Ok, so I am almost 14 months Post-op and for the past month I have stopped losing. In fact, I go up-and-down the same couple of pounds weekly. I find that I am eating more carbs and less protein. In general, i am able to eat more food than I could those 1st few months after surgery. Has anyone re-set their sleeve by returning to the diet that we were following right after surgery? I'm wondering if I should go back to the liquid diet for a week or so and then follow up with pureed foods? Has anyone done this? I want to get back to the point where my stomach feels full faster. Any tips on re-setting the sleeve? Also, I've never been great about getting in all the water. I probably get about 32 ounces a day at most. Has anyone seen a big difference in weight loss when they increased their water intake?

The sleeve naturally can hold more over time.

@OutsideMatchInside what did you say you do that results in your sleeve "feeling tight as a drum"?

4 ounces of solid meat fills me up nicely. I don't add veggies to my meat because it seems to make the meat slide through early.

If you have more to lose, then make a plan that gets your fluids and protein up, and spend more time eating veggies.

A lot of times if I feel like eating (not meal time), I get a big glass of something to drink instead.

I think I do need to up my fluid intake.

I'm about 8 months post op and about 10-15 pounds from goal. I always hit my protein and water goals however I was in what I thought to be a stall for the past 6 weeks. I realized (after looking at my food diary which I am diligent about keeping) that I was substituting certain easy to grab foods as meal replacements. I am in no way trying to trash talk protein bars but what I found myself doing was eating them instead of real food. I wasn't feeling as full as I once did when doing this. Once I started in with real food I realized my sleeve is working just fine and the hunger was not there. I will still enjoy a protein bar here and there but don't use them as meals unless absolutely necessary. If I get hungry between meals drinking water has once again given me that full feeling. Maybe it's a coincidence but after two days of real food the scale moved.

What's wrong with just going back to basics and mainly protein? You sound like how I used to be always need to do something drastic to get back on track. There is no need. Going back to basics will do the trick. You can do it

@Berry78 Eating dense protein alone.

I eat my protein first, alone, then I eat anything else if I have room. I rarely ever have room. If I eat protein with veggies I can easily eat 2 to 3 times more because adding things to dense protein makes it not as dense. My post-op instructions say protein first.

Ahh.. thanks, Outside! This has also been my experience.

What is considered dense protein?

On 11/21/2017 at 4:31 AM, mom2tess said:

Ok, so I am almost 14 months Post-op and for the past month I have stopped losing. In fact, I go up-and-down the same couple of pounds weekly. I find that I am eating more carbs and less Protein. In general, i am able to eat more food than I could those 1st few months after surgery. Has anyone re-set their sleeve by returning to the diet that we were following right after surgery? I'm wondering if I should go back to the liquid diet for a week or so and then follow up with pureed foods? Has anyone done this? I want to get back to the point where my stomach feels full faster. Any tips on re-setting the sleeve? Also, I've never been great about getting in all the Water. I probably get about 32 ounces a day at most. Has anyone seen a big difference in weight loss when they increased their water intake?

Sorry for the length of this.

I'm not going to preach what you should eat or do - This is some things to try to put you back in weightloss mode. You are not alone.

You are over a year out. your weight loss seems a bit different ..right?

After a year - You can hold more food volume and the weight loss slows down. (cut carbs they can sabotage your weight loss)

Weight loss after a year out is NOT a cookie cutter answer. Dialing in your diet ( finding the calorie and macros) will be trial and error.

If going back to basic works for your body then yes do it! - If basics are not working here is an option:

TDEE CALCULATOR and MYFITNESSPAL LINK - ( log your food to know if you are hitting your calorie, protein and carbohydrate goals to dial in your diet)

https://tdeecalculator.net/

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.myfitnesspal.android&hl=en

TDEE calculator gives you your calories and macros based on your sex, age, weight, height and activity level.

fill your information (omit body fat%) Click [calculate]

The first number is your maintenance calories (This is not your calories for weight loss.) more steps to follow)

Scroll down to macronutrients you will see three tabs.

[maintaining] [cutting] [bulking]

click [cutting] this is your weight loss calories and macros -

Your calories are a 500 deficit from maintaining. you are given three options of carb ratios (low, moderate and high)

Start with the low carb macros to see where your body starts losing weight.

