erica_ozzy73

How's your carb intake ?.. your calories do seem very low tbh .... u need decent fuel for your new body and a low caloric intake isn't necessary it.... You can increase your calories by adding more fats to your diet with olive ,coconut oil and butter and even avocado , full fat cheese etc Decrease your non veggie carbs ( rice, starches, pasta) No sugar or very little Eating more fat , mediocre protein and little carb Walking 1/2 -1hr 3 times week And maybe add some weights If u haven't already look up ketogenic recipes. Remember every "body" is different and try not to compare yourself to someone else. We all do it unfortunately but you will only beat yourself up for nothing.. u should read up " why he scales lie"...

Other way around i didn't have Gerd or any kind of issues until my hiatus hernia was fixed with my sleeve. Now I get reflux arghhhh ... bugger hey

Yep for sure

They go to Mexico for surgery?.. whoa That's like us Aussies travelling to Thailand for surgery ... noooo way lol

Antidepressant takes a few weeks to kick in for the full effect. What is it that you are anxious about?.. depression isn't normally diagnosed unless you have certain symptoms and more then 3 weeks. A few down days won't and shouldn't warrant to just start taking them. I am on antidepressants and have been for a bit more so for anger issues. After my surgery though I have become different. Like I have apathetic feelings and I'm null. Nothing to do with food etc more so from the anaesthetic ( I think). Literally a day after my surgery I knew something wasn't right. Bla bla bla And antidepressants aren't hard to come off for most people.

HFLC or keto ( definitely NOT Atkins) is great.. Eggs and spinich in the morning cooked in butter Keto chicken crust pizza for lunch Curry mince and cheese in the arvo Chicken avocado with salad or veg sprinkled with olive oil at night..

Yeah I'd say that too..

I'm with you with the " 3 bites and I'm so full" feeling lol.. I don't get that either. I track most of what I have to get an idea of my fats, protein n carbs. And to be accountable

Yep that's right ..

mOh this sounds like me in some ways.. I'm struggling not to eat when I don't need to. You can tell me what ever you like on how and why I shouldn't but the urge is so strong it's ridiculous. I'm only a few kilos from where I need to be ( sleeved dec 2016 low BMI) and my god it's hard. I never had counselling as I always thought it the same thing I'm gonna hear from anyone as to why not to do it or the reason why I do it.... I can assure you u aren't alone lol. I posted a thread the other night about this well very similar anyway. Mornings I'm ok but afternoons and evenings I struggle.

Why is it thick?.. I use both a flavoured and a tasteless one and neither I have found to be thick unless your not using enough water?... if not just add more fluid to it.

I'm sleeved but I have no idea why you've been told not to eat it unless because there is no nutritional value in it??..

It's very easy to get in calories of around 1400-1600 a day.. u start adding in your good high fats like olive oil , avocado and cheeses ( all full fats) it's very easy to go over the 1200 cal mark... but remember all calories aren't equal. Cut the carbs down and increase your fats and have mediocre protein.

I was around 2 weeks then just walking around the block n gym. After 3 weeks I was lifting light and doing free squats. Somewhere around 4 weeks I increased my weights. I never kept a diary or anything so my time line here could be a little out as in I think I started earlier With the weights. At 2 weeks I was back to truck driving at 3-4 weeks I was jumping on and off the back of the truck ( bit early but had no choice) I guess when ever u feel ok. Just remember u have the internal healing as welll...

Muscle does NOT weigh more then fat!... it's denser then fat but doesn't weigh more

Exactly!!

I find it bloody annoying too the whole tracking thing. I guess I'm hoping it will keep me some what accountable for my stuff ups that I feel I'm having more of lately. The constant going to the cupboard and wanting what everyone else in the house is having

So I don't always track what I eat in fact I rarely do. In the beginning ( nearly 14 weeks ago) I was so in tune with what I was having. Gradually that has worn off. The weight was coming off slowly so tracking didn't seem to matter. Then started the bit n pieces of "slider" foods. I had read about this in others stories and would think "oh never would I let myself be like that".... how wrong I was. The potato chips and small biscuits seem to go down with no issues. I wasn't sick and it didn't fill me up so what was the problem. Peanut paste then started to become a favourite snack straight off the spoon. It's ok it's protein!!.. Icecream was another easy food to go down and it seemed to help my sweet cravings as I was only having a little so what did it matter?.. A bit here and there soon became more and more!!.. Today i decided to track what I had eaten as best I could.. to own what I was doing.. the damage I was doing. You see like most of us here that decided to get this procedure I have a food addiction. Something that is NOT fixed by having a sleeve. They take some of your stomach not the part of your brain that controls this. I have really no clue how to fix it but maybe the best I can do is to some how control it. That's hard!!.. Nope I didn't have counselling before my sleeve to help me. I honestly thought I could do it alone. I feel now I am more consumed with "food" then I ever was. What a shit position to be in. So today I was so over my Carb intake it was terrible. My protein intake low... and my fats should of been more. If I was counting calories I'd say at 1400 Cals was too much for me. But from now and into tomorrow and beyond I shall be accountable for what I put into my mouth. Yeah I'll stuff up a little but mostly I shall be on track. Food addiction is a hard one as we need it to survive and can't get away from it..

My NUT was ok with Ketosis. Although some may tell you to wait maybe a year. I get hungry around 2 hours after eating in the arvos and I have no idea why.

I had a BMI of 31

It will all be worth it.... I promise Let the journey begin!..

Cost me $26,000 out of pocket ...

U would like to waste your waist though lol

And some people think this way is only for the really big people or morbidly obese... no it's not

I was sleeved dec 5th 2016... People haven't walked in your shoes and not should they pretend too. I have a little bit to go for the weight side but a long bloody journey ahead to keep it off lol. I was surprised how quickly it did come off and now stopped!!... you will be My health is so much better now as well.