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What did your Dr say? My Dr told me the first 6 weeks were not about weight loss but about healing.

@@mlgok I seem to hit weight loss walls at the weights I have always been at walls. Like I was over 300 for a long time, and when I dieted before surgery I could never get below 300, so when I got around 300, I stalled there for a while, then my body had to give up and keep losing. The next 50 pounds came off easily. Then I stalled again. Now I am stuck at my college weight, just flip flopping a couple pounds every day. My calories and macros are fine. It is going to take a little while and I will start losing pounds again. I have been losing inches all along. Looking at the numbers is impossible to gain weight on the calories and macros I am eating, I am going to have to lose, I am still eating at a deficit and not at starvation levels. You might be at a weight your body wants to defend but if you keep doing the same thing it will have to stop defending and you will start losing. Stalls are part of the process.

I'm surprised at how many people are released to go home but can't keep anything down. I had to be able to drink a Protein shake and "eat" Jello, to be released. What kind of hospital is releasing people home who can't eat so they can starve? That seems grossly irresponsible. You still need protein to fuel your healing, not matter how much fat you are covered in.

@@JamieLogical You run, and I seriously doubt you do it all in the gym. People keep pushing the gym like that is the only way to work out. I exercise but I do not go to the gym. I have lost a ton of fat and retained my muscle mass without going to the gym and I have the scientific proof to back it up, I'm not just talking out my ass. I haven't ruined my metabolism, and it is still working normally, again I have the proof the back it up. I walk and ride my bike and I never set foot in the gym. Exercising outdoors in a real environment is more challenging than mimicking actual activity by going to the gym. I am pro-exercise, it just doesn't have to be in the gym.

@@Nancy Rainey When you are not losing on the scale, take your measurements. Everyone stalls along the way in weight loss.

Toast and potatoes are going to make your liver larger and you won't see a loss from that. If you were going to try carb cycling there are far better choices. Your diet isn't low carb enough to begin with that you would need to carb cycle. People that need to carb cycle (and that is still even debatable) are doing 20 and under in carbs, which high Protein. Your carbs to protein are almost equal. @@johnny207 You don't have to go to the gym to lose weight, study after study has proven it. Exercise is great for health, but it isn't necessary for weight loss and the stress and anxiety the gym creates for some people is counter productive for weight loss.

I started with a BMI of 61 and my BMI is 36 now, I still have 30-50 lbs I want to lose, but my life in 14 months is completely different than it was. If I never lost another pound, I would still be happy.

I don't like sweets either. broth and unflavored Protein powder.

@@Caribear For few calories and more Protein you could have these for desert, eatmeguiltfree.com

@ I use a 100% pure peanut powder because PB2 has added sugar, and I don't eat things with added sugar. You can find pure peanut powder on Amazon and in quality grocery stores and health food stores. http://www.vitacost.com/crazy-richards-pure-pb-powdered-peanut-butter-5-64-oz I buy that brand at my local grocery store.

Do you have to go to UIC? If I still lived in Chicago, I would go to Northwestern.

You could be temperature sensitive. Try warm broth, if that works. Try warm broth with unflavored Protein powder added. Just heat the broth first, make sure it isn't too hot and whisk the unflavored protein in slowly.

You don't know the ingredient? call the Dr office.

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If you are an adult, why does it matter what your family thinks?

LOL People told me that. People told me I would look like a bobble head doll with a big head and a little body. Guess what, I am a lot smaller, totally proportionate. I have long feet, they used to be long and wide, now they are long, regular and leaning towards narrow. I still have big hands and long fingers but to my surprise, my wrists are 6.5 inches, down from 8 plus. I still weigh over 200lbs but I wear a size 12 or a 14, even with F/G cup breasts. People just can't get out of themselves to think about you being smaller. Some people are malicious and trying to discourage you because they feel they will always be fat and want you to be fat with them, and some people just can't see you as smaller in their mind. Also, so many people has such skewed views on what a proper size or proportion is. When I talk to my still morbidly obese friend in the south and she tries to me she is "thick" at almost 300 lbs, I just roll my eyes. That isn't thick that is fat as hell. 20-30 lbs over weight is thick.

@@debd80 Try upping the Protein and dropping the carbs down to like 25.

