My mistake...

[Alex67 3]

I thought I would share a little experience I've learned the hard way. Between my 2 week liquid diet and post sleeve recovery, I lost 35 lbs. But then I got stuck at that same weight for about 2 months. I began 20 minute walks 3x a week. Still nothing. I got curious as to what I could stomach (pun intended), so I cooked a chicken breast and added a can of corn. I figured if i was going to vomit, it would be spectacular. My surgery was at the end of January. Thankfully it stayed down. Although eating the entire amount of corn was probably not best idea, but I was feeling kind of bummed and got an attitude I'm still working on getting over. Anyhow, it was the largest and most I've had to eat since the surgery. I bought a small bag of those small purple potatoes. I cut up two of them and nuked them for 4 minutes. I cooked 3 eggs in a non-stick pan and added a bit of shredded cheese. It was great. I try not to weigh myself everday. So after two days of this I was expecting to have put on weight and wasn't looking forward to the result. Well, suprise, I actually had lost 3 lbs. I figured I may have just been a bit dehydrated so I didn't get my hopes up too high. Well, now here I am a week later and I've now weighed in at a 9 lb loss in just over one week! I have been so desperate to loose weight and break through my plateau that I wasn't actually eating enough! I was 315 on the day of my surgery and now I've consistently watched it drop to 271! I haven't been this light in 3 years! I've gone from a 50" waist to a 42", and those are starting to get too loose with my phone, wallet and keys in them. I was just about to start buying 4xxx shirts and now I'm getting close to pulling off a 2xxx. I'm not so much bragging as I am trying to share with other frustrated people who are making my mistake. I'm not sure if this is just displaying my own ignorance or not. But I wanted to share just in case. Don't give up! 44 lbs down. Hopefully 70 more to go. It doesn't seem so unattainable anymore. Best of luck!

[OutsideMatchInside 10,166]

Most people post op that are losing slow do not have their calories high enough and kill their metabolism.

I would suggest people increase their calories without adding in simple carbs like potatoes.

Glad you got the scale moving, good luck.

[DoubleG 18]

Thanks for sharing your success story! Congrats! That's one of my biggest worries as well, is to hit a plateau really early after my surgery and then just become bummed out about the whole thing. So thanks for the tip, def will keep that in mind to eat enough to keep metabolism going.

[Alex67 3]

I'm excited for you! Plan on getting stuck. I've read on here it's going to happen several times before we hit our goals. I have a comment from someone saying to avoid simple carbs. I found I feel pretty grouchy and my energy was poor when I was eating nothing but Protein. I started loosing weight again when I did start including a little bit into my daily diet. I actually think the addition of a little fat may have actually helped me break through also. I was told moderation. Not extinction of any kind of foods. But you don't want to eating much or simple carbs. When I said I was eating potatoes, they were the tiny purple ones. Far smaller then a regular brown ones. And only two of them. I don't think I have enough room to eat an entire brown one anymore. I've been eating a lot of romaine lettuce with olive oil and vinegar. I just started eating Beans. Anyhow, I feel really good now and it seems to be working!! Good luck and congratulations on the surgery!!

Edited March 28, 2017 by Alex67