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i have pretty much not been losing weight the same as i was in the beginning. I am only 6 wks out and trying not to get discouraged. I keep fluctuating between 287 and 290. I do not do everything perfectly and do not mean to imply that I do but I certainly eat significantly less than I ever have in my life. I eat less than my 8 year old, I am constantly wasting food. I have been bouncing between these two weights for 3 weeks now, and I noticed just recently that now that I am eating food I have pretty much stopped drinking Protein Shakes. I am supposed to be having 2/day based on my current diet plan. I started having one a day and then before I knew it, I wasnt drinking them at all. I wonder if this might be having an effect on my weight loss. It seems to me like it should be 2-300 less calories a day but I wonder if the Protein has some fat burning property I was unaware of?

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In order to continue to drop weight you need to remain at 600-800 calories a day. I feel like thats the most important thing to keep losing. All those calories should come mostly from protein.Eggs,fish,steak,ground beef,lentil,beans,shrimp,greek yogurt ,cottage cheese and cheese sticks. You need 75 or more grams of Protein a day also important. Drink 64 or more ounces of Water a day. When I dont drink water my weight stalls, I think because the body cant remove waste without enough.Take your Vitamins daily to keep energy levels up. Try to exercise 3-5 days a week. Measure your food and blog it in myfitnesspal.com. It allows you to see daily protein intake ,calories,carbs etc..Measuring cups,spoons and a scale are also very helpful. Good luck on your journey :)

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You need your Protein and mariamitani is right most of your food should be coming from protein. You are basically starving yourself and your body in reacting. In addition lack of protein will also result in more Hair loss. Hang in there and get back to your Protein Drinks and branch out with the types of foods you are eating. You didn't mention exercise if you aren't getting any than start with some biking, or walking maybe a gym membership if you don't have one. I hope the scale starts going down for you soon! :)

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My mother had the sleeve October 2012, lost weight for four months, suffered a serious physical trauma that left her hospitalized for six weeks and in a wheelchair to this day, and ended up regaining all but 8 pounds of what she lost. Let me tell you, she was depressed and I was scared to see that it was possible for the sleeve to only work for a few months. She was reluctant to talk to her surgeon's office about it, sure they would blame her for every time she had a snack food or, like her primary care doctor, blame her for being in a wheelchair and not trying hard enough to walk again! She was so sure it was because she had junk food a couple days a week or because she wasn't getting enough exercise because that's the conventional wisdom. But I finally just called the office myself and after they spoke to her last week, they told her they don't care about anything but that she gets her Protein in. They don't want her to count calories now, or watch carbs or work out, just Protein. That was less than two weeks ago and she's lost eight pounds, after doing nothing but gain for months. Just by changing protein!

So I don't know if protein has a mysterious fat-burning quality but it is definitely a stall-breaker. It's funny because before I had surgery I knew we had to get a lot of protein but the only reason I was given was to prevent hair loss and other signs of nutritional deficiency. It wasn't until AFTER surgery when I found out that getting a lot of protein along with drinking a lot of fluids can help you lose weight. I had a long stall after about 9 weeks or so and I noticed that I generally got between 40-50 grams of protein a day, which felt like a lot for me. But when I went up to 50-60 the scale started moving. Now I'm close to the 75 per day that my surgeon originally asked for and I think things are going better. 64+ Fluid ounces is also critical. In fact, more than 64 is really better.

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Danilax, interesting information. Thanks for sharing.

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In order to continue to drop weight you need to remain at 600-800 calories a day. I feel like thats the most important thing to keep losing. All those calories should come mostly from protein.Eggs' date='fish,steak,ground beef,lentil,beans,shrimp,greek yogurt ,cottage cheese and cheese sticks. You need 75 or more grams of Protein a day also important. Drink 64 or more ounces of Water a day. When I dont drink water my weight stalls, I think because the body cant remove waste without enough.Take your Vitamins daily to keep energy levels up. Try to exercise 3-5 days a week. Measure your food and blog it in myfitnesspal.com. It allows you to see daily protein intake ,calories,carbs etc..Measuring cups,spoons and a scale are also very helpful. Good luck on your journey <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />[/quote']

My surgeon and nutritionist told me anywhere from 600- 1400 calories, I average between 800 calories to 1200, I was sleeved 6/19/13 and lost 95lbs so far, I slack off on drinking water and went into a stall but I'm back drinking at least 62oz of just water, I drink no carbonation of any kind, the food I eat contains protein in it, if it has none I don't eat it, the only walking I do is when I shop or mow the lawn, but I do go on long bicycle rides of 15 plus miles.

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That was meant 64 oz if Water ????

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Protein is the building blocks for muscle. Muscle burns fat. Its an awesome mechanism. This is why protein is very important in weightloss

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Well I hit my 100lbs weight loss mark, I was sleeved 6/19/13. About 70 lbs to lose

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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