JamieLogical

So a quick Google search tells me that the minimum recommended Protein intake is 0.36 grams per pound of body weight. If your profile is current and your weight is 213, you need 76.68 grams of protein per day. That's for a sedentary adult male though and it sounds like you aren't sedentary. This same article says "If you have a physically demanding job, you walk a lot, run, swim or do any sort of exercise, then you need more protein." https://authoritynutrition.com/how-much-protein-per-day/

Sasha or Michone I think. No one is allowed to be happy on the show for long and with both of them in newly budding romances, you know they are doomed.

Okay, so it sounds like you are able to eat a pretty normal amount of post-sleeve food. Your restriction will probably lessen a little around 9 months out, but where you are now is normal for how far post-op you are. How many times are you eating a day? Here's about what I was doing at your stage to get my 100 grams of Protein in: Breakfast: Protein Bar/Shake (20 grams) Morning Snack: Reduced Fat String cheese (8 grams) Lunch: Leftover meat from a Previous dinner, usually about 2-3 ounces (16-20 grams) Afternoon Snack: Dannon Light & Fit Greek Yogurt (12 grams) Dinner: Meat, usually about 2-3 ounces (16-20 grams) After Dinner Snack: Protein Bar/Shake (20 grams) The "meat" I had for dinner was usually a portion of whatever protein my husband cooked for his dinner, usually half as much as he served himself and then I would save the other "half of my half" for a later lunch. So if he made meatloaf and mashed potatoes, I'd eat half of my portion and store the other half... and no potatoes obviously. Or if he did chicken and rice, same thing. I would skip the rice altogether and save half of my serving for lunch.

Are you taking your Vitamins? It's true that sleevers don't have to worry as much about malabsorption, but reduced food intake means reduced nutrient intake. You may be fully absorbing all of the nutrients you eat, but if you aren't eating enough of them, that's no better than malabsorption. You said you don't eat many fruits and vegetables, which is why bariatric multi-vitamins are critical. You should probably aim for closer to 80 grams of Protein a day minimum. Your stomach size was reduced, but your protein requirement wasn't. The daily recommended allowance of protein in the US is 50 grams, but conventional wisdom is that is on the low side because our food pyramid is a joke, putting way too much emphasis on carbs. Have you had blood work done recently? That would be the next logical step.

Have you tried all of the usual tricks for getting in your Water? Mio or Crystal Lite? Experimenting with temperature? Drinking tea or coffee instead of plain water? 5-6 bites is VERY undescriptive, since everyone takes different size bites. Can you translate that to grams or ounces for us since you say you are logging all your food? What does your typical day of food look like?

Apparently, I'm not alone in my thoughts on the finale. I saw some tweets in a NY Daily News article that pretty much summed up exactly how I felt. It was a tedious and frustrating episode. Let's watch them drive around in an RV for an hour then listen to this Neegan guy just enjoying the sound of his own voice for 20 minutes.... fun! And the cliff-hanger ending was just SO unnecessary. It's not like any of us were NOT going to watch the season premier next year. You don't need to resort to soap opera tactics to keep us tuned in.

I feel the need to point out that there are 4 calories for every one gram of protein. So to get 30 grams in one sitting, you would have to be ingesting a bare minimum of 120 calories, assuming no carbs or fat are involved at all. Since it's unlikely anyone is consuming pure protein, then you are probably looking at closer to 200-250 calories to get in 30 grams of protein. For me, post-sleeve, that's about the top end of how much I can physically eat in one sitting anyway.

You are a crazy person. As unsatisfied as I was with the season finale, it's an AMAZING show and definitely worth watching!

I guess my problem was that I found him WAY more obnoxious than scary. I was like, "seriously, is this guy EVER going to shut up and just hit someone?"

30 grams at a time is what I read/heard long ago. I don't know about the whole converting to fat thing, but it's definitely bad for your kidneys to ingest more than 30 grams at a time.

My guess is Michonne, but that whole scene and the hype leading up to the episode left me REALLY not caring. I felt like the whole episode was dragged out too long, was frustrating, and had no resolution. A very unsatisfactory ending to what was otherwise a really strong B Season. I didn't evne bother watching the Talking Dead after, and I LOVE that show. So happy they are doing it for Fear the Walking Dead this season!

