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If this is your first plateau 7 months out, consider yourself lucky. I just broke my second 7.5 months out and by "broke" I mean I finally got past the barrier by 2#s

If this is your first plateau 7 months out, consider yourself lucky. I just broke my second 7.5 months out and by "broke" I mean I finally got past the barrier by 2#s

I've been at 500-600 calories daily since 6 weeks pre-op (I'll be at 5 months in one week). Some claim that this is starvation mode, but I don't think that applies to everyone. I'm just so use to this kind of daily of intake everyday, that I don't feel like a I'm starving. I DON'T eat if I'm not hungry and my bariatrician agreed that 500 daily calories is not too low as long as I get my Vitamins and 80 grams of Protein in.

I eat three meals a day:
1. Isopure Protein Drink (210 cal, 50 gr Protein, 0 carb)
2. tuna, Salmon, or Flounder, 3 oz. (90 cal, 15 pro, 0 carb)
3. chicken, turkey, seafood, or beef, 3 oz. + 1/2 cup veg.
(200 cal, 20 pro, 5-10 carbs)
4. Fage Total 0% 1/2 cup Late night snack (Fri/Sat/Sun only)
(65 cal, 12 pro, 4 carbs)
If I'm hungry in the middle of the night or can't sleep, I eat a few small Vlasic dill pickles (0 cal, 0 pro, 0 carbs)

So, my total everyday comes to 500-600 calories, 5-14 carbs, 85-89 grams protein. I walk an hour everyday and do Pilate's a few times a week. There are some days when I am busy and only get in 40 fl oz of Water. I need to work on it. I do skip my Pilates on extremely hectic days, so I'm not perfect by any means. My daily hour of walking, however, was stayed quite consistent.

I don't track daily because I stick to the same eating schedule everyday. Yes, it can get boring, but I'm quite use to it. It will change once I hit maintenance, which hopefully will be in 2-3 months. I can change up my eating plan a little then and hopefully add some more carbs. My carb and calorie intake is lower than most because I have hypothyroidism. It makes losing a little more difficult. I will stall if my carbs go over 25 grams.
Losing 100 pounds in 5 months has been hard work even with the help of this tool. I don't think I'll hit my goal weight by month 6 post op, but it is close enough for now. I don't know what I could possibly change to make the weight come off any faster.

So I've FINALLY hit 40#s down as of this morning and I'm between 15 and 16 weeks post surgery. I'm 50% to my goal weight which was an arbitrary number picked by me. Someone earlier posted about it being tougher to lose weight after 6 months. Has anyone else heard that?

So I've FINALLY hit 40#s down as of this morning and I'm between 15 and 16 weeks post surgery. I'm 50% to my goal weight which was an arbitrary number picked by me. Someone earlier posted about it being tougher to lose weight after 6 months. Has anyone else heard that?

HI everyone!!! Sorry for the tremendous radio silence on my end. For some reason notifications stopped coming into my email so I've been missing out. Just a quick update:
1) still have some food that bothers me, but mostly I'm ok and trying lots of new things
2) I drink ginger ale and Water like it's going out of style; doc said ok to the ginger ale as long as I do it slow and not iced cold
3) tmrw will be 11 weeks post op and I'm ~ 30#s down.
4) just sharing a before and after. The before was from a week or so pre surgery and the post is from today.

It seems crazy to me that you've lost over 35lbs and no one's said anything! I have the same reaction because I'm over 30lbs down and it's kind of like... I've lost 30 POUNDS people!! Can't you tell?? hahaha

HI everyone!!! Sorry for the tremendous radio silence on my end. For some reason notifications stopped coming into my email so I've been missing out. Just a quick update:
1) still have some food that bothers me, but mostly I'm ok and trying lots of new things
2) I drink ginger ale and Water like it's going out of style; doc said ok to the ginger ale as long as I do it slow and not iced cold
3) tmrw will be 11 weeks post op and I'm ~ 30#s down.
4) just sharing a before and after. The before was from a week or so pre surgery and the post is from today.

HI everyone!!! Sorry for the tremendous radio silence on my end. For some reason notifications stopped coming into my email so I've been missing out. Just a quick update:
1) still have some food that bothers me, but mostly I'm ok and trying lots of new things
2) I drink ginger ale and Water like it's going out of style; doc said ok to the ginger ale as long as I do it slow and not iced cold
3) tmrw will be 11 weeks post op and I'm ~ 30#s down.
4) just sharing a before and after. The before was from a week or so pre surgery and the post is from today.

It seems crazy to me that you've lost over 35lbs and no one's said anything! I have the same reaction because I'm over 30lbs down and it's kind of like... I've lost 30 POUNDS people!! Can't you tell?? hahaha

HI everyone!!! Sorry for the tremendous radio silence on my end. For some reason notifications stopped coming into my email so I've been missing out. Just a quick update:
1) still have some food that bothers me, but mostly I'm ok and trying lots of new things
2) I drink ginger ale and Water like it's going out of style; doc said ok to the ginger ale as long as I do it slow and not iced cold
3) tmrw will be 11 weeks post op and I'm ~ 30#s down.
4) just sharing a before and after. The before was from a week or so pre surgery and the post is from today.

