jasmineinmymind

I started at 255 and I have lost VERY slowly. I am also past menopause so my metabolism isnt great. At 9 months I'm still 30 pounds away from my goal of 150 and it makes me sad sometimes. I see so many people here that have lost all their weight in 6 months. Im doing the best I can but some days its hard.

I need to know if there are other people like me. From day one I have not had any decrease at all in my appetite, I have been able to eat anything I've tried or wanted to eat and not gotten sick. Nothing has ever gotten stuck. I can eat chicken, real rice, bread, etc with no problem. I chew my food well but I know I dont eat slowly enough and yet I still never feel sick. Obviously if I eat these things it's not every day and not very much. I do feel the restriction in terms of each meal that I eat but I am hungry all the time and I feel like I need to eat every 2 hours or so. I hear so many people talk about things getting stuck or never being hungry. I know I had a very good surgeon and other people in the practice seem to have a variety of outcomes so I know he doesnt just leave everyone with extra large pouches. Did anyone else have a similar outcome after bypass? And if so how has your journey and success been?

I'd like to know how you guys feel about having desert like foods. There are really 2 schools of thought: either "everything is OK in moderation" or you abstain 100% because sugar is an addiction. I am 9 months out and I'm still craving sweets despite having stopped all deserts. I dont eat protein bars, no cookies, pie, ice cream, frozen yogurt etc. I am wondering if there is any way I can put out the fire so to speak by allowing myself very small amounts of healthier sweets. I mean, this is for life right? I see a lot of keto deserts online and I wonder who has been able to eat these in moderation and still keep losing. I saw this recipe this morning and it looks amazing but I'm wondering if this is a slippery slope, or a gateway drug to eating real ice cream. I'd like to think I could handle it but who knows. Just FYI I do not dump at all. https://listotic.com/easy-keto-chocolate-frosty/ Any thoughts?

There are many ways to answer that question. For one thing, to some people sugar really is an addiction in the exact same way drugs or alcohol is. I am one of those people. I couldnt go a day without sugar and pretty much after every meal I would crave sugar like crazy. I remember one terrible Christmas we made dozens of cookies and I ate those damn cookies like they were crack for the next 3 weeks. I just kept thinking "this has to stop". So at that point I was definitely not able to moderate it. Now, 9 months post surgery I have completely changed my life. I have changed my coping mechanisms, I havent had any deserts and I work out regularly. I am debating the idea of having tiny amounts of sweets. Have I changed enough? Have I come far enough to be able to moderate? I honestly dont know.

yeah I'd say this recipe is waaaaay out of my plan. I bought some plain Greek yogurt today which I will try to doctor up. Maybe fruit or Stevia.

Yes. I meant high protein lol

I was really scared of failure and honestly I still am. I just know that I have to work on myself every single day and never stop trying. I am listening to audio books, lectures on Youtube, trying to read as much info as possible to stay on track. I used to work in a sales environment and the boss always told the staff not the be afraid of failure to make sales, just "commit to the activity". In other words, if you're doing every single thing you can to stay on track and keep growing as a person you're committing to the activity and the outcome will most likely be positive. I have given up sugar, I eat as low protein as I can, I go to the gym and I keep working on myself. I hope if I keep it up I'll get there!

I'll try anything at this point!

yes please...what did you do?

This is ME!!! 7 months out and I am STALLED I have stayed the same weight the whole month of September and I want to just cry. I am working out 4-5 days a week and have been good about my diet but I cant lose any weight!!! I guess I could try I.F. but not sure which plan to do. Im so damned hungry all the time. i dont know how I can go 12 hours without eating but I could try. This is SO DISCOURAGING

I just read SO many stories of people who can never eat chicken or fish again. People who cant eat rice or bread. People who say that stuff just comes right back up or gets stuck and thats NEVER happened to me. Even when I began my real food stage I ate chicken with no problem.

Oh. my. gawd. Really?? ok well shoot. Im still eating no more than 1/2 a cup per meal and I only stop eating because I think I'm supposed to. I never feel full so perhaps I could increase the amount of food I'm eating at one time. Can you give me a rough example of a dense meal that you feel will satisfy you for awhile? I did notice that if I steam veggies al dente I stay full longer.

My main question is about food getting stuck and the size of my pouch. I feel like if I had a loose pouch food would empty faster and not get stuck. So the big question is...is that really whats going on here. Hoping to hear from others who DO NOT get food stuck..ever

I eat pretty healthy. I mean for example, if I have some steamed veggies with grilled chicken (I meal prep these in mason jars) people say protein will stick with you longer, but in my case it doesnt. If I eat veggies or cauliflower rice or really anything...I'm hungry again in a few hours. Now, slider foods I know will not fill me up and wont sustain me. I am no longer buying any chips, crackers etc because I know I can eat too much of those.

also 4 ounces

I hit another stall recently at 7 months. I think the only way I'll keep losing is to really ramp up my time at the gym. I find that when Im working out a lot the scale moves and when I dont, it stalls. People say 80% of weight loss is diet but for me thats not true. I am eating about 900 calories a day so I should lose weight no matter what. That just doesnt happen if I dont also move a lot.

