jasmineinmymind

OK lots of good advice here. I just started going to the gym so I will need to eat a little more but I'll make sure to avoid snacking etc. I need to reframe my thinking with food and go for more of fuel and less reward. I honestly have been really good about not eating any sugar, no junk food, no processed food but I dont track and measure because the stuff I eat is random sometimes. Like I made brown rice, curry and ground turkey. I have no idea the calories etc. So I guess the lesson is to eat stuff that can be measured and calculated till I can get my weight loss moving quickly again. I'll do your cup trick and see how that works for me.

I definitely can't eat to fullness as that never really happens. I am not going to push my luck and see how much I could eat if I really wanted to. But yeah I'm still eating according to my doctor's plan and started going to the gym.

I feel the same. 2.5 months out and still feel like I barely have restriction :-(

I have a horrible heel spur that’s killing me but they still will not budge. Some doctors say Meloxicam is ok for bariatric patients but my team said too much risk. So I use CBD and suck it up till I can have foot surgery in August

The hardest part is finding out exactly why people constantly say that surgery is only a tool. I have found that I can eat pretty much anything and I’m only 2 1/2 months out. It’s really hard to realize that the weight is not falling off of me and if I need to lose a lot it’s going to take a massive effort on my part. The surgery was only one part and the rest is up to me. If I don’t go to the gym at least 5 days a week I know my weight will not budge .

My team said no coffee because of acidity. I found that when I tried decaf coffee it hurt my stomach anyway. I drink Dandy Blend coffee substitute and now I’m used to it. I don’t miss coffee that much

I don’t feel competitive at all, I feel worried. If somebody has lost significantly more weight than me I feel like my surgery just isn’t working for me. Everybody says don’t compare but they also stress that the honeymoon period is short and I’m really scared that I will pass the honeymoon phase without hitting my goal weight

I buy cases of Hint water because it goes down like a dream. Plain water irritates my stomach

I feel the same way. I never feel full, I just stop eating. Honestly it’s really hard to not have that feeling because it’s easy to eat too much and god knows I do not want to stretch out my stomach! I feel mentally dissatisfied too

@greentealael what changed? What happened at 4 months?

The most important victory of all. I had my 2 month follow up today and finally, after 10 years my cholesterol levels were all normal, not high!! If I had kept going the way I was I would probably end up diabetic. It feels amazing to get a clean bill of health

I’m glad that my husband is slim and health-conscious because watching My 600 pound Life really highlights how important it is to have a supportive spouse! I can’t imagine if he were overweight and making bad choices. It would make things a lot harder for me

This will not be a popular opinion but I've tried everything and the only thing that works is when I eat fat. Clearly I only eat it in moderation but still. No fat = no #2

Thats actually a little comforting to know

@ms.sss Omg yes you’re right. I was so tired last night. But yeah 2 months, still. The majority of the weight was within the first 2-3 weeks then just kinda here and there. I’m seeing my team on Thursday and will try to figure out what’s wrong

I have been so upset with my slow weight loss and feeling almost normal that at almost 7 weeks I said screw it and went to McDonald’s. I got a filet o fish and small fries and ate about half of each. I don’t regret doing it because I really needed to know if I would feel any kind of restriction. I do think that only being able to eat half and being very full is a good sign. That being said I really don’t think I will eat at McDonald’s again because it made me feel like crap. That’s all good news

Carl’s Jr. has an astonishing amount of fat, calories and sodium in 99% of their food. Like it’s nearly impossible to find any edible at all. They are criminals in the obesity epidemic

Back in the 80’s I used to get told a lot that I looked like Christina Applegate

I came to the horrible realization today that I am almost 3 months out and I’ve only lost 25 pounds. There are a lot of people who would scold me and say that I should be grateful but I am absolutely gutted. I would never have thought that I would only lose 25 pounds by now and this is supposed to be the honeymoon period! I really do feel like my body is betraying me and I don’t think I’m ever going to get to my goal of 150. I’m honestly so depressed over this that I can’t handle it. I have wanted to lose weight for so long and I went to all of these drastic measures to do it and Things just aren’t working out for me the way they seem to work out for other people. I really hope that I can do something to get Weight loss going. The scale hasn’t really moved in weeks!! Like everyone else I am doing exactly what I was told to do and even exercising but I’m just not getting the results. This is all so depressing and I just don’t know what to do

I am wondering about the experiences of people who had 100 pounds or less to lose. I know that the heavier you are the more you lose rapidly. If you started at 100 pounds overweight what is the average weight loss per month? I wonder if it’s harder to lose or if it’s easier because I have less to lose. I really want to hit my goal within the year. Experiences anyone?

Ugh. 6 weeks and not much progress. Looks like I’ll be a slow loser

At 4 weeks I was still on soft foods

I feel the same way. I was really hoping to have the hunger go away but it never did. I was cleared for regular foods and we went to a diner. I ordered a cup of chili and it seemed a little greasy but I was really hungry so I ate it anyway. I even ate 2 saltine crackers. No problem at all. I think it was probably about a cup (8 oz). I got home and about an hour later I felt hungry!!! I just cannot believe how easily I can tolerate anything I've tried. I'd really love to know from people 6 month plus who were like this...did you lose weight?? I mean is this a sign that it wont work?? Ive lost 20 or so pounds but I feel like thats not much at this stage.

I have needed to lose weight for the last 20 years so I have no idea why this was the pivotal moment for me but it was. Everybody says that if you do the ketogenic diet you’re guaranteed to lose weight. While I did it absolutely perfectly to the letter and I didn’t lose a single pound not even one. And this was for over a month. That was when I knew that there was just no way that I could ever lose weight on my own. Now, one month after gastric bypass I’ve lost 20 pounds. I know I did the right thing

My surgeon said that when he does sleeve to bypass there really isnt a rapid weight loss phase. It doesnt work that way. Im sorry