sillykitty

I wonder if that is a sleeve vs. bypass thing?

You are the queen of abbreviations! I'm shocked! Shake My Head

I'm actually not a food addict, really

But this won't work for everyone. My goal is to live a balanced life, not one of only grilled chicken and celery. We all gained our weight in different ways and for different reasons. For me it wasn't about indulging in an over abundance of fried foods for instance. So far I have been successfully losing weight with a balanced approached. When I get to maintenance, and I have less restriction, and I have more hunger, it may not continue to work. But I'm willing to reevaluate my plan at that time and become stricter about what I eat, if that's what it will take to maintain a weight I'm happy with.

It's all part of your pattern of making poor choices, defending them, then lamenting your lack of weight loss.

Actually that was me, not @AshAsh1 If you are fine with slow weight loss, then that's fine. But don't complain about it and say that the surgery didn't work. You realize that most people on this site are super motivated to make this surgery successful? So most of us don't think that 96 servings of Raisin Bran, or mega boxes of Cheez-its, or 10 lbs of dates are good ideas. So when you post up these purchases and then defend them as good choices, you are not likely to get many people agreeing with you.

Late to this party, but WTH ... OP is probably not cleared for solids yet, most likely, so should be relevant My sleeve handles everything, no joke, spicy, fried, whatever I throw at it, no issues I LOVE ethnic foods, so I get missing them and craving them. Sometimes I have exactly what I am craving. But I usually try to get the flavor while still making better choices. Like getting an Indian curry, but just eating the meat out of it and having no rice. But it depends if you have a slippery slope problem. Does making poor choices lead to you making more and more of them? I'm fortunate, I am able to consistently reign myself in. I can eat poorly for one meal, or one day, or while on vacation, but then be able to get back on plan, and start losing again. Who knows if I will be able to do so once I'm in maintenance. I may lose a lot of my current restriction and have to be stricter about what I eat. My hunger might return more than it currently has. If that happens I'll have to re-evaluate and adjust. My point is, you can still enjoy some of your favorite foods, on occasion, and in moderation. But you will have to monitor if you can do so and still lose.

Off topic ... but @AshAsh1 ... you are only 16 lbs away from goal!!!!! That is so exciting!

Oh no .... just realized this is the guys room ... apologies!

Ups and downs are totally normal. 30 lbs in 2 moths is fantastic. Please don't hold yourself up to unrealistic expectations about weight loss.

Here's the thing ... you complain you haven't lost weight, that your sleeve isn't working. You post that you are: Drinking Gatorade, eating Raisin Bran, eating Cheez-its, eating dates, eating pizza, and those are just what you posted about. None of us are perfect, but you said you bought large quantities of Gatorade, multiple 32 serving boxes of Cheezits, 96 servings of Raisin Bran, 10 lbs of dates. That is some sort of commitment to not following a sensible plan. "I am allowed 225 - 325 grams of carbs per days" ... I think you have seriously misread your plan. Because as posted above that is the equivalent of 6+ bagels. You said you are only eating 500 cals per day, and not losing, while posting about the foods I mentioned above. It just doesn't add up, especially for a guy, who usually lose weight faster than women. You are either lying to yourself, or to us.

Soo ... I actually had bread and alcohol, and so much other stuff at 3 weeks out. BUT, I knew this was not wise. I didn't come here asking if it was a good idea, I knew it wasn't. And I took full responsibility for the gain I had that week, and if I had had any other complications for it. I think it comes down to accepting personal responsibility.

^^^ This was exactly my experience. My insurance didn't require a pre op diet. I had one 1 on 1 meeting with the NUT and got the "this is a tool" speech. It was immediately followed by a small group class laying out the post WLS eating plan. That was a cluster f*ck with idiot fellow patients, and the NUT who didn't have answers she should have had IMO. BUT, sensible nutrition isn't rocket science. I mean we all know that chicken is good, pizza is bad, right? Anyone on this site can obviously use the internet and educate themselves if they have gaps in their nutritional knowledge. I also never like to rely on any one person completely to supply all the answers. We have seen how many different programs there are out there. People are successful on seemingly all of them. There is no one right answer. I have common sense and good Google skills. I trust I will be able to take in all the different programs and figure out what works best, for me.

Video #2 ... this did not set off my inner cynic nearly as much because it didn't have that familiar fad diet hype. Obviously, eating once per day isn't practical for those of us who have had WLS. And even those who haven't, how are they getting adequate protein? I am a firm believer that long term protein deficiency has some pretty severe negative consequences. I also have a nit pick on the whole section where he justifies the one meal a day a plan with the paleo concept. That makes the assumption that humans stopped evolving since the paleolithic days, which is not true. IMO, Paleo is just junk science.

It's like a mini workout .... bonus points!

I actually had to tell the flight attendant I was pregnant. Thank goodness I hadn't had any drinks that flight, or CPS would have been waiting for me at the gate.

So as a traveler ... McDonalds and Starbucks taking over the world has one benefit .... bathrooms!

Maybe it's just their metabolism? I mean we all know skinny people who eat like absolute crap?

But ... all those fluids!?! I almost never get my fluids in on travel days because of lack of bathroom access fear. Almost wetting your pants in an airplane seat once will do that to you!

I find counting everything is s much easier these days with apps like My Fitness Pal. But counting macros is just a different way of counting calories, since each gram has a fixed caloric value. The first video literally said the only thing that matters is limiting your eating window. I mean in my fantasy world I'd love to be able to eat recklessly even if only for limited number of hours. But unfortunately that's not the real world.

I'd have to do the reading on the studies behind this to get a solid opinion .... BUT The first video has some red flags, for me. "It's not about what you eat, it's about when you eat" Well that's just not true. One of the studies it sites is based upon 8 people. That's not solid science. I'd be interested to see some of the studies and if they tracked calories consumed. The BY study it says the participants ate their normal food. But were they consuming less of those foods because they had less time to eat, they cut out a meal or snack? Where did they get that schedule from, eat 30-60 minutes after waking up, eat a larger breakfast than lunch. I don't see any study sited for that. "A week later you'll start feeling all the amazing benefits" This sounds like the hype around every fad diet, IMO "Don't count calories, they don't matter" Don't we all wish that was the truth Why is there the focus to eat during the early part of the day? I didn't hear them refer to any studies on that So, I acknowledge I am a natural cynic. But if this video was the first time I heard of IF, I'd write it off as another fad diet. I know there is solid science behind IF, but this video just makes it seem like some sort of miracle. And we all know that losing weight, no matter what plan we follow, even when we have our stomachs removed or digestive track rerouted is hard af!

Ok, this is nit picky, but 10 seconds in I'm turned off by full-proof vs. fool proof. Ugh, maybe I'm just terrible ....

I agree .. WOW! I think my arms would fall off!

Since you are struggling with weight loss, you really shouldn't be having liquid calories. There are so many no calorie options out there ....

@Orchids&Dragons that's actually more common. Babies and kids get bad reactions, but as we get older, and get bitten more often our bodies become desensitized to it, and the reaction lessens. It's why people in tropical countries don't usually react to bites at all. Google "Skeeter Syndrome" if you're curious. @J San Never was treated with meat tenderizer, but my mom found other ways to torture me I'm an unusual case because my severe reactions didn't develop until I was an adult. It is also typical to get even more extreme reactions when you get bitten by a different species of mosquito. I learned this when I was afraid my leg was going to fall off when I was in Vietnam I've only found one thing that is truly effective, treating my clothes with Permethrin. Works for me even when coating myself in Deet and melting my shoes and nail polish didn't stop me from getting bitten. It's not very practical though, so I only do it when I visit tropical countries.