So...I currently weigh 138 at 5'1". I have no idea what my accurate BF% is because I've lost 130 lbs this year thanks to a modified duodenal switch surgery (aka Loops DS/SIPS) that also helped address my PCOS symptoms.

Oddly enough, I'm a size 2/4 at this height and weight. I have a lot of loose skin, some of which I'm getting addressed at the end of September with a tummy tuck and brachioplasty, so I'm hoping to lose some more inches that way and get a more realistic understanding of my weight and measurements (although I'll still have loose skin left on my thighs and butt and boobs, but my stomach and arms are definitely the biggest problems.)

My cals are a bit weird because the amount I can eat (and the amount recommended for someone who's had my surgery due to malabsorption/less room in the stomach for food) makes my average calories around 1000-1400/day depending on whether it's a workout or rest day (this is cutting.) But I need to figure out how to calcualte my TDEE with adjustments for my limitations due to the surgery as well as macros. Does anyone know how to appropriately do this after WLS?

I do SoulCycle 3-4x a week and do toning (eg: barre) or weight training 2-3x a week and have been doing this for about a month. I haven't lost a single pound but have lost 1/2 an inch on my waist and an inch each on my thighs, hips, and calves.

Measurements:

• Waist: 27.5"
• Hips: 36"
• Bust: 32"
• Thighs: 20.5"

Dumb question: are you sure you need to lose those last pounds? Dumb because I’m trying to lose 1-2 last pounds myself. But my weight loss coach (from insurance co) did tell me I didn’t need to worry about losing any more when I had 5 lbs left before my arbitrary but reasonable goal I had picked. It is taking me about 2-4 weeks to lose a pound now.

I love my workouts and I’m not stepping up because I don’t have more time. I have 30-45 mins a day. And hopefully one other activity that involves moving most days. It’s all the time I have. One day I will have more, but I take care of mom and kids and I just don’t.

So that means eating. I can’t goof around with having extra food. And I need to have a little less food some days. Less food than I want. Nothing else works. Sad to say. But I can have 2 eggs in butter for breakfast, a few tbsps of my homemade seed granola in milk, a protein snack mid day, and protein and veg dinner and 92% dark chocolate after, and even another bit of granola as evening snack. It’s 1200 or so cals. I would LIKE to have a few gf mini pretzels or 1/2 c of fruit, and sometimes I do, and the scale shows it. Always. It is what it is.

But like you, my workouts alone are reshaping my body in inches. Still fairly steadily in the midsection too. I just think that even as my weights I lift get heavier, my scale doesn’t show lighter. Maybe I now am getting more, heavier, muscle. Maybe you too.