Weight Gain

[hopeful2 be slim 121]

why do we put on weight so easily after the band surgery?? If I eat protiens I am fine...but if I have normal food...uff...i have put on 1 kg in a day...so frustrating...

and in India we dont have many options for protiens...we dont get all the non veg varieites that you get in other countries...

and one cant go on eating cheese and pulses....I am very much depressed.

[meadowlark8 0]

I know what you mean. I had surgery last April and only lost 15 pounds and now a year later I am back where I started from. Very depressed.

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A couple things come to mind, have you had any fills? If so, do you have good restriction?

Also, do you track to calorie intake?

With good restriction, we should be able to eat no more than 1/2-1 cup of food at a sitting and shouldn't be hungry again for 4-5 hours after. This alone will drastically cut our calorie intake. However, if we're eating high calorie and/or fatty foods, then we can still gain weight even if we're only eating a small amount.

If you don't have good restriction, I would definitely go back to the doc and start getting fills. I personally use an android app called "Lose It" to track my food intake. Not only does it let me see what I'm eating at a glance but it also holds me accountable to what I eat.

Best wishes.

[honk 780]

I eat mostly chicken as my Protein. Do you have a digital food scale? I measure out

3 oz of chicken and then eat raw veggies, and a fruit. Do your stores sell "Greek Yogurt"? This is a kind off yogurt that is much higher in protein and thicker. Can you buy Protein Powder? For Breakfast I have a greek yogurt with, half a scoop whey isolate protein powder, Splendra (artifical sweetener, Greek yogurt is sour), 1/3 cup Cereal, walnuts.

At my heaviest I went swimming everyday. I highly recommend a Water proof MP3 player; makes the time go by so much faster. Now that I have lost weight I am able to walk.

[JanB23 23]

THis happens to me all the time, just keep plodding along and up your exercise. Usually a kilo in a day would be Fluid. Apparently carbs make your body hang onto fluid. If i eat a salty meal same thing happens. I have lost and gained the same two kilo many times over the past 3-4 months. I have lost in total 35 kilo over 12months, but none in the last 3 months. I am now trying to track my intake again and up the exercise. The scales were kind this morning.

Good luck.

[hopeful2 be slim 121]

thanks all for your encouragement. I have good restriction cant eat much....but I am not exercising and that s my problem.....and I am having only 20 25 gms of protien maximim....