Chezlee

So it has been 2 years and 2 months since my surgery and I have lost 85 lbs. I went in today for my yearly check up and a tiny fill. There is a dietitian's office above the office where I get filled and I decided to go up there on a whim because I have had to fight the last 30lbs off. When I say I fight I mean fight, 1-2 lbs a month with lots of exercise. I recently had my blood work done and it is perfect, my thyroid is completely normal. There goes theory #1. Theory #2 was my metabolism. I had my metabolic rate checked at the dietitians today and guess what? For my height, weight, sex and age my metabolism is 20%faster than normal and with moderate exercise I burn 3500cal a day. A DAY!!! Now what did I learn from this visit?? I have messed myself up. Yes I burn that many calories but what is my body eating? Muscle because I am in the previously-believed fictitious state of Starvation Mode. For the last 18 months I have pretty much eaten once a day (in the evening) and consumed 500-700 calories. This is where I made the mistake apparently. :confused:Is there any advice out there for breaking starvation mode, especially chronic starvation mode? Is it even possible or am I doomed to fight the scale instead of being able to embrace that which the LAP-BAND® can offer me?:confused:

So it has been 2 years and 2 months since my surgery and I have lost 85 lbs. I went in today for my yearly check up and a tiny fill. There is a dietitian's office above the office where I get filled and I decided to go up there on a whim because I have had to fight the last 30lbs off. When I say I fight I mean fight, 1-2 lbs a month with lots of exercise. I recently had my blood work done and it is perfect, my thyroid is completely normal. There goes theory #1. Theory #2 was my metabolism. I had my metabolic rate checked at the dietitians today and guess what? For my height, weight, sex and age my metabolism is 20%faster than normal and with moderate exercise I burn 3500cal a day. A DAY!!! Now what did I learn from this visit?? I have messed myself up. Yes I burn that many calories but what is my body eating? Muscle because I am in the previously-believed fictitious state of Starvation Mode. For the last 18 months I have pretty much eaten once a day (in the evening) and consumed 500-700 calories. This is where I made the mistake apparently. :confused:Is there any advice out there for breaking starvation mode, especially chronic starvation mode? Is it even possible or am I doomed to fight the scale instead of being able to embrace that which the LAP-BAND® can offer me?

Hi, I've had the lap band for almost 2 years and my weight loss has been pretty slow. I started at 350 and am down to 270. I lost weight easier in the beginning but after I broke the 300 mark I had to fight to get off every pound. I am desperately looking for a reason and a way to help me get the weight off. I am very active and work out vigorously at least 5 days a week and on days that my band does not rebel I consume 600-900 calories. On bad days I get 300 or less. I drink lots of water. I don't know what I am doing wrong it doesn't make sense that I am not losing weight and some weeks I gain a few pounds. Is starvation mode a real thing? If anyone has any tips or has experienced the same thing please let me know!

Hi, I've had the lap band for almost 2 years and my weight loss has been pretty slow. I started at 350 and am down to 270. I lost weight easier in the beginning but after I broke the 300 mark I had to fight to get off every pound. I am desperately looking for a reason and a way to help me get the weight off. I am very active and work out vigorously at least 5 days a week and on days that my band does not rebel I consume 600-900 calories. On bad days I get 300 or less. I drink lots of water. I don't know what I am doing wrong it doesn't make sense that I am not losing weight and some weeks I gain a few pounds. Is starvation mode a real thing? If anyone has any tips or has experienced the same thing please let me know!

Thank you for the advice, it sounds good except I upped my calories a couple of months ago to 1200 with high protein of 100g or more and I gained 5 lbs in two weeks instead of losing. needless to say I freaked and dropped it back down. Did I stop to soon because the weight gain was initial?