So far my VSG journey has been extremely beautiful but also a lesson. I am 7 months post op and glad to say I am officially 6 pounds away from being in the healthy weight range for my height! This is the healthiest I've ever been and my fitness has increased so much I can even do push-ups now lol I'm at my lowest weight ever and looking forward to continuing this health journey for life!
New VSG'ers the journey will not be easy but stick to it you made this decision to get healthy and improve your quality of life. So when the old you wants to pop back up and sabotage your efforts remember why you did this and the future healthy you that will feel so much happier and healthier. Happiness tastes better than any amount of junk food could ever taste and I've definitely learned this as an ex binge eater.

You have done fantastic.

I'm five years out and maintaining. Stalls are frustrating. As you get closer to goal you have less fat to burn. Expect weight loss to be slow *smile* If you are logging your food, following your food plan and exercising the weight will come off.

At a year+ out, What are your dietician's calories, carbs and protein ratios set at? Are you eating real whole foods to hit your calories/macros? Have you noticed any changes to your surgery restriction?

How many calories do you eat in a day? Most WLS people find they have to stick to about 800 calories per day in order to lose weight at a good pace. Here are a few other suggestions to help:

When you feel hungry and it's not mealtime or snacktime, drink a glass of water (or other low calorie beverage). This will help you naturally eat less. Also, after surgery you will need to drink a lot of fluids, so this is good practice. Currently, your stomach holds some fluid in reserve which your body can draw on when needed. Surgery removes that portion of the stomach, so you will need to drink fluids more often to stay hydrated.

Don't drink with meals. Drinking with meals causes the stomach to empty more quickly, so you will feel hungry sooner. This is true even for people who haven't had surgery, but you will need to stop this after surgery.

Record everything you eat. Popular apps for this include myfitnesspal.com and cronometer.com. Personally, I recommend cronometer. Analysing what you eat will help you identify small changes that you can make that will help you lose weight without feeling deprived. If you bring detailed records of what you eat to your dietitian, he or she will probably have great suggestions for you.

If you make a mistake, start fresh with the next meal. Don't wait for the next day.

If you're not a breakfast person, you don't need to eat it. Personally, I'm not hungry early in the morning, and if I do eat breakfast, it seems to "wake up" my stomach and then I find it more difficult to watch what I eat. Instead, I skip breakfast and try to get in 1.5 litres of fluid before I eat anything. This gives me a good head start on my fluids for the day, and allows me to save some calories for later in the day, when I do get hungry.

The body is smart. It knows that it was starved and it is fighting to get its weight back. It was so easy at first, but now I have to fight harder every year. To lose the rest of the weight, you will have to eat less calories than you are burning. I can do that when I make up my mind and you can too.

Protein is just one part of the equation. You need to consider how many carbs, how many grams of fat, how many calories, how much water, and how much exercise you are getting.

MyFitnessPal is an excellent app that many of us use to know exactly what we are eating. Daily weighing is also essential to me.

Hello Anyone,

I have done well losing weight since October last year. I am just 2 stone out from my perfect target weight which will be 100% excess weight loss but weight is not coming off.

These last 4 weeks it has gone down 2lbs then up 2lbs then down and this week up again. Any hints and tips would so be appreciated.

The dietician states that this is due to the metabolic cells adjusting as they now require less calories to survive following in essence, a year of starvation. Rather than the physics I just want to get back to weight loss. Any ideas?

I usually hit over 60 grams of protein daily so what am I doing or not doing?

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