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Not my Dr., Thank Heavens!
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I don't have as much time under my belt as the others but in my personal experience, what you are eating seems to be much more important than the calorie content of such foods. 800 calories of carbs a
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Yes. Thank heaven's he's not my doctor either! I would be curious to learn upon what principles he based this recommendation. What evidence is there to support this? I would never claim to be
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Um, yeah, this is a no from me dawg. 1200-1400 calories is what I got from my nutritionist for the maintenance phase. What is more surprising is the comment about not weight lifting....it is wel
I went to a support group meeting last night where the speaker was a surgeon from a different practice than my doctor. His topic was success after WLS. His number one strategy was for wl patients to not eat more than 800-900 calories. He wasn't talking the weight-loss phase. He was quite clear that he meant FOREVER! He said if you were a HEAVY exerciser, you could maybe increase that by 200 calories on the days you worked out. Oh, yeah, for exercise do cardio, no weights. Muscle building has nothing to do with weight loss. I couldn't make this up! And this was his guidance for both male and female patients!
All I could think of was "Thank heavens he's not my doctor!"