Calories at maintenance shock

[NCL04321 164]

7 hours ago, maintenanceman said:

i read an article recently that states some call WLS metabolic surgery because it changes your metabolism.

I have never heard anything about the surgery boosting your metabolism. Can you elaborate?

[BabySpoons 625]

12 hours ago, maintenanceman said:

I have never heard anything about the surgery boosting your metabolism. Can you elaborate?

Metabolic Effects of Bariatric Surgery | Clinical Chemistry | Oxford Academic (oup.com)

[Arabesque 7,552]

Bariatric surgery is also known as metabolic surgery because how the surgery changes the digestive hormones & therefore the patients metabolism.

There are lots of academic papers about it like the one @BabySpoons provided. I found this fact sheet from a bariatric surgery clinic which explains it in more straight forward terms.

https://nevadasurgical.com/bariatric-surgery/how-does-bariatric-surgery-affect-metabolism/

I messed my metabolism up with years of restricted eating & deliberately not eating meals. Now I eat regularly throughout the day to keep my boosted metabolism burning. Don’t want to lose it again.

[sweetsmith78 60]

At first I was a calorie counter about 6 months. Now I just watched what I eat. That being said I stay away from only man made carbs and small portions. Unfortunately I need to start counting loosing to much🥴

[Spinoza 1,494]

On 10/5/2023 at 2:26 AM, Not sure said:

I’m getting to the 1 year post operative point and just to slow my weight loss my minimum calorie intake was set to 2300 calories, very hard to do and follow my desire to only eat whole non processed food, so they have asked me to stop exercising until I can get 2300 a day and stay at a steady weight. It’s actually really hard to consume that whole foods to hit that 2300 calorie goal. Anyone else have similar problems?

Not sure why anyone would advise you to stop exercising? Surely that's a big part of your new life and maintaining your loss.

Also - why does your loss need to be slowed - who decided this was best for *you*?

What is YOUR goal? I say focus on that and how you can achieve it. Stick to your non-processed foods if that's best for you in the long term.

You're in charge. I wish you the best of luck.