nutritionist with bad advice

[buccoki 7]

Help..... I just went to see my nutritionist today. I am three months out and have lost 40 of the 100 lbs I need to lose. She basically told me that I should be eating mostly Protein Shakes and very little real food. Only one half a cup of food per meal, with three quarters of that half cup being meat the other part veggies. She told me to avoid all starch products no bread ect. She also said that my diet should only be about 500-600 Cal a day, and I should be losing 3-5 lbs a week. I am interested in the diet advice other people have gotten from their doctors and nutritionists. I feel like keeping yourself in starvation mode for a longer period of time will lead to more muscle loss and ultimatly slowing your metabilism down making it harder long term to keep a normal weight. Isn't it still true that slower wieight loss is better than sudden weight loss??? Help me out here people.. let me know what your support people told you. P.S. I have a call in to get a referral to see and new Nutririonist.

[Iniysa 157]

Mine told me to eat a lot of cheese and mashed potatoes! I'm going with what people around here (This site) have said works for them. LOL.

P.S. 40lbs is good!

[makemyownluck 785]

Well my NUT told me that the reason TO have this surgery (as opposed to bypass) is that you don't have to have weird diets in the long term. Basically, you do the work pre-op to clean up your diet, you work through the post op stages, then you make good choices but can incorporate anything you want into your diet. You just have to be mindful of Protein for strength/muscle and all your vitamins/minerals.

I'm doing my post op plan and already getting about 900-1000 cals per day. I think I'll eventually be up to 1200 or so, but I want that to be from actual food. Right now, my Protein shakes are making up a lot of calories, so getting through the stages, I hope to replace the shakes with real food and then work on getting my calories right.

I do agree with limiting the carbs, especially in the beginning due to digestive issues. But to each their own.

Personally, I didn't have this surgery to be on a whack diet like that for the rest of my life. I did this so I could have a 'normal' relationship with food. I hope your referral to the new NUT goes better. good luck!!

[LouiseC 1,031]

I really wonder about the qualifications of some of these so called professionals people on this site talk about!

The NUT I saw was very clear on eating as balanced a diet as possible, with as much 'real' food as possible. While the first couple of months were very calorie low months, the plan was to get to 800 calories a day by about 3 months and then by slowly increase to try and get to 1000 to 1200 by 6 months.

The use of Protein shakes etc was only in the early stages for me. Early on I went for simple egg white powder rather than the confusing world of Protein powders out there. I will still have a fruit smoothie with egg white powder, milk and yoghurt for Breakfast on occasion. I am a fan of real food, and whole food where possible. I avoid eating highly processed foods, bad fats, and simple carbs. My NUT supported this with recommendations to focus on good quality protein, complex carbs, and healthy fats.

I have two exceptions, I love my wine and I love ovaltine light break! So there are my two simple carb vices! But I can enjoy both without going over my 1200 calories a day, and when I do go over I compensate with increasing my workout to use that energy before it heads to my ass for storage!

[OKSleever 144]

It's amazing how different plans can be... I'm actually not "allowed" to have Protein Shakes after 6 weeks (even though I'm a dirty cheater sometimes because I can't eat 30g worth of Protein in a sitting!). Like all things, I'm sure the real answer is somewhere in the middle. Protein shakes are a good tool to effectively get in a lot of protein bang for calorie buck, but I also think that we're built to get our nutrients from food and should do so when possible.

[johnlatte 1,232]

Part of what she says makes sense. Eating small amounts like 1/2 cup of food of mostly Protein at 3 months makes sense. Your stomach needs time to heal and start functioning normally. Your body has to adjust to eating less and becoming more efficient at burning less energy. Where I get confused here is saying staying mostly on shakes. While in the early goings on, it is a good way to get the protein and some Vitamins that you need, but at 3 months you should start a transition to more real foods. At 3 months about 800 kcals would be appropriate working upwards toward your ultimate caloric goal.

[lsereno 2,525]

I agree with John that eating 1/2 cup, mostly Protein at 3 months is a reasonable goal. My program recommended trying to get your Protein from food, but having a Protein shake at night if you didn't manage to get enough during the day.

They also recommending avoiding bread and other starches, mainly because it isn't well tolerated by a lot of people (myslelf included) early out and when you can eat such tiny amounts, its not nutrient dense enough.

Had to look at my book, but when I did, they recommended around 400-900 calories per day from 6 weeks to goal and around 1200 per day to maintain.

[cparri2 9]

My program included a 2 week liquid pro op diet and then after surgery 6 teaspoons of puréed adding about a teaspoon every week. During this time I should have 3 Protein shakes. I get 1/4 c at 3 months... Work my way up to 1/2c at 6 months...3/4 at 9 months ... 1 c at a year and moving forward. As my food increases my Protein Shakes decrease. I'm suppose to have 1/2 my portion Protein , 1/4 veggie, 1/4 starch. I'm only 2.5 weeks out and 7 teaspoons so I'm only really eating protein . Overall everyone program is different my cousin is 3.5 months out and allowed 1 c of food. I personally like taking it slow in portions I feel like it gives me time to change my habits and relationship with food. Best of luck to you and I hope you find someone your comfortable with.

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[lorry66 15]

Help..... I just went to see my nutritionist today. I am three months out and have lost 40 of the 100 lbs I need to lose. She basically told me that I should be eating mostly Protein shakes and very little real food. Only one half a cup of food per meal' date=' with three quarters of that half cup being meat the other part veggies. She told me to avoid all starch products no bread ect. She also said that my diet should only be about 500-600 Cal a day, and I should be losing 3-5 lbs a week. I am interested in the diet advice other people have gotten from their doctors and nutritionists. I feel like keeping yourself in starvation mode for a longer period of time will lead to more muscle loss and ultimatly slowing your metabilism down making it harder long term to keep a normal weight. Isn't it still true that slower wieight loss is better than sudden weight loss??? Help me out here people.. let me know what your support people told you. P.S. I have a call in to get a referral to see and new Nutririonist.[/quote']

This is the same advise I got , I will definnetly stay away from carbs as much as possible .