ruthie74

I'm about 6 months post op and my stomach makes the craziest gurgling sounds that sometimes I can hear the gurgles from my mouth!!!

I totally know what your going through. Even though I am almost at my goal weight I have stalled for the past month and I have been snacking on a little here and a little there which adds up! My greatest fear is gaining all this weight I lost! It helps a bunch that I track everything I eat on myfitnesspal but it's hard to guesstimate the mindless snacking.

I can't do shakes either but totally need to put a stop to this snacking! I'm with you. I am a food addict and I used to binge eat. I can not and will not fall back to my old ways! Let's do this! Thanks for the post!

I am ever so slowly trying to increase my calories to over 1000. My doc didn't want me to go over 1000. I eat as healthy as I can eat with this limited amount of calories and I am not starving otherwise I think my doc would tell me I'm doing this wrong. As my abililty to eat more calories increases I will eat more

Yup freezing over here too! I was so cold that I had to research it a little. I've read a couple of things...yup we lost that insulation we are used to and the removal of the grehlin.

I noticed it takes me Alot more work to sweat as well.

My NUT didn't give me any number but my doc did. I pretty much adjusted my numbers. You are early out. At that point my main focus was just trying to eat and drink. I religiously track on myfitnesspal but I know counting calories is not for everyone but it helped me a lot especially keeping track of my Protein intake.

When I was 4 weeks out that's about how much I had. Around 2 months out I increased to 700 then at 3 months 800 and now I am 4 months out and I just increased to 900. I am about 13 pounds away from my goal of 135 once I hit 135 I'm going up to 1000 and from there I will keep increasing til I figure out how to maintain and not lose.

Did your doc give you any numbers?

Thank you!

You look amazing! Congrats!

Tried posting this in the other thread that was already started but it won't let me. My surgery date was June 17 of this years...so I'm 4 months post op. Started at 230 pounds day of surgery and today I am 149 pounds. I'm 5'4ish I took these after pics yesterday and the befores are from the week after surgery. My goal is to reach 135.

The purpose of this thread is to capture your daily workouts to share with others over time. It is not meant to be a challenge thread;rather' date=' it will become a valuable resource to others over time to find workouts that will work for them based on many different dimensions of compatibility (gee, sounds like e harmony. Lol). I hope the thread lives for a long time. In order for others to gauge what is possible and how it might apply to the, please include the following information: Starting weight: your initial weight, before surgery. Current Weight: your current weight Height: your height WLS status: how far out are you? Are you in loss phase or maintenance phase? Type: the type of exercise. For example - running, biking, swimming, walking, cross fit, weight lifting, spinning, aerobics, DVD, etc. Description: include whatever information you want to describe the workout Pre workout meal: what did you set before the workout Post workout meal: what did you eat after the workout Notes: personal opinions, rants, questions, etc Water: how much Water are you drinking? Supplementation: a what additional supplements are you taking to help with work out Diet type: the type of diet you are on. For example - post op, zone, paleo, 5:2 Protein: how much Protein are you taking daily? Carbs: how many carbs are you taking? Calories: how many calories are you eating? Sleep: how many hours of sleep? How is the quality of sleep? Here is an example for me today. Starting weight : 360 lb Current Weight: 180 lb Height: 5'11" WLS status: 16 months. Maintaining. Type: Crossfit Description: "Fight Gone Bad" 3 rounds, 1 min per station, of: Wall Ball, 20#/14# Sumo Deadlift High Pull 75# Box Jump 20" Push Press 75# Row (calories) Rest 1 min Rotate immediately to the next station every 1 min, the clock does not stop or reset between stations. Notes: This is my first "fight gone bad" workout. I want to try and hit 300 reps. Some say it is one of the hardest crossfit WOD. We shall see about that. Pre workout meal: 1/2 cup cooked steel oats with 2 scoop of Protein Powder (50 g). Might reduce to 1 scoop. Post workout meal: 1 AMRAP bar (300 cal, 17 G Protein, 14 carbs). Made of paleo friendly ingredients. For example, uses honey to sweeten. Water: 230 oz Supplementation: 5 g beta-alanine, 5 g creatine, 300 mg caffiene and 14 g bcaa Diet type: paleo Protein: 175 g Carbs: 85 g Calories: 2100 Sleep: 7 hours. Good. [/quote']

Start weight: 230

Current weight: 150

5'5

Weightloss status: 4 months postop

15 pounds left to lose (lost 80 pounds in 4 months)

Exercise: Body Beast DVD by BeachBody

(Involves weight training) drop sets

Post workout meal: Peanut Butter or other high protein snack.< /p>

I eat mainly Paleo

Currently I eat 900 cal but since I just started an intense weight lifting program I am trying to raise it to 1000

About 7 hours sleep in pitch darkness

I keep my carbs under 100

60-80 grams of protein (trying to keep it at 80 or more)

I'm 15 pounds away from my goal and only have bought 2 pairs of jeans and a couple of tops. I'm going to wait til I hit my goal weight but might give in to a couple more items cause like you....I only have maybe a total of 3 or 4 things in my closet left. It was awesome to throw out all my large size clothes!

