Is it possible to survive on low cal intake?
I welcome and appreciate any of your thoughts, insights and experience.
Had my RNY in 2005. Lost 87 pounds in 7 months. On the 8th month, I started gaining the weight back and by January of this year, I had gained back 30 pounds while of the time I was on 70% daily protein intake, no flour, nothing fried, etc with a maximum daily caloric intake of 1800. Also with an active lifestyle. Regular gym visists. Trained and ran the Houston Full Marathon in 06, 07 & 08 and Half Marathon in 09.
Well this February, I decided to try something new. Maiantain my activity level, no change. But restrict calorie to less than 1000 a day. Voila. I have reversed my weight gain. I have lost a few pouns, but the bottom line is I am no loger gaining the weight. My PCP examined me and said that some people are genetically wired to thrive on very few calories and maybe I am one of them. But I'm nervous because I have never beleived in dieting. I am still training for the next marathon and hitting the gym twice a week.
Again, I welcome and appreciate any of your thoughts, insights and experience.
Had my RNY in 2005. Lost 87 pounds in 7 months. On the 8th month, I started gaining the weight back and by January of this year, I had gained back 30 pounds while of the time I was on 70% daily protein intake, no flour, nothing fried, etc with a maximum daily caloric intake of 1800. Also with an active lifestyle. Regular gym visists. Trained and ran the Houston Full Marathon in 06, 07 & 08 and Half Marathon in 09.
Well this February, I decided to try something new. Maiantain my activity level, no change. But restrict calorie to less than 1000 a day. Voila. I have reversed my weight gain. I have lost a few pouns, but the bottom line is I am no loger gaining the weight. My PCP examined me and said that some people are genetically wired to thrive on very few calories and maybe I am one of them. But I'm nervous because I have never beleived in dieting. I am still training for the next marathon and hitting the gym twice a week.
Again, I welcome and appreciate any of your thoughts, insights and experience.
I had a hard time rebuilding muscle and I was getting in more protien than I needed. My problem was that I wasn't getting in enough simple carbs. When I traded some proten for fruit and milk my problem got better. I don't know if it will help you, but what we eat is more important that how much we eat.
Robert
I'll go out on a limb with this one. Go back to your primary and have him refer you for an endoscope. I had one done 4 years after my 1st RNY and found out that I had a staple line disruption--it was as if I had never had WLS. I had a revision RNY about 6 months later. I had gone for the endoscopy for a different reason, but I was glad that it was done.
I'd say that if your WLS is working properly, you should either be maintaining or losing weight due to the combination of the size of the stomach and the malabsorbtion of food. Having to go to extreme lengths is not healthy. You are very near what many nutrionists would consider starving yourself. That low amount of calories should be ok for a minimum amount for a woman but not for a man.
I'd say that if your WLS is working properly, you should either be maintaining or losing weight due to the combination of the size of the stomach and the malabsorbtion of food. Having to go to extreme lengths is not healthy. You are very near what many nutrionists would consider starving yourself. That low amount of calories should be ok for a minimum amount for a woman but not for a man.
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