Side note: My personal experience, Raising my protein goal and eating raw and steamed veggies with my protein is giving me the sensation of full.

The tdee calculator - I adjusted my activity level one setting back from my real activity level - It has kicked me back into weight loss mode. Its been trial and error dialing in my diet.

I hope you find what works for you,

Jenn

11 hours ago, mom2tess said:

What is considered dense Protein?

For me it's basically solid meat. A lean burger patty, steak, a fillet if fish, chicken, turkey, pork, etc. You start off eating those with gravy, but once they go down comfortably without, then leave it off. I still like it moist and tender. These foods keep me full for a couple hours.

Something like cottage cheese has a lot of protein in it, but it doesn't keep me full. It's not dense.

18 hours ago, jenn1 said:

Sorry for the length of this.

I'm not going to preach what you should eat or do - This is some things to try to put you back in weightloss mode. You are not alone.

You are over a year out. your weight loss seems a bit different ..right?

After a year - You can hold more food volume and the weight loss slows down. (cut carbs they can sabotage your weight loss)

Weight loss after a year out is NOT a cookie cutter answer. Dialing in your diet ( finding the calorie and macros) will be trial and error.

If going back to basic works for your body then yes do it! - If basics are not working here is an option:

TDEE CALCULATOR and MYFITNESSPAL LINK - ( log your food to know if you are hitting your calorie, Protein and carbohydrate goals to dial in your diet)

https://tdeecalculator.net/

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.myfitnesspal.android&hl=en

TDEE calculator gives you your calories and macros based on your sex, age, weight, height and activity level.

fill your information (omit body fat%) Click [calculate]

The first number is your maintenance calories (This is not your calories for weight loss.) more steps to follow)

Scroll down to macronutrients you will see three tabs.

[maintaining] [cutting] [bulking]

click [cutting] this is your weight loss calories and macros -

Your calories are a 500 deficit from maintaining. you are given three options of carb ratios (low, moderate and high)

Start with the low carb macros to see where your body starts losing weight.

Side note: My personal experience, Raising my protein goal and eating raw and steamed veggies with my protein is giving me the sensation of full.

The tdee calculator - I adjusted my activity level one setting back from my real activity level - It has kicked me back into weight loss mode. Its been trial and error dialing in my diet.

I hope you find what works for you,

Jenn

Thank you so, so much. I just checked out the tdee calculator and entered my info. I'm going to use the micronutrients suggested under the cutting (Lowe carb) tab and see where that takes me. Do you take any supplements to help with the loss (fish oil, Apple cider vinegar, etc)

3 hours ago, mom2tess said:

Thank you so, so much. I just checked out the tdee calculator and entered my info. I'm going to use the micronutrients suggested under the cutting (Lowe carb) tab and see where that takes me. Do you take any supplements to help with the loss (fish oil, Apple cider vinegar, etc)

Here is my two cents

The goal is healthy, Slow weight loss change is better than no change. There is no short cutting weight loss. It is the work you put into it.... Anyone says surgery is the easy way out can bite me.

I do my multi vitamin, calcium, fish oil vit D. I take a pill for my joints--lol I'm older. This is just for health they do nothing for weight loss.

I have tried pills and diet fads before surgery. They all promised fast easy weight loss. I was always disappointed.

Oh yes, I've tried all the fad diets too. I just didn't know if there was a supplement that would boost my metabolism. The reason I'm asking is because I notice so.e people have lost 125 lbs in the same time it's taken me to lose 63. I know everyone's different but I just Ser so many huge losses that I guess I'm disappointed l. I'm older as well.

7 minutes ago, mom2tess said:

Oh yes, I've tried all the fad diets too. I just didn't know if there was a supplement that would boost my metabolism. The reason I'm asking is because I notice so.e people have lost 125 lbs in the same time it's taken me to lose 63. I know everyone's different but I just Ser so many huge losses that I guess I'm disappointed l. I'm older as well.

I have drove myself crazy watching other people lose faster. Especially years out and the weight loss is now at a snail's pace. I think my metabolism was messed up pre surgery and still is out of whack. If I eat carbs I gain quickly.

My husband can maintain easily and eat carbs all day long...ugh! frustrating.

Omg! My husband's the same way