Sunnyskies2283

I eat a lot of taco meat and toppings. Pretty delicious!

Just my two cents but I think your carbs look kind of high for just starting off and for the amount of calories you're consuming but I'm sure you'll do great!

Please talk to a professional and be honest with them. It'll help and we all need help at times. It will get better.
And wow vsg! So glad I don't know you so that you can't judge me or others close to me on days when we struggle.

I'm finding dating extremely frustrating but kind of in a good way. I have a new confidence in dating now and have many interested in me but it's just so difficult finding someone I want to be with.

I had the same concerns as you did at your stage. I stressed big time because i knew I was at a huge calorie deficit with the exercise I was doing and with eating 500 to 600 calories. I only lost about 1 pound between weeks 3 and 4.
I was told by the nut to work in a few higher calorie and fat items to get in the calories until I was more able to "eat" the 850 calories on my own. I didn't exactly do that routinely but I was up to around 850 calories by month 2 and have stayed there. I'm 3 months and 3 weeks post op and have went from 273 SW to 225 today so almost 50 pounds. I guess my point is to relax. Your body will not go into starvation mode too quickly and you will gradually increase your calories. I didn't believe I would be 850 ever at 1 month post op.

Studies have shown that to build a positive work environment with high morale, it is important to demonstrate that you genuinely care about the people that work for you and their lives outside of work.
I could not expect people that work for me to share their life with me and see that I genuinely care if I withheld such an important part of my life from them. It's a two way street.

Studies have shown that to build a positive work environment with high morale, it is important to demonstrate that you genuinely care about the people that work for you and their lives outside of work.
I could not expect people that work for me to share their life with me and see that I genuinely care if I withheld such an important part of my life from them. It's a two way street.

Studies have shown that to build a positive work environment with high morale, it is important to demonstrate that you genuinely care about the people that work for you and their lives outside of work.
I could not expect people that work for me to share their life with me and see that I genuinely care if I withheld such an important part of my life from them. It's a two way street.

That sounds very much like my experience. I lost 12 pounds the first week (I really would like to know how much stomach weight they take out). The following two weeks I actually gained 2 pounds. I had a break down at the doctors 4 weeks out because I had the same fears as you.
I am now 8 weeks out and have lost about 26 total since surgery. 7 of those pounds were in the last 3 days. I'm learning to accept that the weight will come off, but it'll happen when my body is ready and may not be every week. Moral of the story: don't stress, eat and exercise like you've been taught, and the scale will work itself out.

I eat a lot of taco meat and toppings. Pretty delicious!

I eat a lot of taco meat and toppings. Pretty delicious!

I eat a lot of taco meat and toppings. Pretty delicious!

That sounds very much like my experience. I lost 12 pounds the first week (I really would like to know how much stomach weight they take out). The following two weeks I actually gained 2 pounds. I had a break down at the doctors 4 weeks out because I had the same fears as you.
I am now 8 weeks out and have lost about 26 total since surgery. 7 of those pounds were in the last 3 days. I'm learning to accept that the weight will come off, but it'll happen when my body is ready and may not be every week. Moral of the story: don't stress, eat and exercise like you've been taught, and the scale will work itself out.

That sounds very much like my experience. I lost 12 pounds the first week (I really would like to know how much stomach weight they take out). The following two weeks I actually gained 2 pounds. I had a break down at the doctors 4 weeks out because I had the same fears as you.
I am now 8 weeks out and have lost about 26 total since surgery. 7 of those pounds were in the last 3 days. I'm learning to accept that the weight will come off, but it'll happen when my body is ready and may not be every week. Moral of the story: don't stress, eat and exercise like you've been taught, and the scale will work itself out.

That sounds very much like my experience. I lost 12 pounds the first week (I really would like to know how much stomach weight they take out). The following two weeks I actually gained 2 pounds. I had a break down at the doctors 4 weeks out because I had the same fears as you.
I am now 8 weeks out and have lost about 26 total since surgery. 7 of those pounds were in the last 3 days. I'm learning to accept that the weight will come off, but it'll happen when my body is ready and may not be every week. Moral of the story: don't stress, eat and exercise like you've been taught, and the scale will work itself out.

1. Optimistic for the future - It was too easy before to see a future of struggles and to think why bother. Truly happy now.
2. New hobbies - New found fitness has brought on new hobbies. They bring a lot to my life.
3. Energy - it's so much better having energy to do the things I want to do. Before I would need a nap at every available opportunity.

1. Optimistic for the future - It was too easy before to see a future of struggles and to think why bother. Truly happy now.
2. New hobbies - New found fitness has brought on new hobbies. They bring a lot to my life.
3. Energy - it's so much better having energy to do the things I want to do. Before I would need a nap at every available opportunity.

1. Optimistic for the future - It was too easy before to see a future of struggles and to think why bother. Truly happy now.
2. New hobbies - New found fitness has brought on new hobbies. They bring a lot to my life.
3. Energy - it's so much better having energy to do the things I want to do. Before I would need a nap at every available opportunity.

1. Optimistic for the future - It was too easy before to see a future of struggles and to think why bother. Truly happy now.
2. New hobbies - New found fitness has brought on new hobbies. They bring a lot to my life.
3. Energy - it's so much better having energy to do the things I want to do. Before I would need a nap at every available opportunity.

1. Optimistic for the future - It was too easy before to see a future of struggles and to think why bother. Truly happy now.
2. New hobbies - New found fitness has brought on new hobbies. They bring a lot to my life.
3. Energy - it's so much better having energy to do the things I want to do. Before I would need a nap at every available opportunity.

Surgeon said 3 weeks for me.

Hi...glad to see a michiganders group! Anyone have experience with Dr. Lane in lansing?
I'm currently starving on a 2 week.pre op diet but keeping my eye on the prize with surgery scheduled july 7.

Hi everyone...I received my surgery date of July 7 which means I start the pre-op Protein diet next Monday. The surgeon said that the diet should produce an additional 10 pound loss. I've lost 25 pounds in the 2 months that I've been on the medically monitored weight loss for insurance (they had set a goal of only 10 pounds). However, the fact that I have already lost the 25 pounds makes me very much question whether I will be able to hit the 10 pound mark from the surgeon. I'm not expecting I'll be able to hit huge losses in the two weeks before surgery because I have been on a 1200 calorie diet for two months already. I've even considered manipulating this weeks weigh in so I have a couple extra pounds to make that 10 pound mark easier. Has anyone had difficulty losing the required amount on the pre-op "product" diet?