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How much more do you need to lose? Use the OH Post-Op planner to see what your loss should be at this point. Make sure you are still following your plan. The further out we get, the easier it is to eat more. Be careful!!
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
It means your body is at the point where you are eating enough calories to maintain your current weight. To lose more you need to eat less and move more.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
Thanks for your reply. Needless to say, I'm worried... but I'm glad you are feeling better.
Hi All:
Im post op a bit over 6mths and have lost over 85lbs. Issue I am having is that the past 3 weeks I have lost and gained the same 2 pounds continuously. I am hitting a Plato and not sure what to do. Its so frustrating.
My surgeon had a family emergency so my surgery was moved up. I had my Sleeve Friday the 4th. I'm not going to lie first 2-3 days are rough but I'm already feeling a lot better. Good luck to you on your journey.
Good luck with your surgery! It's good to see someone else new to the process. My sleeve surgery is scheduled for Oct. 22.
Good luck to you, Jen!
I'm having my sleeve surgery Oct. 22. Can you share a little of your experience with me?
It's a very common phenomenon for people who start exercise to gain weight, when we are led to believe the opposite.
Trackers lie about how many calories you burn and unless you are an ELITE athlete there is no reason to increase your calories or even eat back those calories "lost".
Exercise is for health, diet and calories are for weightloss
Proud Feminist, Atheist, LGBT friend, and Democratic Socialist
Don't eat calories back - PERIOD. I burn a ton of calories a day with my program, don't give yourself the excuse. What you need to do is eat a small (very small like 75 calorie healthy carb prior to "vigor" workouts, not little ones) and then consume about 100-150 calories of protein/carb after (or eat your normal breakfast). I just eat my breakfast after as it is normally protein based. The pre/post vigorous workouts keeps me full all the way to lunch and then a small afternoon snack - nuts or cheese and a piece of fruit. Then dinner.... That's why I don't buy the conversation from yesterday about IF and no breakfast.... Good luck. The extra calories prior to goal is you giving yourself an excuse - Sorry, but gotta call you out. Try a better pre/post strategy and you'll get to goal faster.
HW 510 / SW 424/ GW 175 (stretch goal to get 10 under) / CW 160 (I'm near the charts ideal weight - wonder if I can stay here)
RNY November 2016
PS: L/R arm skin removal; belt panniculectomy - April, 2019
In the old days, and I am talking about 48 years ago, Weigh****chers told us not to exercise when we were losing weight. We now know that was not a good strategy.
My experience has been that to lose weight, I have to cut calories and increase exercise. You strategy sounds like it would make good sense, but it has never worked for me that way. Keeping carbs low and protein high is great, but I have never successfully lost weight unless I cut calories.
A woman needs 8 to 10 calories a day to maintain one pound. A man about 12 calories a day to maintain. For me to lose one pound a week, I eliminate 500 calories a day. That comes to 3500 a week for me. I maintain on 1400 and cut to 800-900 per day to drop one pound a week. Along with that I increase my exercise to keep my muscles healthy as I lose.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
