My rules for newbies. Not for Vets

Thank you, thank you Elina ! This is such good information and a well laid out road map for success !! I'm printing it out and putting it on my refrigerator !!

Very Good Post! and Very Good Advice!

thanks for posting this.  It will certainly come in handy when I finally have my surgery. :)

This was the plan I followed based on what I read on these forums and it was exactly the plan proposed by my surgeon and nutritionist.  It just works.  I lost 95 pounds from my surgery date to the 5 month anniversary.  No stalls.  Nearly a straight line of consistent results.  Yes, I was lucky.  But this plan got me to maintenance in as short a time as I think is really possible.

In maintenance I continue to journal my food and exercise and I look at net calories (consumed - burned in exercise that is beyond normal daily life activities).  I strive to keep the net still around 600-1000c... So far, so good - I have kept my weight below my goal, with about a +/- 2 lb window ever since hitting maintenance.  

Do it. It works.

 

Just what I needed.... Thank you so much for posting & sharing your knowledge. I'm scared not to get this right:-) 

Just printed out rules! Surgery date 2-25 if I get cardiac clearance- heart disease gal here.

Thank you Elina!  

Thank you!

Thank you! I think u r just too thoughtful kudos to u! :)

Thanks!  This post and others like it help to take away the scariness....it's not a loss of control over our own bodies, rather complete control!!