Same exact boat. I have only lost 8 pounds..low BMI'er but still, I know that frustration. There are countless threads on this sister:) We can do this! Stall are meant to be broken. Just keep on keeping on, don't worry about it too much. Just remember this as a 12-18 month long journey. Right now our bodies are in repair mode and we can sweat it too much.
Hahaha..I just gave myself a pep talk too:) Thanks for posting!
It is still possible to lose lots of weight with a larger sleeve. Like you, I never had trouble getting in my Water and Protein in from Day 1. My stomach can tolerate almost every kind of food and it hold lots of it. For example, I can eat a whole head of lettuce in 25 minutes. I can also eat about 5-6 ounces of dense Protein. That's an extreme that doesn't happen very often, but you get the picture.
Oddly, my bariatrician is fine with the quantity I eat. In all honesty, I can say that I've only ate to the point of moderate discomfort a few times. My bariatrician says that my sleeve will not stretch because it is working similar to a bladder. My daily caloric intake is around 1800. I still get in around 75 grams of protein everyday even though my diet is mostly plant based.
I lost 150 pounds and got to my goal weight 8 months after surgery. Early on, I was griping a little about the large capacity of my sleeved stomach. However, I realized that it was still no where near my capacity BEFORE surgery. It feels like my stomach is about 40-50% of what it use to be. It's still a tool and I have to work with what I got.
Another obstacle in my weight loss has been hypothyroidism. Thyroid conditions don't get better when you lose lots of weight. My thyroid continues to work in under drive and I've had to increase my synthroid twice since surgery.
The key to my success has been changing the quality of what I eat. I worked extremely hard on changing my habits of eating and now in year 2 after surgery, its finally becoming second nature. I'm still working on my night time eating, so I'm far from perfect- if there is such a thing.
Have you tried eliminating carbs completely from your diet? I know it is difficult to do, but that is what helped my lose rapidly in the first 6 months. Could you share what you typically eat in one day?
"The Complete Beck Diet for Life" is a book that is a valuable resource. It helps to change the way you think about food and contains interactive exercises to help you practice, maintain, and master a new way of eating. I have a bookshelf full of self help books and this is the one book I re-read if I feel like I'm slipping up.
You can actually get this book for only $1 at Dollar Tree. Otherwise, you can find a cheap copy on Amazon. Dr. Beck also has a website and other books that are additionally useful.
I like the EAS from Walmart. It's not too sweet, 100 calories and has 17g Protein.
I just tried Muscle Milk today in chocolate. 20g Protein, 180 calories. It was very sweet.