So I was on a CPAP machine for about five years and I have always struggled with it. I was diagnosed with mild sleep apnea and I was never really sure if the machine was helping me that much. I am six months out from my surgery and I’ve lost over 50 pounds. I actually went on a trip and forgot my power cord to my machine so I couldn’t use it for a week. I was really surprised that I felt less tired and more alert. It’s been about three weeks since I’ve used it now and I’m pretty sure that I am no less tired than I was before while I was using it but I still don’t feel fully rested. So basically I feel like I don’t need it, and then on the other hand I’m still tired. How did you know when you didn’t need your machine anymore? I have an appointment with the sleep specialist but it’s not for another month ( he’s always booked). I have to say that right before I stopped using it I was feeling so fatigued and so tired that I actually requested labs because I thought I might be low in something but they all turned out to be normal. I would say that since I stopped using the machine I’m not at that level of tiredness. Still... anyone successful in getting off cpap and how did you stop?

I can eat bagels and bread and any other carby stuff with absolutely no problem. I can eat half a bagel and maybe 3/4 of a piece of sourdough toast. So amounts are small but do-able. One thing I would never do is buy the "diet" deserts. I gave up sugar and will never go back to sweets. It's way too slippery of a slope. I really believe that eating diet cookies and bars just keeps the sugar addiction cycle alive. If you were someone who never had any issues with sugar before, then maybe go for it but if you have, I'd say it's a bad thing to buy, and besides that, those snacks are always really overpriced.

You hear a lot of stories of complications and terrible outcomes but it dawned on me that of course the most vocal people on forums will usually be people who have issues to discuss. People who have the surgery and have a really easy and smooth journey wont be online talking about it on a regular basis. So sure, there are horror stories but I believe they're rare

I have a bi pap which automatically adjusts the pressure as I need it. I adjusted that machine so many times in every possible way but I still woke up feeling like I had just had NO sleep. The doctor agreed that CPAP cured the apnea but not the tiredness. I really dont know what to do at this point. CPAP just doesnt seem to work for me.

I just noticed you had 150 as a goal weight but youre now 133...? Im 5'8 but my goal weight is 150 and I'm really wondering if I could possibly hit 130. Did you just reach goal and decide to keep going or did the weight loss just simply continue? What made you go 20 lbs below your goal?

Heck yes. I took photos and videos and then created a password protected photo app on my phone. I look back at my face pics all the time. I made videos talking about how I was feeling and reminding myself of things I didnt want to forget and I am so happy I did that because you WILL forget. I love seeing the progress.

I think everyone feels that way, I mean who really wants to have life changing surgery that carries so many risks?? For me I wish I could have found the strength to do it 10 years ago. Im so mad that I wasted so much of my adult life feeling fat and miserable and torturing myself with diet efforts to never see any real long term success. I would renew it every year if I had to. Doing this was the best thing I've ever done for myself.

I had RNY on January of this year so just past 6 months. You know how you are super motivated after surgery and you track everything, you eat lots of good healthy foods, you make sure to get in your protein and water? I'm feeling way too loosy-goosy about my diet, my supplements, everything. I can't say I've blown it and need to get back on track, more of I'm on the train but it's chugging along way too slowly and the captain is taking too many breaks. I dont get sick on ANYTHING so my diet is very normal. The only permanent change I've made is not going back to sugar. (no sugar and no sugar free treats). I am eating too many carbs (bread, crackers etc) because it's easy. I do eat healthy too, I eat veggies etc. but diet could be cleaner. I am still losing but I know I could be losing so much more. I am still going to the gym at least 4 days a week but I probably need to add in classes and more fitness throughout the day. Its so hard when you feel so normal. I have restriction but not like I used to. I am feeling like lately it's all me. Every day I tell myself to get back to basics and start doing more. Try harder! But I just seem to slide into comfortable patterns and take the path of least resistance. I think part of me still has that fat brain where I tried to lose weight so many times and failed. I think part of me doesnt feel like this is real or will ever happen (reach my goal weight). Its too soon in this journey to give up or self sabotage! Im just wondering who else is feeling like motivation is in short supply....

I meant that I'm not sabotaging yet but I feel that my mindset could potentially sabotage me if I'm not careful. I want to make sure that I'm not doing the same things that got me to need the surgery. I currently am not, I mean I am way better than I was but I worry that as time goes on I could become too lax. Right now I'm OK..just need to make sure I dont slip!