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1 hour ago, abefroman329 said:

The more calories you can take in, the more weight you will lose. So yes, you are lucky.

This is both true and false in my opinion.

There are two schools of thought on caloric intake in the first year.

The old tried and true idea is to severely restrict calories in the first year to effect as much weight loss as possible while eating is uncomfortable and restricted.

The newer idea is to get people eating at a closer to normal caloric level to reset the metabolism at a healthier level.

Both groups of people....the severely restricted and those who eat 1000-1200 calories early....will lose about the same amount of weight at the end of 18 months. The severely restricted will lose in spurts and stalls...but will lose much faster than the 1000-1200 calorie group. That said, they will also slow down faster. The 1000-1200 group loses slower and steadier and their weight loss period will be longer.

But yeah....statistically, at 18 months both groups have nearly identical total weight loss.

So, overall...either way produces a similar short term result.

It's true that if your calories are VERY severely restricted you can hit metabolic stalls due to your body thinking you're starving to death and taking action to conserve every calorie.

It's equally true that you can overeat and eat the wrong things....and sabotage yourself...even right after surgery.

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Great idea on Indian food, I'll have to try some!

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1 hour ago, Creekimp13 said:

This is both true and false in my opinion.

There are two schools of thought on caloric intake in the first year.

The old tried and true idea is to severely restrict calories in the first year to effect as much weight loss as possible while eating is uncomfortable and restricted.

The newer idea is to get people eating at a closer to normal caloric level to reset the metabolism at a healthier level.

Both groups of people....the severely restricted and those who eat 1000-1200 calories early....will lose about the same amount of weight at the end of 18 months. The severely restricted will lose in spurts and stalls...but will lose much faster than the 1000-1200 calorie group. That said, they will also slow down faster. The 1000-1200 group loses slower and steadier and their weight loss period will be longer.

But yeah....statistically, at 18 months both groups have nearly identical total weight loss.

So, overall...either way produces a similar short term result.

It's true that if your calories are VERY severely restricted you can hit metabolic stalls due to your body thinking you're starving to death and taking action to conserve every calorie.

It's equally true that you can overeat and eat the wrong things....and sabotage yourself...even right after surgery.

I’ve seen better results taking in 1000 calories a day than 800, personally.

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2 hours ago, Creekimp13 said:

This is both true and false in my opinion.

There are two schools of thought on caloric intake in the first year.

The old tried and true idea is to severely restrict calories in the first year to effect as much weight loss as possible while eating is uncomfortable and restricted.

The newer idea is to get people eating at a closer to normal caloric level to reset the metabolism at a healthier level.

Both groups of people....the severely restricted and those who eat 1000-1200 calories early....will lose about the same amount of weight at the end of 18 months. The severely restricted will lose in spurts and stalls...but will lose much faster than the 1000-1200 calorie group. That said, they will also slow down faster. The 1000-1200 group loses slower and steadier and their weight loss period will be longer.

But yeah....statistically, at 18 months both groups have nearly identical total weight loss.

So, overall...either way produces a similar short term result.

It's true that if your calories are VERY severely restricted you can hit metabolic stalls due to your body thinking you're starving to death and taking action to conserve every calorie.

It's equally true that you can overeat and eat the wrong things....and sabotage yourself...even right after surgery.

Sorry to go off topic OP! ((hugs))

@Creekimp13 I keep reading your responses to caloric control. Would you by any chance be able to hook me up with the studies that are showing this new train of though on caloric restriction please? I've been trying to get my RD to talk about this with me so I will know what I need to plan for down the road and she has resisted so far...

TIA!!!! :780_sparkling_heart:

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