This was a bigger lunch I had the other day.

6 weeks post op VSG

I missed breakfast, so that wasn't good. But this is a general lunch /dinner for me

The food portions are

2oz beans

3 oz chicken breast

1 teaspoon humus

1 teaspoon picante sauce

1/4 of a pita pocket

(I decided to not eat any more break, even 1/4) until the tail end of my weight loss)..

Carbs can be an award, when I've lost the bulk of my weight

It looks like a lot of food, but it's really not

5 minutes ago, BlueCrush said:

I'm 6 weeks and 3 days out. Here is what my lunch was today (and you're damn straight I ate the crackers that came with it). I can only eat about 3-3.5oz at a time, so am eating about 4-5 meals a day totaling about 750-850 calls per day.

I will eat tortilla chips & salsa as well as a taco shell with a taco. I’ll also eat a bite or two of garlic bread and noodles with spaghetti. I will also eat baked fries & potatoes. I’m not giving that stuff up just committing to the appropriate portions.

4 hours ago, BlueCrush said:

I'm 6 weeks and 3 days out. Here is what my lunch was today (and you're damn straight I ate the crackers that came with it). I can only eat about 3-3.5oz at a time, so am eating about 4-5 meals a day totaling about 750-850 calls per day.

Holy Moly. I just looked at your stats. What weight were you surgery day? Your day of surgery was one day before mine. Have you lost 118.3 pounds since your surgery date. If so, shoot me Lol

That is awesome

When were you 406 pounds?

Edited January 26, 20188 yr by Toomanytacos

4 hours ago, Seahawks Fan said:

I will eat tortilla chips & salsa as well as a taco shell with a taco. I’ll also eat a bite or two of garlic bread and noodles with spaghetti. I will also eat baked fries & potatoes. I’m not giving that stuff up just committing to the appropriate portions.

Tim, can you eat that stuff now, surely not. Not this soon after surgery?

Edited January 26, 20188 yr by Toomanytacos

4 hours ago, BlueCrush said:

I'm 6 weeks and 3 days out. Here is what my lunch was today (and you're damn straight I ate the crackers that came with it). I can only eat about 3-3.5oz at a time, so am eating about 4-5 meals a day totaling about 750-850 calls per day.

Shut up, really? That many calories and you're losing? How many pounds a week are you losing? 1, 2 or 3?

Go boy!

This was a bigger lunch I had the other day. 6 weeks post op VSG I missed Breakfast, so that wasn't good. But this is a general lunch /dinner for me The food portions are 2oz beans 3 oz chicken breast 1 teaspoon humus 1 teaspoon picante sauce 1/4 of a pita pocket (I decided to not eat any more break, even 1/4) until the tail end of my weight loss).. Carbs can be an award, when I've lost the bulk of my weight It looks like a lot of food, but it's really not

If you are not having shakes then that's very reasonable. I couldn't have eaten this 6 weeks post op but I was still supplementing with 2 shakes per day. Being your only source of nutrition, that should make you meet your intake goals I think.

5 hours ago, Toomanytacos said:

Holy Moly. I just looked at your stats. What weight were you surgery day? Your day of surgery was one day before mine. Have you lost 118.3 pounds since your surgery date. If so, shoot me Lol

That is awesome

When were you 406 pounds?

I lost 88lbs on the 6months diet Insurance required prior to surgery. I just did calorie counting and stayed at our under 1800 pet day.

Starting weight: 406 (6/13/17)

Surgery weight: 318 (12/11/17)

Current weight: 285

Goal weight: 225 (I'm 6'3")

5 hours ago, Toomanytacos said:

Shut up, really? That many calories and you're losing? How many pounds a week are you losing? 1, 2 or 3?

Go boy!

I've been losing 3-5lbs per week. I had my 6 week follow up appt yesterday and my doc told me to try to up my cals to ~800-1000 per day as I am now cleared for weight training. He wants me to get to 1200-1400 by week 12 (my next follow up appt).

