hello, I am 34 years old. this july will mark 8 years since i got the gastric sleeve surgery. i still always watch my carbs and try to maintain under 30 carbs. my lowest weight i got to was 180. currently at 210 lbs right now. i was at 255 lbs when i had the surgery. i have noticed my weight start to creep up, my clothes start to fit tighter. i did let go of the protein for a while last year and just maintained lower carbs. i admit i fell off. for a couple months now i have increased my protein intake and still maintaining a lower carb count. i have not had a carbonated beverage since i had the surgery. i do not take any medicine except for blood pressure medicine which is a 12.5g lisinopril everyday.

with my daily protein intake becoming normalized now, mainly in the case of protein shake and then higher protein meats throughout the day. high water intake, i am still not seeing weight loss. i see that it is staying about the same. my question is, has anyone gone through this or is going through this? is there something i am missing as far as supplements. i did get blood work done, but my doctor has not said anything about any abnormalities. i have read it could be low iron. i figured if i went back to the basics, high protein low carb and of course high water intake, i could see results. could it so normalized now that it will take longer to lose weight? physical activity, i do try to get in about 10,000 steps a day.

any help, advice, would be greatly appreciated. thank you!

2 minutes ago, november11 said:

SOOO the Bmr is what you supposedly need to eat at the minimum a day ? or should you be eating under that number for wieghtloss??

the BMR is what it (supposedly) takes to run your body even if you lie in bed all day. You have to factor in your activity level to get at the level that it supposedly takes to maintain your current weight. So to lose, you'd have to fewer calories than that second figure (BMR + activity level). But in my case, the BMR level alone is the high end of my maintenance range - so I'd have to eat quite a bit lower than that to lose.

in other words, theoretically I would burn 1717 calories if I just stayed in bed all day. But since I'm pretty active, I can supposedly eat 2500 (slightly more) to maintain my current weight. But I'd gain weight like crazy on that. Even at 1717, I'd just be maintaining my current weight, so I have to go lower. I guess with a more statistically "normal" person at my weight/activity level, they could drop down to their BMR (1717) and lose, but I can't. My actual BMR is evidently lower than what the BMR calculator indicates.

Edited August 14, 20205 yr by catwoman7

7 minutes ago, catwoman7 said:

the BMR is what it (supposedly) takes to run your body even if you lie in bed all day. You have to factor in your activity level to get at the level that it supposedly takes to maintain your current weight. So to lose, you'd have to fewer calories than that second figure (BMR + activity level). But in my case, the BMR level alone is the high end of my maintenance range - so I'd have to eat quite a bit lower than that to lose.

so my BMR with my activity level right now is 1847 so I have to eat less than 1847 a day to lose ? I eat on a regular day 800-1000 calories under 40 carbs 80 protein and at least 70-80 ozs of water . so what do you think should I be eating more or no ? SORRY for asking your all these questions and I know people are different but you seem to have a fix on this.... Thanks

Edited August 14, 20205 yr by november11

11 minutes ago, november11 said:

so my BMR with my activity level right now is 1847 so I have to eat less than 1847 a day to lose ? I eat on a regular day 800-1000 calories under 40 carbs 80 Protein and at least 70-80 ozs of Water . so what do you think should I be eating more or no ? SORRY for asking your all these questions and I know people are different but you seem to have a fix on this.... Thanks

theoretically, yes, but it doesn't work that way for everyone. There are obviously other things that factor into this - because I have to eat well below my supposed BMR to lose, let alone my supposed BMR + activity level.

there is a test you can take to get your actual BMR (as opposed to using one of the online calculators). They have you breathe into something. I don't know how accurate those are - but probably moreso than the internet calculators. The easiest way is to just experiment with different calorie levels and see where you maintain and where you start to lose. It took me awhile to figure mine out - it was just trial & error.

I was eating 800-1000 calories from about eight months out to around the year mark. After one year, I was at around 1000-1200 and still (S-L-O-W-L-Y) losing. I've been in maintenance for the last 3.5 years, and I figured out I could maintain it if I stayed within a 1500-1700 range most days. But this might be different for you. The best way to tell is just to experiment with different ranges and see what happens.

are you losing weight at 800-1000 now? Do you want to, or do you want to stop losing and maintain?

P.S. if you start playing around with different calorie ranges, you really have to do it for two or three weeks to get the full effect. It may take that long to see to the effects on the scale. If you want to lose weight but the scale hasn't moved from whatever range you're working with at the time, then you'll need to go a bit lower.

Edited August 14, 20205 yr by catwoman7

2 minutes ago, catwoman7 said:

theoretically, yes, but it doesn't work that way for everyone. There are obviously other things that factor into this - because I have to eat well below my supposed BMR to lose, let alone my supposed BMR + activity level.

there is a test you can take to get your actual BMR (as opposed to using one of the online calculators). They have you breathe into something. I don't know how accurate those are - but probably moreso than the internet calculators. The easiest way is to just experiment with different calorie levels and see where you maintain and where you start to lose. It took me awhile to figure mine out - it was just trial & error.

I was eating 800-1000 calories from about eight months out to around the year mark. After one year, I was at around 1000-1200 and still (S-L-O-W-L-Y) losing. I've been in maintenance for the last 3.5 years, and I figured out I could maintain it if I stayed within a 1500-1700 range most days. But this might be different for you. The best way to tell is just to experiment with different ranges and see what happens.

are you losing weight at 800-1000 now? Do you want to, or do you want to stop losing and maintain?

Its very slow as far as the pounds I definitately want to lose much more , If it were not for the sizes ive gone down I would be discouraged at almost 8 months out.

2 hours ago, november11 said:

Its very slow as far as the pounds I definitately want to lose much more , If it were not for the sizes ive gone down I would be discouraged at almost 8 months out.

things do slow down at that point. I remember at six months out my loss dropped to 5-8 lbs a month - and at some point dropped even lower than that. After the year mark, it was like two lbs a month. But it kept going until I was around 18 months out

On 5/13/2020 at 10:00 AM, Shemekasr said:

Hello all,

I am 4 years post op and I totally feel your pain. Post sleeve i was 256 lbs. My lowest weight was 146lbs. I am currently 205 lbs. I have made the decision to get back on track with it all. I will start with the basics of Protein Shakes for 3 days, then slowly introduce other allowable foods. I do know that my sleeve is still intact because i cant eat alot at one time, but once that food digests, I am ready for more, but only out of habit, not hunger. For me it is mental because when I am bored I eat. Since having my last child I have began to fall back into old habits, but I know I can make the changes because my sleeve still works and I am ready to do this once again!!

How are you doing on your weight loss? Our stories are similar with having babies after WLS.