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Help! Keto and VSG?

Hey guys!! I haven't logged in here in forever! I had surgery 4 years ago (surgiversary was on the 8th) .

My highest was 280.4 , I dipped down to 193 and then got pregnant. I didn't gain much through out my pregnancy, i breastfed after, and lost all the weight and then some. i got to 184.4 i think . Then i don't know what happened. I got back up to 220.2.

On may 23rd i started trying to lose weight, I went to a weight loss doc and got put on phentermine . It curbs my hunger for sure but i went from doing the 5 bite diet, to counting calories, to low carb, to keto.

5 bite was good i was losing but it was hard and i kept cheating.

counting calories was good but i wasn't losing a whole lot and felt like i needed more structure.

Low carb was good but i felt like i needed more than that. so i tried keto. which im on now. I like it but i have someone helping me that hasn't had WLS and doesnt understand it. It's still hard to get in a lot. Like Protein still makes me super full , super fast. so i feel like im forcing myself to eat.

I started on aug 2 at 202.4 i think it was. so 11 days later im hovering between 200.6 and 199.6 . i feel like EVERYONE is losing faster than I am, and i had WLS.

So....has anyone that had the sleeve ever done keto? I'd like to continue doing it but is it ok to cut back my macros? what should they be at? can anyone help me?????

Thanks in advance!!

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I can't answer your specific question (so don't hate me for posting!) but I do know the further out you are, the harder it is to lose the weight should it come back. So while you'll lose faster than someone who hasn't had WLS, you're still gonna lose a lot slower than you did within your first year.

Then again, you may already know know!

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