1 hour ago, BlueCrush said:

I've been losing 3-5lbs per week. I had my 6 week follow up appt yesterday and my doc told me to try to up my cals to ~800-1000 per day as I am now cleared for weight training. He wants me to get to 1200-1400 by week 12 (my next follow up appt).

That's great. I wish you lived closer. I weight train, or have begun again I should say. Same reason, 6 month mark.

Question.. I had a trainer tell me I should wait to get down to my ideal weight (and then do weight training) which I mean, kinda makes sense because if I am weight training while trying to lose weight, I won't see that big a diff on the scale bc of pounds going down from fat is refilled by pounds from muscle, which weighs more. I don't know the answer so I asked and that is what I got. Then another trainer at the Y where I work out said, for me to do lightest weights and more reps to burn fat, and do highest weights , less reps to bulk up, which would not be the option I'd choose, it would be option 1.. Your thoughts (and Im only asking cause you seem to know man healthy gym stuff" lol

I am super proud of you.. Wonderful

I wish I could eat 3 Oz of food. I swear one step forward three back. All I do is burp...can't even take my protein or water. 4 weeks post op. As soon as I feel like I have a handle on it, I get miserably sick. Now a new symptom horrible pain when I eat...gas pain so bad it has me rolling in pain...can't eat, is like a possessed ghostly stomach flu...I don't know any more. I am just tired of feeling sick.

Toomanytacos,

The more muscle you have, the more fat you burn with your resting metabolic rate. My goal is to lift heavy to preserve muscle during my fat loss in order to fill out loose skin. The reality is that you'll never "add" muscle at only ~1000 calories a day... The goal is to prevent losing as much muscle that you already have as possible.

so if you do weight training, you don't think I'll gain from it? Because that is my worry. Like, how can I lose weight and lift weights to avoid skin hanging as much as possible if "muscle weighs more than fat"

Does what I'm saying make sense? I've been wondering but no one seems to understand what I'm talking about lol

IF I lose weight bc I am only eating 700 calories a day, right? but Im also lifting weights to build muscle, and muscle weighs more than fat, the scale would essentially stay the same, because im stuck. The pounds ( or fat) im losing by being on such a low calorie diet would be offset by the weight im adding by weight training. Make sense?

What is the solution ?

Keep weight training or wait until i get normal size and THEN weight train?

By the way, nice to meet you. I am Joanna

19 hours ago, Seahawks Fan said:

I will eat tortilla chips & salsa as well as a taco shell with a taco. I’ll also eat a bite or two of garlic bread and noodles with spaghetti. I will also eat baked fries & potatoes. I’m not giving that stuff up just committing to the appropriate portions.

1) You're 8 days out from surgery and you're eating things you shouldn't be eating 8 months out

2) Prior to surgery, you were talking a really big game about how you were gonna stick to your recommended diet and looking down your nose at people who don't.

I’m 5 weeks out and I wish I could eat this much perhaps if I could my weight would come off faster. I eat 6 small “meals” a day. I’m trying but most of the time I’m either starving or not hungry at all. I see my nut next week, I’ll pump her for answers.

7 hours ago, Toomanytacos said:

so if you do weight training, you don't think I'll gain from it? Because that is my worry. Like, how can I lose weight and lift weights to avoid skin hanging as much as possible if "muscle weighs more than fat"

Does what I'm saying make sense? I've been wondering but no one seems to understand what I'm talking about lol

IF I lose weight bc I am only eating 700 calories a day, right? but Im also lifting weights to build muscle, and muscle weighs more than fat, the scale would essentially stay the same, because im stuck. The pounds ( or fat) im losing by being on such a low calorie diet would be offset by the weight im adding by weight training. Make sense?

What is the solution ?

Keep weight training or wait until i get normal size and THEN weight train?

You're not going to add muscle/bulk with the limited calories we're getting at this stage. It will help you prevent losing the muscle you already have, though.

I guess it really comes down to which do you prefer:

- lose weight at a possible slower pace, but know you're losing mostly fat and little muscle

- lose weight slightly faster, but know you're losing both fat and existing muscle

I'm at the point where I'm willing to lose slower if it means preserving muscle, as I think I'm going to need the muscle to not look like a deflated balloon.