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I'm ok with it if you want to call me wrong, but this is the kind of thing that I have read online about the existence of plateaus: "Hitting the dreaded plateau happens to most people, even after weight loss surgery. Don't become discouraged. You and your body have gone through a lot; the metabolism needs time to catch up and adjust to hormonal changes and new calorie levels. There will be periods in your weight loss where the metabolism has to re-regulate itself to new habits and weight."
So you don't agree that plateaus are a reality and you are saying that when you eat right weight will always come off every time you step on a scale? I know for me that I eat almost exactly the same thing, and sometimes I lose weight on the scale and sometimes my body will wait until my hormonal cycle comes around to give up the weight on the scale. If we deny that plateaus exist why even have the term?
You can lose as much and for as long as you like. But ScaleSkater is right, it is on you.
There's no magic to any weightloss surgery and there's rarely BS on this forum, (and it will get called out) which is why it's the most helpful out there. If you want platitudes, there are a ton of other groups that will pat your hand and encourage habits that will sabotage your long term success.
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I think answers like "It's all you! 100% what you are eating." might not be the whole story. Partly because you did not state what you are eating, so no one can say that you're overeating, and partly because it doesn't take into account that plateaus are real and happen to most of us at least at some point of our weight loss journey. I am 7 months post op, down 71 lbs since surgery and down 108 if I count pre-op diets. Yet I am just now finally coming out of a one month stall, and I lost a pound yesterday and a pound today. It certainly gets worrisome that we might be done at 6 months, but I am sure if we keep up the good fight with high protein, food journalling and exercise we will still be able to prevail. As they say, for many weight loss graphs can look more like stairs than waterfalls (same weight, same weight, lose ... rather than lose, lose, lose)
My weight loss has slowed down significantly too. I'm glad your plan is working for you and I think I might just join you. I really want to hit my goal before the one year mark. Good luck to you!
As others said, don't overestimate how much calories you are burning. Don't eat back that calories.
2 years ago I got too thin and to gain weight, I started exercise. I gain weight when I exercise. Every time. Sure I would gain some muscles, but most of my gain was almost always fat.
Exercise may stimulate cortisone, and that in turn may stimulate hunger. Real hunger.
I can do gentle exercise like fast walking, yoga, stretching, etc. But any high intensity cardio would raise my cortisone level. And I would need to eat more.
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"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
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Thanks so much Wombat. I appreciate and need the encouragement. I just ate 6 oz of soup and I feel like I could eat another 6. I'm going to wait 30 mins and see if I still feel hungry and go from there.
I wanted to give you a little more information. At this point you may be worried that the surgery was all for nothing because you feel so very hungry. That was my worry, and I suspect lots of other people worried about that too. So let me reassure you again that the hunger will settle down.
Also, I found that the nature of hunger changed a lot for me. Before surgery, hunger felt like a klaxon going off, and it was usually accompanied by an intense craving for a specific food. I felt out of control. Now, hunger is more like an LED indicator. I know I need to eat, but it's not the emergency it was before surgery. And even better, my cravings are more general (e.g. I want something savoury, or I want something sweet), and I can easily find a healthy food to satisfy both my hunger and my craving.
So don't get discouraged. This is the tough part, and it's about to get much, much easier.
Watch out for those carbs in weight loss phase. They make you crave more. Although if you are only eating 75 carbs a day you are doing fine. I think I would up my protein to around 80g. Keep in mind exercise will help you build muscle which weighs more.
