeon didn't make my stomach the appropriate size. It's an irrational fear, I'm sure.
A lot of times, I feel like my concern with eating is a head game. It's hard to tell, because I don't have a constant, or reference another RNY patient. Or Maybe I'm just getting used to things?
I'm sorry this is so long. I just feel lost about this.
In all honesty, I feel great, I feel slimmer, and I feel really good about the surgery. I just don't want to make any wrong turns. I still would like to lose another 166 pounds and I don't want to stop my or slow my progress. If I only lose 2 pounds a week I feel it's a failed week. I feel that being a gastric bypass patients enables me to lost weight faster than those who have not had surgery. I'd be satisfied with 4 to 5 pounds a week.
All right. Enough for now.
Thanks everybody,
Will
So, I'm 11 weeks out, and I've lost 83 pounds. I started at 449 and now weigh 366. I'm a 25 year old male.
Here's my concern: I had the RnY Gastric Bypass, and I'm worried, I'm able to eat too much. This varies from time to time. Sometimes, I'm not able to eat anything at all, and other times, I'm able to eat, maybe anywhere from 4 to 6 oz. of food in one sitting. 6 oz might be inaccurate, but, certainly, there are times when I feel like I'm able to eat too much. I am hoping (and do) follow the rule my doctor gave me: stop eating when you feel full. The fullness feeling varies, sometimes, I feel full quickly and stop, and other times I feel a brief pain (perhaps brought on by eating to quickly) and I wait it out for a few minutes and continue eating. Also, I find that I'm able to eat more, the longer it takes me to eat. If I sit down to a meal, and eat it over an hour, I'll be able to eat more than if I just ate for twenty minutes.
...As I'm writing this, I feel as if I'm not making a lot of sense. If folks could just give me their opinions and experiences with eating. I know I'm not eating a lot compared to a normal stomached person, but I'm eating more than I ever thought I'd be able to eat before I had the surgery.
If your wondering about my diet, to put it simply, I don't eat crap. I eat solid meals every time, but I'm not super carb conscious or fat conscious, or anything like that. I watch calories, but don't count them to an exact number. I eat solids. For example, a turkey sandwich, a taco and 1/2 with steak, or chicken, or ground beef, shrimp, etc --- I'm not a snacker or candy addict. Probably one of the worst things I eat, is a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on 12 grain bread. I also do an hour of cardio everyday.
I'm just having a lot anxiety (I'm generally an overly anxious person) that perhaps my new surgeon didn't make my stomach the appropriate size. It's an irrational fear, I'm sure.
A lot of times, I feel like my concern with eating is a head game. It's hard to tell, because I don't have a constant, or reference another RNY patient. Or Maybe I'm just getting used to things?
I'm sorry this is so long. I just feel lost about this.
In all honesty, I feel great, I feel slimmer, and I feel really good about the surgery. I just don't want to make any wrong turns. I still would like to lose another 166 pounds and I don't want to stop my or slow my progress. If I only lose 2 pounds a week I feel it's a failed week. I feel that being a gastric bypass patients enables me to lost weight faster than those who have not had surgery. I'd be satisfied with 4 to 5 pounds a week.
All right. Enough for now.
Thanks everybody,
Will
I'm several years post op and I made a lot of the type mistakes you are afraid of making. Even with that said, I lost a net 200 lbs withing 18 mos post-op ( started at 571 at 50 years old ). I could tell early on what it felt like to be full and that helped a lot. But, I could eat many things.
First of all, you are going to slow down on how quickly you lose weight after 6 mos or so because your stomach will grow from being the size of your thumb to the size of your fist; that's still way smaller than it was before surgery. You will be a success if you follow the basic rules of protein first and sip, sip, sip.
I know I should be emphasizing exercise also, but I get very little exercise. I can't walk much without having severe knee pain. If I know I'm going to have to go by foot, I'll bring my rollator and walk about 100 ft and then rest a few minutes. I'm not resting because I'm out of breath. I just can't take the constatnt pain.
Hopefully, you will be able to establish some sort of exercise routine. From what I've read on OH over the past 9 years, it sounds like you are best off doing some sort of cardio work every other day and doing weight resistance training on the other days. Eventually, you should be able to do light cardio every day but still allow one day spacing between doing the weight lifting or resistance.
Back to the eating. If you don't feel full, weigh and measure your food. Initially you should be having 5-6 meals of up to 200 cal. Remember protein first, then complex carbs. But, do have complex carbs such as vegetables and a small portion of fruit. If you start being constipated, add a whole grain. You may also eventually need to take a natural or man made laxative (only if the constipation gets really bad).
If you go through a month where you only lose 2 lbs a wk, you'll still be 8-10 lbs lighter at the end of that month. That's a good chunk of weight. But, if you weigh and measure your food (counting calories or portion control) you will remain honest. You should then be able to lose much faster.
Like I said previously, I did it all wrong. I was cheating within 3 mos of being post-op and still continued to lose weight. But, I am a sugar and white carb addict and a junk food junkie; I'm currently in remission and I carefully weigh and measure everything that I eat. And, I've lost 35 lbs since starting this on 01-29-09.
Be Patient!
First of all, you are going to slow down on how quickly you lose weight after 6 mos or so because your stomach will grow from being the size of your thumb to the size of your fist; that's still way smaller than it was before surgery. You will be a success if you follow the basic rules of protein first and sip, sip, sip.
I know I should be emphasizing exercise also, but I get very little exercise. I can't walk much without having severe knee pain. If I know I'm going to have to go by foot, I'll bring my rollator and walk about 100 ft and then rest a few minutes. I'm not resting because I'm out of breath. I just can't take the constatnt pain.
Hopefully, you will be able to establish some sort of exercise routine. From what I've read on OH over the past 9 years, it sounds like you are best off doing some sort of cardio work every other day and doing weight resistance training on the other days. Eventually, you should be able to do light cardio every day but still allow one day spacing between doing the weight lifting or resistance.
Back to the eating. If you don't feel full, weigh and measure your food. Initially you should be having 5-6 meals of up to 200 cal. Remember protein first, then complex carbs. But, do have complex carbs such as vegetables and a small portion of fruit. If you start being constipated, add a whole grain. You may also eventually need to take a natural or man made laxative (only if the constipation gets really bad).
If you go through a month where you only lose 2 lbs a wk, you'll still be 8-10 lbs lighter at the end of that month. That's a good chunk of weight. But, if you weigh and measure your food (counting calories or portion control) you will remain honest. You should then be able to lose much faster.
Like I said previously, I did it all wrong. I was cheating within 3 mos of being post-op and still continued to lose weight. But, I am a sugar and white carb addict and a junk food junkie; I'm currently in remission and I carefully weigh and measure everything that I eat. And, I've lost 35 lbs since starting this on 01-29-09.
Be Patient!
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