December 2013 Sleever Pounds Lost Log

[Tourist55 43]

HW: 251

CW: 210

Hit the 40 lb mark this week! 10 more lbs to go till onederland!!

[RunningA5K 645]

HW 375 SW 339 CW 288 I upped my calorie intake mid week as per my Primary Care Doc I didn't quite meet her mark each day since I saw her Thursday, but I'm heeding her advice since my weekly losses have been small although steady. I have been blessed with no stalls to date. My PCP feels 1000 calories would get my body burning at optimum levels. Im thinking I will make an effort to hit the mark and continue exercise (light to moderate- nothing intense yet) and test her theory to see if I lose more weight. I'm thinking she may be right because I can imagine how ravaged my metabolism is given my history of yo-yo dieting. My NUT told me not to worry about calories but to focus on Protein and keeping things low fat, low carb. Most days I was ending up around 500-600 calories. She also said 3 meals a day. My PCP says toss that out, get the protein and Water in but graze across the day to get more calories in. Anyone have an opinion? Anyone have a solid post op eating plan from their doc? I'm open to your input!

One of the 'concerns' my surgeons office talked about was grazing...they strongly, STRONGLY advise against it. I was told that it should be 3 meals and maybe 2 Snacks. I usually do the three meals and one snack, and get in between 700-800 calories and have upped the protein to at least 80g.

I think you run the risk of overheating if you are just grazing throughout the day...so in my opinion, I would definitely caution against it.

[MGR1852 292]

Update for the week

HW 322 (March 2013)

SW 278 (Dec 16, 2013)

CW 238.4

[princesstami 94]

HW and SW - 260

CW 217 - crawling along

[tsneed73 54]

HW: 308

SW: 276.4 (12/27)

CW: 250

[Gettingsexyback 128]

Thanks Macman for sharing with me. I started solids at end of third week but I still at 8 1/2 weeks have a hard time with pain after eating solid Protein veggies and so forth. I am going to push myself this week! Thanks again.

[mskrys 68]

HW:411 SW: 396 CW: 337 74 lbs total and 59 since surgery!!!! So grateful for this new lease on life!

Edited February 23, 2014 by mskrys

[LisaWS 36]

HW 206

SW 196

CW 170

[Patsypatrice 44]

Surgery coming up this Wednesday, where do the little tape measures come from on these posts? Pat

[Kindle 8,667]

Surgery coming up this Wednesday, where do the little tape measures come from on these posts? Pat

Click on your own name at the very top of the page to open your settings. Select My Tickers and you can create your own.

Good luck at OCC. I was there in December and had a great time (yes, I'm saying that about having surgery). The OCC and Marriott staff were both super nice and I really enjoyed the 3 days with my sister who I only get to see 1-2 times/year. My only regret is I had to watch her drink a margarita instead of having one myself

[BestYet2Come 97]

HW: 255

SW: 241 (Dec 16, 2013)

CW: 213

I had been keeping my daily calories at around 800, but once I increased the average to about 1,000, the weight started coming off. I strongly believe that I was on some sort of 'starvation mode' before. If you are reading this and you are on a stall, consider shifting your calories (up or down) and see what happens. This is definitely not a linear process and I think that adjustments are needed along the way, we just need to be mindful of the impact of such changes and adjust accordingly. xo to all.

[DeezJeanz 1,065]

Stalled @ 201.2 x 16 days bouncing up n down, blah!!

[Texasmeg 568]

Stalled @ 201.2 x 16 days bouncing up n down, blah!!

Hang in there DeezJeanz! The losses will start again (soon, I hope!).

[RunningA5K 645]

Hi everyone!

Here are our numbers for the week:

8241 = goal pounds to lose

3194.3 = pounds lost so far

We're at 39% of goal!

Keep up the wonderful and awesome work everyone!

[Baeball Mom 104]

Sorry, didn't get this in sooner... It is a MONDAY!!

HW 254.5

SW: 226.6

CW: 194.8

Surgery was 12/17/13.