8 ounces is not very much. A normal coffee mug holds 10-12 ounces. 8 ounces is more like a tea cup. If you want to use more Water, you can. Water has no calories and there is certainly no harm in drinking more of it!

First of all, there is nothing you will never be able to eat again. If you are getting VSG, then you will eventually be able to eat all the same foods you can eat pre-op. Whether or not you will choose to eat those things is a different story. food funerals are common, but you need to remember why you are doing this.

I did. I hated it. Worst episode in a long time as far as I was concerned.

Never crushed pills. I was allowed to swallow small pills immediately and larger whole pills at 7 days post-op.

There's no "supposed to". Especially this early out. 90% of WLS patients experience a slow down or a complete stall around the 3 week mark. So you have that to look forward to. The stall can last as little as a few days to a few weeks. Right now I HIGHLY recommend you stay off the scale completely and just focus on hitting your water and protein targets each day, taking your meds/vitamins, and walking a little every couple of hours.

Weight loss doesn't magically switch off right at the 12 month mark. I reached my goal right near a year, but if I chose to keep losing weight, I would have. As it is, I ended up about 6-7 pounds below goal without even trying and now I have to track my food to make sure I'm eating ENOUGH calories not to lose any more weight. I'm 19 months post-op now. As long as you work to lose weight, you will continue to lose weight. Does it slow down for some people? Sure. But it's still a mater of burning more than you are consuming. You can control both of those things.

Some surgeons recommend no alcohol at all post-op because of the risk of addiction transference. Many WLS patients are at a high risk for developing other addictions post-op, once they can no longer maintain their addiction to food. If you find that it is hard for you to control your drinking or stop drinking, that might be some cause for concern. Physically, there's no real risk to your sleeve from alcohol. You may get drunk faster and your impaired judgement might cause you to eat more or eat the wrong things. Plus, as you pointed out, it's empty calories.

Don't feel bad about not tracking. I didn't track for the VAST majority of my weight loss phase either. Tracking is just a tool to help figure out what's going right or wrong. If things are moving along, I don't see any need to track daily. I started tracking again recently because I'm training for a half marathon and started losing weight again (I'm in maintenance), so I'm using tracking right now to make sure I'm eating enough. Like I said, just a tool to help assess when assessment is needed. Were you told by your surgeon or nutritionist not to snack? If I didn't snack, there is no way I could get in enough calories to sustain me. At best I eat about 200 calories at a time. If I REALLY push the carbs or fat I could maybe get up to 400 calories in one sitting, but I would have to sacrifice Protein. Eating only 3 times a day, even if I could get in 400 calories each time, that would only be 1200 calories day. Over the past 37 days (since I got my FitBit Blaze), I have averaged a calorie burn of 2366 calories. Remember, I'm training for a half marathon. Snacking is the only thing keeping me alive! But even in my "rest" days from my half marathon training, I burn a good 1800-1900 calories. So 1200 still would be nowhere near enough. My nutritionist initially told me to eat 5-6 times a day. Now, I'm eating more like 7-8.

Double post.

So you are what, 9 months out? Sounds to me like you aren't eating enough. First of all, I know that when I go more than 2-3 hours without eating, I start to get hungry. At 4 hours I start to get hangry. By my vague calculations, that's only about 1000-1100 calories of food. Do you track your food to know exactly what it's coming out to? 1100 doesn't seem like much at 9 months out. I think I was close to 1400-1500 calories a day by then.

Thank you for sharing this. I think a LOT of people get hung up on a number here and trying to reach an arbitrary goal weight. The truth is, just losing as little as 10% of your body weight can have a HUGE impact on your health. The main reason any of us have this surgery should be to live a longer, healthier life.

I was allowed to swallow pills, including my Omega 3, at seven days post-op.

Everything will go great. Be sure to post back here once you're on the losers' bench!

For sleeve I think it's under an hour. I honestly wasn't exactly looking at the clock before and after. Pre-op they gave me happy pills so I didn't have a care in the world. Post-op, I was coming out of anesthesia, groggy and confused.