Eating

[shawncotton 60]

I sometimes forget to do my liquids. Its like i dont want no food

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[liveaboard15 1,294]

set a alarm on your phone. you gotta get that Protein and Water in to be successful and not have any issues.

[Queen ApisM 427]

In the early stages post surgery, many of us have to eat & drink on a schedule, regardless of whether we want to eat. I had no hunger at all for a while, but forced myself to eat and drink at intervals. Previous posted gave a good suggestion of setting alarms as reminders. I would also track carefully, with little goals like, "drink this 16 oz of Fluid before XX time", knowing that if I didn't, I wouldn't make my fluid goals for the day.

It is easy to fall into the thinking that not eating is okay and will result in more weight loss faster (I know my brain went there in the beginning sometimes, when eating was a chore), so when we don't feel hungry we can be tempted to just go with it and not try and stick to a plan. But, it's not true, especially if you are missing Protein goals. Too low of calories is not good for us long term, and can have the opposite effect on weight loss. And lack of protein means your body may cannibalize your muscle instead of the fat we want it to use up.

[lizonaplane 1,613]

I agree - set reminders to drink every five minutes take a sip, or if you can drink more at once, every 15 minutes. Keep a drink right next to you at all times. Getting dehydrated can lead to all sorts of problems, and is the most common reason people have to go back to the hospital after WLS.

You will feel better if you keep drinking those fluids.

You will loose less hair and muscle if you get your Protein in.

You will still lose weight.

Good luck!

[ShoppGirl 5,072]

Setting alarms is a good idea but also having a schedule helps. Easily out I would “eat” at 9-12-6 and had “snacks” at 3 and 9 so I was “eating” every three hours. At a year out I still stick to this same schedule. Your team mah require more or less Snacks or whatever but come up with something that works for you and stick to it. This way when the hunger comes back you are in the habit of eating before you should get super hungry.

[canadianpopcycle 77]

1 hour ago, ShoppGirl said:

Setting alarms is a good idea but also having a schedule helps. Easily out I would “eat” at 9-12-6 and had “snacks” at 3 and 9 so I was “eating” every three hours. At a year out I still stick to this same schedule. Your team mah require more or less Snacks or whatever but come up with something that works for you and stick to it. This way when the hunger comes back you are in the habit of eating before you should get super hungry.

Totally agree! I just past 1 year...but I was home after surgery for 6 weeks. In that time, I just kept to a schedule. I still eat and drink at the same times as I did last year! I also found I would keep sugar free gatorade in the car and such just in case I got caught up somewhere unexpectedly. I say gatorade not Water because my water bottle was too big for my cup holder 😂