One thing to consider is a metabolic test. Everyone's is different. My doctor has me do a 10-minute one where I have to breathe into a machine and it tells me what my rate is. You could use that test to work with your NUT on a detailed plan for you.

Thanks! I will ask about that. Hopefully by my appt in January I will hit my goal of 135. I'm 15 pounds away from it and I know this sounds crazy but I really do hope I lose these last few pounds slowly. I am learning so much and once I hit 135 I have to continue learning how to maintain

Thanks! That was vey helpful

So I am about 16 pounds away from my ultimate goal of 135! I don't have an appt with my nut till January but I plan on calling her sooner.

My question is since I am so close to my goal do I continue to eat 800-900 calories? Or do I eventually raise my calories?

I mean I want to eventually maintain my weight so I assume I have to increase my calories. Do I just experiment with my calories to see where I will be able to maintain? I'm wondering for those who reached their goal what they did?

Thanks for any advice in advance!!!

I was about 2 months out when my doc told me I could.

Is it normal for liquids not make me feel full? I know I have a smaller tummy' date=' but it sure doesn't seem like it at times.[/quote']

I think it's normal sometimes. I find that when I drink my liquids fast I don't feel full right away and then bam! All of sudden I'm really full! I have a horrible habit of guzzling my Water. Of course I don't guzzle the whole bottle but I have the tendency to drink it too fast. Still working in that.

If I drink it at intervals I can tolerate more. I'm no expert though, I'm 4 months out. Still learning.

Yes!! Someone asked me are you ok? Are you sick?? I thought it was so rude of her!

Does that include say ground beef or shredded chicken or like steak?

Yes. I'm not sure on the steak cause I don't eat it. I mean I do eat red meat such as ground beef but I just don't like steak.

At first I had to eat super super slow and I was only able to handle maybe 3 bites at the most.

Now I am eating about 3-4 oz of chicken or deli meats or fish

I'm 4 months post op and my tummy grumbles all the time.

I think I was able to comfortably eat around 2 months postop...proteins are always the hardest to get down but it gets easier.

I confess that I haven't lost any weight since April and I have eaten everything that I shouldn't be eating! pizza -crackers -chicken pot pie -noodles candy- ice cream and so on.... I confess that I have not exercised the way I need to and I feel like crap because of it... I confess that I have not been taking my Vitamins the way I'm supposed to & some days I don't take any at all.... I confess that I canceled my last appointment and I haven't rescheduled it with my surgeon... I confess that I am disappointed in myself! My surgery was November 14' date=' 2012 and I have failed terribly![/quote']

Hey don't give up. Start fresh....make that appt, change your eating habits start taking your Vitamins, maybe get a counselor or group therapy, but don't give up. Like they say...you haven't failed until you have given up.

I confess that even though I am down to 151 pounds and I'm a size 10, I still feel very fat

I confess I want an ice cold beer and a margarita

I confess I drink coffee every day

I confess I have less then 20 pounds to get to my goal weight and it makes me very anxious to see me at 135 pounds!

I confess I still wear some of my old clothes from when I weighed 230 pounds

My birthday was a couple of weeks after my surgery. I had a massage' date=' facial and pedicure. It was much better than cake [/quote']

Definitely an awesome way to spend a bday!

Congrats!! You look beautiful!

Opps soul searching not Soup searching! Lol

I had my surgery on my husbands and I anniversary and normally we dine and wine the night away...nope not this year and I was almost tempted not to have the surgery that was scheduled a few days before my anniversary just so we can wine and dine! I really had to snap out of it! I told myself this is how bad it is for me that I would reschedule my surgery so I can wine and dine! I said I can do this! My husband and I did other things other than go out to eAt. We have to learn to have a good time without food! I did some major Soup searching my first 2 months.

You'll get through this. It's your birthday go have fun but something that doesn't involve food. At first it's hard to come up with things but eventually it will change well at least it did for me.

Happy birthday!!!

Many blessings to you and congrats on the surgery!