Are our metabolism screwed forever?

[NJGurl19 50]

Sure!

Breakfast : 6:30 sipping / eating for 1 hour. medium ice vanilla latte from caribou coffee- not sugar free' date=' with 2% milk and 1 turkey bacon mini sandwhich from caribou. Total: 400 cals, 20 grams of Protein

snack 9:45am : babybels cheese 60 cals, 6 Protein.< /p>

Lunch: 1 large egg made in to egg salad with regular mayo, 1 serving of cheezits. Total: 320 cals, 10 protein.

Snack: Stoney field farm yogurt- organic banana flavor - 1 cup 200 cals, 9 protein.

Dinner: steak burrito bowl from chipotle- about 2oz of steak, cheese, sour cream, 2 tablespoons of Beans, 2 tablespoons of rice and hot salsa. I figure about 350 cals and 15 protein.

Dessert/ late night snack, edys whole fruit Popsicle. 100 cals.

Very typical day- I get burrito bowls and eat them for days! And at 2000 cals I eat similar, like 2 eggs at lunch and a little more meat for dinner- and ususlly some veggies at dinner and sometimes for my afternoon snack.[/quote']

So is this how you ate when you where losing or to maintain? Thank you so much for sharing with us btw!!

[Wrinkle 37]

Sleeve of Steel Yes-thanks for the menu example!! I am on full-liquids but next week progress to soft/pureed. I wondered about how metabolism would fit into the sleeve future. I was screwed up before. Low BMI but several co-morbidities. I want to eventually get those calories up!

[FishingNurse 1,210]

So is this how you ate when you where losing or to maintain? Thank you so much for sharing with us btw!!

basically losing and maintaining the above is about 1500 cals, and that's pretty much what I ate when I was losing! I add more veggies now, and slightly more Protein.< /p>

[FishingNurse 1,210]

Sleeve of Steel Yes-thanks for the menu example!! I am on full-liquids but next week progress to soft/pureed. I wondered about how metabolism would fit into the sleeve future. I was screwed up before. Low BMI but several co-morbidities. I want to eventually get those calories up!

good plan, you can do it!

[pottergirl 261]

great menu steel. such a healthy way of fueling your body...frequent small healthy meals!

[libbyb 17]

Phatgirl2499 I don't realise how ridiculous my question is...

[PhatGirl2499 20]

Phatgirl2499 I don't realise how ridiculous my question is...

I doubt anyone got this procedure so they could eat next to nothing. That's not the point.

Are you sleeved yet?

[libbyb 17]

Nope. 3 weeks.

[PhatGirl2499 20]

Nope. 3 weeks.

I still don't get why you asked the question. why wouldn't you be happy eating normally and maintaining your goal weight?

[libbyb 17]

I would be but that's just impossible for me. I have eaten "normal" my whole life, maybe larger than necessary (obviously actually or i wouldnt be in this predicament) but never any junk. The sleeve will work for me because I need smaller portions, I need the hunger hormone cut off. At the moment I eat 6x a day and I don't want o have to think about when my next meal is coming and if I'm eating at the right time. That's why I'm losing half my stomach. I'm hoping I'll lose interest in food and my focus will go to other more important aspects of my life.

[pottergirl 261]

i am 10 weeks out. i have not lost interest in food i lost my huge probably football sized stomach. i am vegetarian..ate healthy but huge meals pre op. i am now eating same of food minus all carbs. i am looking forward to losing the weight and then maintaining my weight with a diet similar too sleeve of steel. had this surgery to have a more normal appetite like a typical person. i do understand this is a tool and Will require work. i don't want to eat the calories i take in long term....i don't think it's the healthiest....

[erp 2,016]

I would be but that's just impossible for me. I have eaten "normal" my whole life' date=' maybe larger than necessary (obviously actually or i wouldnt be in this predicament) but never any junk. The sleeve will work for me because I need smaller portions, I need the hunger hormone cut off. At the moment I eat 6x a day and I don't want o have to think about when my next meal is coming and if I'm eating at the right time. That's why I'm losing half my stomach. I'm hoping I'll lose interest in food and my focus will go to other more important aspects of my life.[/quote']

Post op I now eat more like you describe as your pre op. Pre vsg I ate 2-3 times a day with large portions. I want to make sure you know that since we eat such small portions, to get in the right amount of nutrients, we eat 4-6 times a day. I have to time everything (in the beginning) to make sure I get in all my Fluid and food. I spend way more time now planning and tracking than I ever did pre-op. Not trying to discourage you but want you to have realistic expectations. Sleeve of Steel's eating plan showed even further out that she eats on a regular schedule. You will eat less but making healthy choices requires planning and that will not change. I do get hungry but it is way better than pre VSG. I hope this info helps. Good luck.

[M2G 1,836]

This is such an interesting topic to me! I feel like the short answer to the question is YES, I've metabolically screwed myself by having WLS. Disclaimer here that everyone is different and there is NO ONE THING THAT EVERYONE CAN DO and have it work 100% of the time.

I'll pick on myself. I eat about 900-1,200 cals a day. I'm currently trying to work off a regain from my 2nd year post-op. (I'm almost 2.5 years post-op) and so far eating low-calorie and low-carb has netted me a -9lb loss since Jan. 1, 2013. Now I'm not perfect and there were days that I ate 1,500 or 1,700 calories but in general since Jan 1st, I've keep it to an average of 1,100 cals.

On the other hand, my husband who is 2 years post-op (march 7 was his anniversary) eats pretty much whatever he wants only in smaller quantities. He never tracks his calories, carbs or Protein, but he eats routinely similar food (like greek yog, turkey, chicken, etc.) but doesn't restrict his carbs nearly as much as I do and he has maintained a 70lb loss for about a year now.

I'm very interested in possibly resetting my metabolism. I had a body scan done about a year and a half ago and at the time my RMR was 1,400 cals (i.e. I could do NOTHING all day and burn up to 1,400 cals). I work out hard 2-3 days a week and lighter 3-4 days a week. I probably burn about 200-800 calories per workout depending on how hard it is.

The one really GOOD thing about the sleeve is I'm not starving at 1,100 cals a day. I feel like I eat enough, but I get frustrated because I think if I had eaten 1,100 cals a day BEFORE being sleeved, OMG I would be soooooo skinny now. LOL.

[buplee 556]

Thank you for this forum and the various replies. I am new an sustaining myself on 600-700 calories daily since being sleeved 6 weeks ago. Tried eating sorts but some things were not worth the discomfort and went back to liquids. My wife said I am screwing up my metabolism. Should I betraying to get down my sifts and getting in more calories?

[Fiddleman 4,376]

Thank you for this forum and the various replies. I am new an sustaining myself on 600-700 calories daily since being sleeved 6 weeks ago. Tried eating sorts but some things were not worth the discomfort and went back to liquids. My wife said I am screwing up my metabolism. Should I betraying to get down my sifts and getting in more calories?

No, I think it is perfectly reasonable to expect your calorie range to be between 600-900 at 6 weeks out. By month 5 or month 6, you will probably be between 900-1200. Depending on how active you get and your own goals you may stay there for a while or bump it up more after month 6.