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I echo this comment. Track your food because we ALL underestimate the contents of our food and overestimate portion sizes. If you have not already, weigh and prep your meals ahead of time to ensure accuracy. Consider switching to a macro-based approach as well, which helps prioritize the plate (Protein first, then veg, then carbs). Go natural; preservatives impact hormones and thyroid levels. If you're like me and love wine - skip it for a few months - it makes a big difference when you remove the alcohol.
best of luck!!
Sparkling flavored water and coffee helped me kick the soda cravings. Listen to your cravings - do you want caffeine or bubbles? Ween yourself off the bubbles by setting a max per day (for me it was 1 with lunch and 1 with dinner - AFTER I had an entire glass of water first). I found I did not want the soda after a few weeks of cutting back. Black coffee, unsweet tea and water are pretty much my only drinks anymore.
Weight loss surgery patients often lose about 100 pounds fairly effortlessly. That is sometimes referred to as the honeymoon stage. After that initial boost from surgery, losing the rest of the weight becomes hard work.
The less you weigh, the less calories you need to maintain that weight and the less calories you need to lose more, If you are not tracking every sip and bite on My Fitness Pal, then start doing that today. It is free, easy, and convenient to use.
To lose one pound, you need to eliminate 3500 calories. To lose 60 pounds you have to do that 60 times.
To be maintaining at your current weight means you are taking in at least 2200 calories a day. If you can cut that down to 1200 a day, you will eliminate 7000 calories a week, or two pounds on the scale.
In 15 weeks, you can lose 60 pounds. When you get to 1600 pounds, you will need about 1600 calories a day to stay there. The secret of this is to honestly track and to have a date when you will reach your goal.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
yep - it does get a lot harder the further you get out!! I did manage to lose another 40 lbs during year 2. I was up around 1000 calories/day by then, but I pretty much stuck to that and the weight did continue to come off, albeit VERY SLOWLY....
RNY 06/03/15 by Michael Garren (Madison, WI)
HW: 373 SW: 316 GW: 150 LW: 138 CW: 163
I was thinking of you yesterday, but not online. It sounds like it went well. I'm happy it did.
hi guys!
I dont post on here much, and just posted over a year ago when I was on the pre-op diet. Crazy how much has changed since then! I had my VSG surgery last nov 11/20/18 and am down 120 pounds so far! I'm still about 60 pounds from my goal weight and the last few months the weight loss has significantly slowed down. I don't always eat the best, but for the most part I eat a low carb diet and I joined orange theory about 5 months ago. I've made a lot of lifestyle changes including eating out much less and cooking low carb meals, but sometimes I get so frustrated with how slow the weight loss is now. I can definitely eat a lot more than I could at the beginning, but still much less than before, but I try to stop before I'm full so I don't stretch out my pouch. Anyone else struggling to keep the weight loss going?!
HW: 338.5
SW: 323
CW: 118
GW: 160 to 170
The extra liquids would help you the first few days when getting enough liquids in you may be challenging.
My only regrets from early post op - not drinking enough liquids with electrolytes. We often forget how important sodium, magnesium, potassium can be to us.
I concentrated on drinking protein shakes and flavored water, but during first few months I did not get enough sodium. When we are on a low calories, low carb diet - our body would lose a lot of stored water. Water in our muscles, organs is bound to glycogen (stored carbs) and minerals (sodium). That's why people on keto get "keto flu" - not enough minerals as they transition from normal to low carb diet. Even so far out, I try to make sure I get enough sodium and other electrolytes.
Some people may advise you to cut sodium as low as you can for a fast weight loss, but unless you have high BP, or tendency to retain liquids - the loss you are going to see on a scale would be jus****er loss.
Very low carbs combined with a very low calorie and sodium diet may lead to practical dehydration, since your body can't retain water. And the more plain water you drink, the more thirsty you may become. Dehydration can lead to muscles spasms, orthostatic hypotension, headache, nausea, and even hunger.
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
Mine was gone and a few more pounds off by the end of the first week.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
on 9/20/19 3:17 am
I buckled and got on the scale. Surgery alone made me gain 9lbs. So there's that. Lol
but like you said, we will pee and walk it out. I'm not stressing.