I'm encouraged to eat green apples to help with the acid

HI everyone!!! Sorry for the tremendous radio silence on my end. For some reason notifications stopped coming into my email so I've been missing out. Just a quick update:
1) still have some food that bothers me, but mostly I'm ok and trying lots of new things
2) I drink ginger ale and Water like it's going out of style; doc said ok to the ginger ale as long as I do it slow and not iced cold
3) tmrw will be 11 weeks post op and I'm ~ 30#s down.
4) just sharing a before and after. The before was from a week or so pre surgery and the post is from today.

@@slareau I just had my 6 week check in with my doc (6 weeks on Monday) and he said it's normal to be anywhere from 500-800 cals a day and between 40-55g of Protein a day. He and my nutritionist both agree that Protein from food is where its at and not to worry about shakes or drinks anymore. It's also unrealistic to give a goal of 60g a day when we're eating so few calories.
Breakfast - fage plain greek yogurt; 1oz of flaxseed and a tsp of honey
lunch - 4oz of salmon and some sauteed spinach
dinner - homemade meatball, sashimi, salmon, tilapia, sweet potato mash
snack - string cheese but my doc recommended a slide of roast beef or turkey or any deli meat instead
Nutritionist recommended snacking on Peanut Butter, a 1/4 green apple or cucumber to help with acid.

@ I'm in the FB group and it's a lot of the same on here. I'm not worried about the FB group being hacked b/c frankly if anyone wanted to find out anything, it's all open and so is the forum here. And my hospital support group is on FB too, also a private group, so I figured in for a penny in for a pound.

@@slareau I just had my 6 week check in with my doc (6 weeks on Monday) and he said it's normal to be anywhere from 500-800 cals a day and between 40-55g of Protein a day. He and my nutritionist both agree that Protein from food is where its at and not to worry about shakes or drinks anymore. It's also unrealistic to give a goal of 60g a day when we're eating so few calories.
Breakfast - fage plain greek yogurt; 1oz of flaxseed and a tsp of honey
lunch - 4oz of salmon and some sauteed spinach
dinner - homemade meatball, sashimi, salmon, tilapia, sweet potato mash
snack - string cheese but my doc recommended a slide of roast beef or turkey or any deli meat instead
Nutritionist recommended snacking on Peanut Butter, a 1/4 green apple or cucumber to help with acid.

How are people's experiences with apples or clementines? They are my fav fall fruits snd I feel like they would be good as a dessert snack at night when I need a little something or to have in my bag when I am at the library tutoring and don't get home until 8 pm

@ I'm in the FB group and it's a lot of the same on here. I'm not worried about the FB group being hacked b/c frankly if anyone wanted to find out anything, it's all open and so is the forum here. And my hospital support group is on FB too, also a private group, so I figured in for a penny in for a pound.

@ I'm in the FB group and it's a lot of the same on here. I'm not worried about the FB group being hacked b/c frankly if anyone wanted to find out anything, it's all open and so is the forum here. And my hospital support group is on FB too, also a private group, so I figured in for a penny in for a pound.

@ I'm in the FB group and it's a lot of the same on here. I'm not worried about the FB group being hacked b/c frankly if anyone wanted to find out anything, it's all open and so is the forum here. And my hospital support group is on FB too, also a private group, so I figured in for a penny in for a pound.

@@Jen - a work in progress I'm seriously jealous of your quick weight loss. I'm ~5 weeks out and struggling to stay at 20 lbs down. I went back to work full time a week after surgery. I worked from home the day after surgery and for the rest of that week. If it weren't for the long public transportation commute, I think I would have been fine, but the bus and train jostling really drained me.

@@Jen - a work in progress I'm seriously jealous of your quick weight loss. I'm ~5 weeks out and struggling to stay at 20 lbs down. I went back to work full time a week after surgery. I worked from home the day after surgery and for the rest of that week. If it weren't for the long public transportation commute, I think I would have been fine, but the bus and train jostling really drained me.

@@chellede if you make your own turkey chili it'll probably be even healthier.
1 can of crushed tomatoes (I like Muir Glen, but any will do)
1 lb of ground turkey
1 large onion
6-8 cloves of garlic
1 can of beer (optional)
chili powder
cook your turkey, sautee your onions slowly and until sweet and then add chopped garlic. Add all of that to a pot with the crushed tomatoes and add the beer and chili powder and any salt/pepper to taste. Let simmer for 45 minutes. Freezes fantastically

@@krispv777 Go anywhere with Soup

@@chellede if you make your own turkey chili it'll probably be even healthier.
1 can of crushed tomatoes (I like Muir Glen, but any will do)
1 lb of ground turkey
1 large onion
6-8 cloves of garlic
1 can of beer (optional)
chili powder
cook your turkey, sautee your onions slowly and until sweet and then add chopped garlic. Add all of that to a pot with the crushed tomatoes and add the beer and chili powder and any salt/pepper to taste. Let simmer for 45 minutes. Freezes fantastically