PRE OP EATING HABITS

[amitch17 17]

ok so I have ate pretty healthy my whole life. Yes i eat awful occasionally but even on those days I probably only eat 3,000 cals at the very most.

I have been eating around 1,600 cals a day for over a year with no weightloss. Lately been trying for less than 1,400 (I am 36 weeks pregnant so don't wanna go too low).

I'm just scared it won't work for me as I really don't eat junk all that much and don't eat tons of calories to begin with.

Has anyone else ate relatively heathy their whole life with occasional bad weeks or months and been able to be successful?

[amitch17 17]

Not to mention i eat organic whenever possible, but low fat or sugar free stuff when possible. I don't eat bread often (maybe twice a month if that).

I take a bunch of different Vitamins since I was 13 just for general maitenience of my health every single day (I feel incomplete without them).

Just really hoping it will make a difference despite my eating habits.

[DanaMomto3 145]

Well, you are 8 months pregnant so you should NOT be dieting while pregnant.

After the baby is born, then try eating 1400 calories a day.

[joatsaint 2,814]

You might want to break down the types of calories you are taking in. Whether they are primarily carbs from things that are converted into sugar easily - like breads and pastas. Or your calories are primarily from Protein - which requires more effort to convert to sugars. I know that my body will hold onto weight more easily if I am eating breads and pastas. Eating protein, on the other hand, requires my body to take longer to break down and is only partially converted to sugars.

[tigerbelle 328]

May I ask what your current weight and BMI are? Do you have any comorbidities or other health problems that may be an issue? I am not sure if you have been writing down what you eat and keeping track of portion size and calories...I do know this--and I've ready studies as well about this--it is more common than not to actually be consuming far more calories than you think you are...in other words, I might estimate that I am eating at most 3,000 calories a day, but if I actually write down what I eat and accurately take into account portion size (for instance, most portions I consider "normal" actually are considered for two people), I might actually be consuming more like 4,000 calories a day.

[amitch17 17]

I am not dieting, I eat well and I track every single thing I eat (have done so for a year and a half).

My dr says 1400 cals a day is fine (thanks for your opinion however you're not my dr).

I am currently 288lbs and 5'7"

I haven't been diagnosed with gerd but I have to take nexium everyday and my dr has

Mentioned it before.

I don't really eat many carbs (unless from fruit).

I eat mostly veggies and dairy (can't really tolerate meat of any sort while pregnant).

I drink Protein shakes everyday (low cal low carb low sugar).

I know alot about food and nutrition. I don't drink full sugar drinks, there is never juice in my house. Water, skin milk and almond milk (unsweetened) only.

I have been checked for thyroid and there never seems to be an issue.

I will get the surgery regardless, but I've come to find that most people didn't eat very well before surgery and they had to completely change the types of food they eat.

The mushy stage post op seems alot like what I already eat everyday.

[amitch17 17]

I just hope it works for me.

[amitch17 17]

And Dana when I'm not pregnant I only eat 1200 cals a day.