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Mary Burdick    18

Mary Burdick
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Andre,

What is your calorie intake a day? I'm keeping a food journal keeping track of my daily protien counts as well as my daily calorie count, they should have given you guidelines to go by. Check with your doctors mens may differ slightly than women's. I try to keep my calorie intake at 800 a day i may go over slightly some days, and my protien daily count at 60 I believe I adjust that further down the road, I had my surgery in May and I'm still losing slow and steady about 3 pounds a week plus or minus. I was 377 pounds when I started my Quest I weighed in at 304 pounds this morning. I've increased my exercise a little bit everyday too.

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SusieT    43

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My friend stopped losing weight at 30 pounds and she had to stop eating fruit and carbs. Once she went all Protein again she started losing weight again and has lost 65 pounds total in 6 months

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I would warn your friend about possible Constipation issues with all Protein. I never had issues with it in my life til after my RnY on 6/20. While still on liquids, I had to use Benefiber, Fiber gummies, and/or stool softeners due to the effects of the Protein shakes. As long as I get in fresh or steamed veggies everyday, I'm golden.

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SusieT    43

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No one warned me about weight stalls, but they sure do happen. Mine were at about 3 weeks and again at 6 weeks. But I agree with the poster who said only pay attention to reaching another "decade" down. Those zeros are magical! So is entering "onederland"! I probably weigh too often, but 3 months out with RnY tomorrow, and I don't get discouraged if the scale doesn't move as fast as I'd like. Instead, I celebrate" "NSV" (Non-academic Victories) : looser clothes/smaller sizes, more mobility and stamina, better emotional outlook about the future. You will make it! We are here for you!

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Babbs    14,681

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Stalls are a natural part of the weight loss process, especially the first months after surgery. You may even see a bit of a gain when it happens. It's all science and biology, not a conspiracy to drive you crazy ;)

In the early months, it's not anything you're doing wrong. It's not what you're eating. It's all just your body adjusting to the low calories and larger losses. We honestly have no control over it in the early months, as much as we like to think we do.

As the months go by and our bodies finally get into a groove and adjust? I think THEN we can effect stalls and do things to cause them or even break them. But for now? Relax, keep getting your fluids and Protein so you can continue to heal and let it pass.

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Zoes.Realm    190

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No one warned me about weight stalls, but they sure do happen. Mine were at about 3 weeks and again at 6 weeks. But I agree with the poster who said only pay attention to reaching another "decade" down. Those zeros are magical! So is entering "onederland"! I probably weigh too often, but 3 months out with RnY tomorrow, and I don't get discouraged if the scale doesn't move as fast as I'd like. Instead, I celebrate" "NSV" (Non-academic Victories) : looser clothes/smaller sizes, more mobility and stamina, better emotional outlook about the future. You will make it! We are here for you!

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I completely agree with this completely. As exciting as it is to go and see those pounds lost when I see the bariatric team, I am over the moon when my clothes are too loose/big to even wear anymore. I've gone from a size 22/24 to now a 14/16 in 6 months. I am so excited about this accomplishments and these are the things that we have to look at to help us not to be down on ourselves. Getting up and moving is so much easier. Currently training for a 5k on October 8th, something I would have never considered before the surgery. Since the surgery I have goals for physical activities. I want to run a half marathon by the time I am 40 years old. That's only a year and a half away. If I can do all of this, you can do this.

I'll be here as your cheerleader if you'll let me. Private message me if you need to. We all need a cheering section!

Stalls are a natural part of the weight loss process, especially the first months after surgery. You may even see a bit of a gain when it happens. It's all science and biology, not a conspiracy to drive you crazy ;)

In the early months, it's not anything you're doing wrong. It's not what you're eating. It's all just your body adjusting to the low calories and larger losses. We honestly have no control over it in the early months, as much as we like to think we do.

As the months go by and our bodies finally get into a groove and adjust? I think THEN we can effect stalls and do things to cause them or even break them. But for now? Relax, keep getting your fluids and Protein so you can continue to heal and let it pass.

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Edie's Left Shoe    17

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I was just reading that right after surgery, medical staff goes heavy on hydrating you via IV and that sometimes you may gain weight (fluids) and it will come off in less then a month.

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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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    • Alisa_S

      Alisa_S

      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

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        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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      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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