Question:
i dont eat alot now

and i am still 267 pounds and getting bigger if i have this surgery is it gonna help me to loss weight even though i dont eat alot now and cant seem to loss it    — Debbie G. (posted on July 19, 2002)

July 19, 2002
I don't want to be rude here but I insisted I didn't eat alot before surgery either. I would actually starve myself all day long, until the point of nearly passing out and at night I would consume 5,000 to 6,000 calories in one sitting! You really need to face reality as harsh as it may be, you are oviously eating too much or too many calories or you would not be overweight. But, if you insist that you don't eat alot as a pre-op go to your doctor and have him do a work up, you could have a thyroid problem. It's hard to admit we eat like pigs. I never did before but now as a post op I realize how much of a pig I was and why I had a weight problem. So really look at what you are eating in a day and the calories, I think you will see that you are eating more than what you think or consuming too many calories.
   — Angie B.

July 19, 2002
I understand exactly what you mean.. I have been on this dr supervised diet thing for a while and I write down everything I eat... everything.. I maintain around 1200 calories per day.. and still manage to gain....
   — Angela G.

July 19, 2002
Yes, because your body will no longer absorb all of the calories.I was about your weight I am two months post op and down 60 pounds.
   — Linda A.

July 19, 2002
I too was not a big quantity eater- however, I found I had a medical condition that pretty much turned most of the food I ate, into fat. My condition also resists any kind of weight loss (no matter HOW GOOD YOU ARE). Do you ladies have any other interesting symptoms that could warrant this weight loss stalemate? Curious to know!
   — Karen R.

July 19, 2002
I too was not a big eater. I would eat 1200-1500 cals a day and maintain or gain. I did weight watchers one time and did everything by the book and gained a pound. It has to be a metabolism issue. I wondered too if surgery would work for me. I have found that I have to keep my caloric intake under 800 or I don't lose anymore. I found that out on a 6 week plateau! As soon as I dropped my intake back to under 800, I started dropping again. I have to really keep an eye on that. So many on here say that you will go into starvation mode if kept so low, but I lost the greatest amount when I was taking in the very least amount. There is someone on this site who weighed close to 400 lbs. who is able to eat post-op what I ate as a pre-op. She is a successful loser at that amount where I gained. We are all so very different, and lose on different amounts. You will just have to find out where that is for you. I'll tell you one thing though, I couldn't have done this without the surgery. It has been life saving for me. It makes it so much easier to keep my cals under control with a smaller pouch. I have just also implemented the 'pouch rules for dummies' and it has helped me get fuller faster with this great tool.
   — Cheri M.

July 19, 2002
WOW! You sound exactly like me! I was 269 before surgery and didn't eat much at all. I didnt know if it would work for me, but it has! I am 5 weeks post and down about 30 pounds. I think eating not much before hand just really made it easier on me afterwards. In fact I told my surgeon it was actually easier than I thought it would be! It can work for you too!
   — emilyfink

July 19, 2002
Sometimes how much you eat is not as important as what you eat. Other times we are not the best people to judge how much we are eating. I have a condition called hyperinsulinemia. My body reacts to carbs and high glycogen foods by pumping up the insulin which blocks the normal utilization of the calories and stimulates the fat cells to collect all they can. It leads to chronic fatigue, depression (because of the relationship between insulin, norepinephrine, and serotonin), and obesity. Eventually it can lead to diabetes as the insulin receptors totally shut down and stop procesing sugar at all. <p>WLS and eating a high protein very low carb diet has put my body into a balance that I could not maintain before surgery. I can eat only very small amounts of carb without feeling ill so I don't do it.<p>I have lost more than 130 pounds since September 11. 2001.
   — phoebe

July 21, 2002
Go to fitday.com and chart EVERYTHING you eat You will be suprised how many calories we really consume!! When you get evaluated tell your surgeon. I ate a tremdous amount of food. Igot this surgery and lost122# in 6 months. Good luck
   — Robert L.