Does anyone here eat LCHF? How are you doing on it? All of my literature about post-op eating stresses low fat, but I've read a lot about how the lchf way of eating keeps your body in ketosis and, therefore, burning more fat.

You mean you ate coconut oil straight up...right out the jar??? ???? what's that like????

It's delicious! Make sure it's UNrefined organic. I put it in coffee.

Coconut oil is EVERYTHING make sure you get organic virgin cold pressed. I use it for my skin, teeth, hair and cook with it. Sometimes I'll toss a bit into a smoothie.

Since I began my 6 month pre-op diet and had surgery on Sept 8, I've been eating Paleo. Basically, it is eating like a caveman or "clean eating". No processed stuff. My skin is amazing, hair has improved, energy is amazing and I feel great! Google it! This way of eating can reverse soooooo many health issues. It is amazing to see the difference between how your body reacts to clean eating vs processed foods. You won't regret it! There are so many recipes out there too.

^{I read a lot of studies... in a rat study I read studying the long term effects of VSG, the rats fed LCHF had the greatest energy intake and the highest body mass compared to the LC LF and the LCMF rats... both of whom had no significant difference in their body mass.}

^{So no LCHF for me after this, I think. LCMF should be sufficient to induce ketosis, and then I have plenty of my *own* fat to break down for the remainder...}

^{The biggest issue is to not go so low in fat that you eat more Protein than your body needs, because protein is broken down into the various amino acids - and about 18 of those can be used to build glucose on, thereby throwing you out of ketosis... But given how little we can eat after sleeve anyway, I'm not worried about getting 'too much' protein after surgery, and I'm working on getting half my body weight in grams of protein for the two weeks leading up to it, to speed up healing.}