I've been looking through this forum for a long time now since before surgery. I was sleeved 10/26 zero complications. I am approx 58 days out and was cleared for my forever diet.
My concern is I've had a few stalls. Nothing major I was at 235 for 2 weeks plus. Then slowly made it to 225. It seems each food phase came with a darn stall. Is this common? How many of you had the same thing happen?
**Although cleared for my forever diet I'm still weary. My treat was baked buffalo wings lightly sauced and only about 4 or 5 no skin I just missed the flavor.. I'm also still doing shakes. I stay at 400-550 calories and under 25 carbs daily. I feel like if I do more ill stop losing. Am I alone here?
HW 279
SW 271
CW 222
GW Healthy
Sleeved 10/26/17

My nutritionist says that by six weeks you should be eating 1000-1200 calories, and that if you're eating significantly less than that, you're creating a starvation metabolism that conserves every calorie it can...and results in little to no weight loss. Also makes you feel exhausted and less likely to do the cardio and other exercise that would boost your metabolism.

I keep reading dozens of posts like yours...people eating at starvation levels...losing no weight. Kinda makes me think there's some truth to what my nutritionist says.

I'd rather lose slowly, eating normally and exercising regularly.....and have a great metabolism for life....than have the rush of losing weight insanely fast and reset my new metabolism to sluggish starvation levels.

At some point, you have to eat. Don't trade one eating disorder for another.

Edited December 24, 20178 yr by Creekimp13

I was told 900 was my limit.. but I guess everyone is different..

They told me not to focus on calories at all and get in protein and water that's it! I did ask but nobody gave me a definitive answer. I'll call again after the Holiday hopefully they'll give me one answers.

HW 279
SW 271
CW 222
GW Healthy
Sleeved 10/26/17

There's a lot of different information being given on caloric intake....and it's absolutely best to follow the advice of the professionals you're working with. That said, bariatrics is an emerging science and ideas about metabolic reset are changing in the bariatric medical community. My understanding is that the newest approach based on studies of five year outcomes... is to get people eating closer to their eventual calorie goal sooner, to get a better metabolic reset that serves them well for a lifetime. This approach is supposed to be associated with less regain past year three.

We all take our best shot at this and follow the advice that makes the most sense to us....I get that. I don't mean to be critical of anyone's approach.

What I've been reading, and the seminar my group gave about recent research developments in bariatric outcomes...was pretty fascinating stuff.