First nutritionist appointment yesterday -- she was very nice and informative however she said something that kind of took me by surprise. She was looking at my stats -- weight, BMI....

She says ok, "lets see, you have one year to get 100 pounds off". I said yeah, that would be great. Then she says ." you only have a year to do this. This doesn't go on indefinitely, you only have about a year. After that, pretty much where you are is where you are going to stay". I must have had a surprised look on my face because she said again, kind of scolding --- "Yes, you have about a year do get off as much as you can because after that is where you'll stay".

That is not the impression I've gotten from VST. I would say, yes, the majority of people lose the majority of their weight in the first year-- that makes sense, but there are many that are still losing after a year. Right?

She was also very dramatic when I mentioned I was dreading the pureed/mushy. She said. "we're not doing anything to your teeth -- YOU CHEW" I do not want you pureeing food and only eating mush. I want you to CHEW your food until it is soft. And I DO NOT want you eating baby food, for Gods sake. All these people come here and say their pureering food - ridiculous! They need to use their teeth!"

Thoughts?

Dana

This is definitely what she meant but my question to her (which she didn't really address) was what about the people who have to lose say 200 pounds -- is it reasonable to think they will lose 200 pounds in one year? I'm sure weight loss continues. I didn't mean to imply that I thought she meant," ok, year is over, you're done" I just was surprised that she came at it from almost a negative position instead of saying, hey the first year is where you will have the most success so lets make sure you get the most bang for your buck.

Quite a few surgeon and nutritionists do basically believe just that. From your initial post it appears that she either believes this or is trying to impress something upon you. If someone wasn't educated about the sleeve ... they might be inclined to take her at her literal word.

Yes, there are people here who lose that much in a year. It seems that the more you have to lose, the faster you will lose at the beginning, but that is not always the rule. I think maybe we lose at the same percentage, but in heavier people it equals more weight.

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

Check out the board specific to loosing 200+ pounds.

I completely agree with you. But' date=' I'm not sure why you're quoting me here...I did know what her NUT was talking about when I read her post, I just thought that a mandated deadline of one year was meaningless.[/quote']

No reason, I was just building upon what you said.

You are right about the percentage. My friend and I figured it out because I was complaining how.people were losing faster and more then me but when I figured out the percentage on someone who weighed more the percentage was just about the same

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My doctor told me that i have a year to train my body to be healthy and active...after that first year its a little harder to do if you spend the first year eating junk and whatever and not excercising....