Feeling very defeated!!!!

[Doreen0716 105]

I'm 47 days post up and I've been on a stall for about 2 weeks my nutritionist told me that I needed to have between 900 and 1000 calories a day and I haven't been able to get that much food in , I was able to one day 2 days ago I felt really full and really sick I was miserable all night I'm not eating anything that I shouldn't be eating but I get on the scale today and it says I gained 2 pounds I don't know why I gained weight and feeling really defeated I just don't know if this is working for me, i think im failing and i dont know how or what im doing wrong

Edited October 15, 2017 by Doreen0716

[Amburmist 55]

I'm 47 days post up and I've been on a stall for about 2 weeks my nutritionist told me that I needed to have between 900 and 1000 calories a day and I haven't been able to get that much food in , I was able to one day 2 days ago I felt really full and really sick I was miserable all night I'm not eating anything that I shouldn't be eating but I get on the scale today and it says I gained 2 pounds I don't know why I gained weight and feeling really defeated I just don't know if this is working for me, i think im failing and i dont know how or what im doing wrong

Thats quite a bit of calories. My surgeon recommends to not exceed 600 cals a day. Honestly there are so many differing instructions all of these surgeons give. The bottom line I've found is to just listen to ur own body. Even if your plan/surgeon says to go up to 1000 cals, if that hurts u right now, then only ingest what's comfortable to u. If ur plan says its ok to eat chicken but everytime u do, it hurts and gets stuck, don't eat chicken. YOU decide what u can do based on what ur body tells u. Listen to ur body!! Sounds like 900-1000 cals, for u, is too much. Maybe cut back a couple hundred cals. See how that feels. U know what i mean? Good luck hun.

[Doreen0716 105]

I did i had 700 today and im feelong over full again so im out now walking it off

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[jaminator 262]

14 hours ago, Doreen0716 said:

I'm 47 days post up and I've been on a stall for about 2 weeks my nutritionist told me that I needed to have between 900 and 1000 calories a day and I haven't been able to get that much food in , I was able to one day 2 days ago I felt really full and really sick I was miserable all night I'm not eating anything that I shouldn't be eating but I get on the scale today and it says I gained 2 pounds I don't know why I gained weight and feeling really defeated I just don't know if this is working for me, i think im failing and i dont know how or what im doing wrong

Think more of the long game rather than focusing on the stall since it hasnt been that long. At 47 days i was still only able to eat a small amount, and nowhere near that many calories. I felt weak and dizzy sometimes and was lucky to get 600 calories in. Once your more healed and eating is easier the weight will come off. I wold focus on the healing and dont worry so much if you dont see pounds falling off right now, your body is probably in shock still.

[Doreen0716 105]

Thank you it hard to see that 2 lbs back 9n scale, i tried th 1000 cal. 1 day and was miserable, im back eating comfortably about 600 cals. I just really am afraid im doing this wrong somehow

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[jaminator 262]

once i was able to get a lot of Water and liquid in my weight started dropping. I think it helped me to get comfortable with having Protein in my stomach too. The first couple months any time i ate dense protein i felt like i would burst.

Im five months out and during the week i will see fluctuations of 2-3 pounds either direction during a given week, but its still trending downward month to month. Right now i am dropping about 1 pound every 2 - 3 weeks, so its slow but still progress. And of course now that i am recovered I am eating just about whatever i want, just not a lot of it.

It was hard for me to believe that not getting enough calories could cause me to stop losing weight, but now that i am accustomed to how this sleeve works, i eat something small every 3 or 4 hours and that allows me to get the calories in that work for me.

[Doreen0716 105]

Its very frustrating!!! I try to get calories up but then i can get all my Water so i hope in next few months when i can get more calories things will start to change

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[Sullie06 1,047]

Are you weighing yourself everyday? If so, stop, at least for now because you will make yourself crazy. I weigh myself once a week so I don't see as much fluctuation day to day.

Also I found that eating several small meals per day helped me meet my goals much better nutrition wise. Honestly, I did not start losing weight well until I upped my calories and Protein intake personally. I still can't eat very large meals but I can eat several small meals to help me meet my goals.

[Doreen0716 105]

Yes,my scale need to be stolen lol

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[Sullie06 1,047]

I was driving myself crazy on the scale so I understand wanting to weigh everyday but it really is a better view to do so once a week or even once a month if you have the strength to do so. For example my weight day is Monday and yesterday I was 185, I just stepped on the scale and I'm 189. My doc said you can fluctuate up and down as much as 5 pounds day to day

[Amburmist 55]

I was driving myself crazy on the scale so I understand wanting to weigh everyday but it really is a better view to do so once a week or even once a month if you have the strength to do so. For example my weight day is Monday and yesterday I was 185, I just stepped on the scale and I'm 189. My doc said you can fluctuate up and down as much as 5 pounds day to day

I totally agree. Do not weigh every day. Once a week, at the least.

Sullie - quick wuestion. What types of small meals do u eat? Can u give a few examples? Im a month post op and cant really find things to eat. I only have things like cottage cheese, string cheese, yogurt, eggs, Beans, apples and peant butter in my list. I dont know what else to eat.
Thanks!