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Exercise has tons of benefits but for the most part I feel it is counter productive to weight loss and a lot of studies back that up. I exercised for years and never made any progress, but seriously changing how I eat and the hormonal benefit of WLS, weight lost. When I work out at strenuous levels, my hunger skyrockets, like a ravenous wolf. I found it impossible to control my calories working out heavily, I would be so hungry I would over eat all the time. Anyway I found this interesting and thought I would share.

If depends on what you are eating and what a bite is. A bite isn't a scientific measurement, it can mean anything. The moisture content of the food really determines how much you can eat.

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Your BMI is high enough that is doesn't even matter. You count as suber morbidly obese so if your insurance covers WLS switching Drs is not going to stop you. I started this process with a brand new primary Dr. He and my other Dr never ordered my records from my previous Drs or endo. Switch doctors, make sure you find one that is supportive of WLS and don't look back. Don't give this Dr another co-pay. Yeah once you get started switching Surgeons can be a problem, but Primary care Drs matter very little. They just sign off that you are okay for surgery, but there are ways around that too.

https://amzn.com/B000GBI6K4 That is the brand I used as recommended by the guys at my local supplement store. I purchased it locally not on amazon. Research genpro outside of these forums. This is honestly the only place I have seen GenPro talked abouut in a positive light, they are joke on the bodybuilding forums.

Get unflavored Protein powder and make or buy some high quality broth (the lamb broth at Whole Foods is delicious). You will get bored with sweets quickly. Drink all day, all day. Drink Water, all day. All day. It is the only thing that is going to keep your from feeling like you are starving. Plan on goin to bed early.

Eggs are the worst. Just avoid them until later. I can tolerate them now but early on it was a disaster

I took all of my pills like normal within 30 hours of surgery.

I feel like lots of walking is the best exercise. If you are bored, download PokemonGo. Anything that works your core risks a hernia so check with your Dr. Jogging at 300 lbs? You weight is probably not up to date, risks injury and if you get injured you will be further behind than if you just walk.

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@@TracyBar Well we start very different than Weight Watchers, we start at 500-600 calories if lucky and have to work our way up. A lot of people hit 1000 calories and never up their calories, then they are stuck there forever because that is what their body adjusts to. When they naturally regain, they have nothing to cut. WW starts people at the BMRish (not exactly sure how WW and points works) and keeps subtracting.

I'm really sorry you had all these issues and I hope things get better for you soon.

@@Recycled Have you had your RMR tested? I think I asked you before but I can't remember.

@@bdfletch I can tell the difference but it looks like you are wearing clothes that are too large for you. You will never see the difference or feel the difference if you keep wearing loose flowy clothes that are too large! Get some clothes that fit, you will feel so much better.

I met and exceeded my Protein goal every single day from day 2 and I still lost hair. And by exceeded I mean I have never had a day with less than 90g of protein the whole time. If you are going to lose hair nothing will stop it. All you can try to do is make it grow back as fast as possible

@@Tami_Lynn If that pain doesn't ease up very soon call your Dr. Making mistakes while still on liquids and making mistakes later on are 2 really different things. You can have food get stuck in your esophagus and cut off your airway. Anything bread or yeasty can expand. Immediately post-op the eating plan isn't a diet, it is a medical prescription. This isn't like going over your points on WW. My BF from college had bypass, advanced her food too fast and ended up on an eating tube. Don't be that person, follow your plan.

I called so I knew right away, but I also got a letter in the mail a few days later so I would have known from the letter if I hadn't called first. Once I got the letter from insurance I called the Dr office to make them fit me in ASAP

It was just one small study, but both surgeries has a hormone effect while the lapband has none.

@@rnstudent343 It is natural to be nervous.

Watch the heat with whey protein, heat breaks the protein down. I would never cook it at a temp over 275

@@Recycled Where are you getting your BMR from? The average BMR for a 64 year old man at 185 pound is 1685, so your eating is right on target. Where did you get 3000 from? That is the RMR of an obese person. http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/calrmr.htm http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/

@@Recycled According to the studies I linked, it drops to almost nothing day 1 post op, increases slightly at 6 months, and at 12 months is close to pre-op but not quite there. I am sure that by year 2 it is almost back to normal. In one study there was one unlucky person that has higher levels post op than pre-op at 1 year. Another thing that one study noted was the Sleeve and the Bypass have the same reduction levels. The band offers absolutely no ghrelin decrease at all. I'm a year out and I still barely ever feel hungry and to feel hungry I have to go over 12 hours without eating, and at that point anyone would be hungry.

ASMBS is the authority of WLS, this is what they say about Protein... https://asmbs.org/patients/life-after-bariatric-surgery Lots of people use genpro and it works fine for them. The people that run it and represent it come off as bro-science d-bags and I would never give them a penny. What they are claiming doesn't really make scientific sense, unless they are onto some next level stuff that no one else on the planet has figured out. That being said if it works for people, they should use what works.

@@pegrae Did you try google? http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22923339 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16105401 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4280419/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23832521 https://asmbs.org/resources/sleeve-gastrectomy-as-a-bariatric-procedure http://www.nature.com/nutd/journal/v4/n7/full/nutd201424a.html

@@Jane1979 I had decaf coffee on my tray in the hospital before I left. I have coffee every day, 2-3 cups. I use cold brew coffee to keep the acid low, or espresso. As long as you aren't loading it with calories, you can have coffee. Most of the successful people that post here drink coffee. BTW I used to love ginger ale. I gave up soda a couple years before surgery. I started by giving up normal diet sodas and only drinking Stevia sweetened sodas, they are at nicer grocery stores and health food stores, then I slowly moved off those.