So today is my weekly weigh in day, and I weigh 349!!! It's the first time in 2 years I have been below 350 (1st time was when I did keto, but as soon as I hit 320 it literally came back up and I never lost a single pound after I went back to my original weight). I'm figuring out the food portions, timing, measurements and I think I have it down!!! You guys have all been so amazing with all the meltdowns, crazy questions, doubting myself, etc I've done on here (I know, I was a bit loco lol ). But I seem to be losing at a nice steady pace (5-7 pounds per week) and I have to say, I'm really liking it. I feel like this is much more sustainable and maintainable than when I was doing keto (and surprisingly, a lot less restrictive! ) I'm 7 weeks post op today and honestly, other than my scars on my tummy, I would never know I had surgery. No pain, no more limitations, no problems at all. I still have to be mindful of how much I eat and how often, because as I have said before, I never lost any of my hunger hormone. But I make homemade smoothies with fruit or I drink a protein shake if I need a little extra protein, or I just keep busy until I can teach my stomach and body that I'm NOT hungry and I HAVE eaten enough and I will NOT be eating anymore because I had my allotted amount and that's it. It's harder when you're still hungry, but it CAN be done. Especially when I see the progress on the scale. So so glad I had this surgery. I don't regret it at all. Not even a tiny bit. I just wish I had done it sooner. But I guess we all do, don't we? lol

I totally wish I had done it sooner. My dr first asked me if I was interested 6 years before I said “let’s do this”. I wish I had done it then. You know what they say about hindsight. Lol

the hunger hormone is a funny thing. I have often wondered if the dr cut too much out because mine hasn’t come back yet (I’m 15 months post op) . I have to stick to a strict schedule to remind myself to eat (fine when I’m teaching, but during the summer that has gone out the window) .
I haven’t read anything other than ‘they cut the portion of the stomach out related to the hunger hormone’. Does anyone know why it comes back sooner for some people rather than others? Or never goes away at all?

5 hours ago, Orinskye said:

I totally wish I had done it sooner. My dr first asked me if I was interested 6 years before I said “let’s do this”. I wish I had done it then. You know what they say about hindsight. Lol

the hunger hormone is a funny thing. I have often wondered if the dr cut too much out because mine hasn’t come back yet (I’m 15 months post op) . I have to stick to a strict schedule to remind myself to eat (fine when I’m teaching, but during the summer that has gone out the window) .
I haven’t read anything other than ‘they cut the portion of the stomach out related to the hunger hormone’. Does anyone know why it comes back sooner for some people rather than others? Or never goes away at all?

I really wish I knew. I was so excited to have no hunger for a while, and then minimal hunger for a while after that. But it never happened for me. It makes things so much harder, but i can do this.

I read your post and wanted to cry for you. What an amazing milestone. Keep up the good work. You’ve got this!!

17 minutes ago, ShoppGirl said:

I read your post and wanted to cry for you. What an amazing milestone. Keep up the good work. You’ve got this!!

Thanks