I went to a local dietician yesterday that is not affiliated with the place I had my lapband. She said she has other patients with lapband and that we often eat too few calories. But honestly, I don't lose any weight if I eat more than 1200 calories a day now. She wanted me to have that amount at the very minimum. She even wanted me to up my carb intake! I don't lose weight without pretty much pairing my carb/protein intake so I end up with about 80-100 of each, each day.

She asked me if I just wanted to lose weight or do I want to be healthy. I told her BOTH. I want to healthily lose weight but I haven't been able to lose weight by following what she suggests.

So, how can I take in more calories and still get my dang body to burn 'em? I think my metabolism is horrendously slow

Thoughts? Suggestions??

I do fine on 1k calories a day. I think pushing the envelope on 1200 and more would be an issue. Good luck.

I dont know. I dont think I believe in starvation mode, if it exists, your body obviously gets over it since people do continue to lose weight and become emaciated if they dont eat. Perhaps *very* low calories is not the healthiest way to lose weight is more the way I'd put it - and for many people they can lose perfectly well on more food.

But as to being "too tired" - I most definitely CANNOT function on under 1000 calories a day. I simply burn too many calories in the course of daily life, after a couple of days I'm light headed, poor concentration, fatigued and feeling unwell. And both pre op and immediately post op, I had big trouble with fainting. Remedied by ditching the optifast and blending up real food to liquid form (and thereby taking in about 1200 a day) instead of juice, water, jelly etc.

a recent study had shown that those who eliminated a comparable number of calories via dieting as via exercise lost the exact same amount of weight.

Calories in vs. calories expended is what will determine how much weight is lost.

I'd like to see those same people in a year.

Tami

Yes, it would be interesting to compare body fat/lean mass ratios, blood chemistry etc.

And I think the biggest telling factor is whether they keep the weight off. People who dont exercise are way more likely to regain. Exercise is a huge preventative factor in preventing weight gain and regain.