@@erp You are gorgeous! You took 10-20 years off your face! OMG

Really? My surgeon was saying to try to stay below 100 g protein because I went over 1 day and I was worried so I asked. I did the fast track program because it was self pay and so after originally meeting with the surgeon, I had my surgery within a month so I'm still learning a lot way after the fact of surgery. Thanks for the response and helpful advice!! Sent from my SM-G935T using the BariatricPal App I am not sure how long you were at this weight, but once you are morbidly obese for a long time, it changes your body. You have denser bones and more muscle mass. The amount of just lean mass I had with my last DEXA scan is basically what my total weight should be with a normal BMI. That is a long winded way of saying that I have a LOT of muscle mass. I started at 370/365 and I had been over 300 pounds for 17 years. Carrying that amount of weight for that long, your body has to adjust to carry it. Another reason to increase your protein goals is because it increases your calories and energy levels without leaving room for a lot of extra calories. Honestly you can get in 110 grams of just protein for less than 600 calories if you are eating fish. Example swai is 70 calories for 4 ounces and 4 ounces is 15g of protein. If you mix it up with higher calories protein like beef, pork, chicken. It is pretty easy to pull off. So even if you don't want to increase calories, you can increase protein and keep your calories low. Only thing is, you can't get that much protein in with 3 meals. I eat 4-5 times a day to get my protein in. There is some flexibility to how you eat and you have to find something that works for you. Like you I went from pre-op to surgery very fast although I used insurance. I didn't really lose any weight pre-op, I lost all my weight post-op. My program, the advice is okay, but I found a lot of it to be lacking, so I supplemented it with athletic science nutiriton and advice from a local university professor. My surgery buddy that I met at the hospital that had surgery the same day I did and started off weighing more than me, has lost less weight than I have. So I think the way I eat is effective for me. I have managed to lose over 150 lbs, not damage my metabolism (it is as high or higher than a normal woman my age), and maintain enough muscle mass, that I am smaller physically now than I was in HS but I weigh a good 30-40 pounds more.

@@Babbs Yeah with dedication (boredom) and time I could easily eat 3000-4000 calories in a day, probably more if everything was crunchy like store Cookies or crackers. Thin crust pizza triggers no restriction for me. If I liked ice cream or milk shakes, I could suck down a large milk shake from steak n shake, those are around 1000 calories each. Toss in a few cocktails to end the evening, lol. Nothing stops me from eating like this except me. I am not interested in that stuff, so I don't eat it. Also because I KNOW I can eat all I want of those types of things I avoid them like the plague. Steak, I just can't eat more than 4.5 ounces. Even with a fatty steak the calories are nothing. Restriction won't help you long term if you don't let it help you.

@@mb5282 I was advised to be at around 1000-1100 calories at that point and it was really hard for me to get there because I mostly ate fish at that time. You started with a high weight/bmi so you have more muscle mass than a lot of the people that post here. You need more Protein if you want to keep that muscle and you want to keep that muscle because it makes it easier to keep losing. Try getting up to 100-120 grams of protein a day.

Like @@Babbs said, you have to experiment with yourself and find what works for you I have to keep my calories up, or I stall. If I am feeling lazy or just don't feel like eating much and let my calories fall to 1100. I stall out. I have to eat at least 1300, 1500 is best for me to lose. I need over 100g of Protein each day. I had to work my calories up over time. You didn't post exactly what you are eating. No amounts, no grams. Are you weighing and measuring your food?

It happens to most people on a low carb diet. Your brain fires a lot faster off carbs. Which is one of the reasons I always kept coming back to low carb eating even before surgery. It is good for business, staying sharp.

@@nolady The one year revert totally makes sense. All the research I have read is that after 1 year, the Ghrelin production for RNY and Sleeve patients returns almost to normal, after being basically nothing right after surgery. Not just that but once you are healed, if you don't have complications, you can eat just about anything if you want to. Which is why creating healthy habits early on when you have all the support from your body are important. People have to find a WOE (way of eating), that works for them long term, that is healthy and promotes a healthy weight. You won't have your tool to lean on for the rest of your life. It is there to help you in the beginning and for you to learn with it. If you waste it, it is wasted, no do overs.

Not sure, I find that I have to drink a lot of fluids every day or I get acidy. Try drinking Water before bed time, and as soon as you get up.