10lbs in 21 days... 30 to go

[Cali_Angel 82]

so it's been 21 days since i have seen my surgeon. i have to keep sending him my weight every week to let him know what i weight, he wants me to lose another 30lbs before he will let me know if thats good enough for him to do the surgery. I know i should be happy i lose 10lbs but honestly i am just feeling defeated, i am at the gym 2 hours a day and working my butt off and it seems like the scale does not want to move, its frustrating to talk to the trainers there to because they keep trying to tell me " its not about the scale its about body fat percentages" welllllll my surgeon doesn't really care about that he wants the scale to move lower and lower so it sucks because all i am asking them is basic things like " what might help me lose weight better" like the stair machine vs. the treadmill etc.. i am new to a lot of these machines. I am also on a 1200 calorie diet and after working at it i have been sticking to it as well. i know the weight didn't come on over night and it wont leave that way, Think i just need to vent. were you required to lose a certain amount of weight by a doctor? a surgeon? did they ever say "keep loosing til i think you are ready" to you after they gave you a wishy washy number that they wanted you to meet? its not that i don't want to lose the weight any ways before getting to my surgery date i really do! and i am working at it now and will even when i do get a date. I guess its the lack of goal set in a better way on my surgeons side that makes me uncomfortable i don't want him to just keep telling me he "feels" i can can loose more when i am already struggling as is.

[James Marusek 5,244]

It sounds like you are getting enough exercise. In my case I made one change prior to surgery that caused me to lose some weight. I knew that after surgery I had to give up carbonated beverages and caffeine. I had a 6 diet coke habit so I decided to go cold turkey. It was hard because after 50 years of drinking cokes I was addicted. I suffered severe headaches for a week by withdrawal syndrome from the lack of caffeine. But because of that one change I lost 20 pounds. I suspect that it has to do with the carbonation. I feel that the microscopic bubbles exploding in my stomach expanded my stomach microscopically which enlarged my stomach over time and caused me to gain weight. Stop the bubbles and some weight is shed.

Now that I am 29 months post-op from RNY surgery, I might offer a couple other suggestions. When you eat, concentrate on eating Protein foods. Go easy on the carbs and almost complete restrict yourself from processed sugars. Use only artificial sweeteners (such as Splenda, and sugar alcohols), non-nutritive natural sweeteners (such as Stevia) and the sugars found in fruits and milk. To curb your hunger use fats.

[Cali_Angel 82]

Thank you, I really only eat Protein and meat, I've cut carbs down and ALMOST completely out, I am diabetic so I can't handle them to begin with. I've already ditched soda a while back so that helps, I can't really do fruits either do to my diabetes I have to make sure I Keep my a1c in line for the surgery as well. I feel like I'm doing the best I can do on the food side, he told me I was perfect for surgery and everything is good and that I'm ready to incorporate the rny into my life style now, but he just feels like I should lose weight till he feels like doing the surgery. It's frustrating to say the least. I really just want to be of this insulin if it's possible and have my diabetes go into remission or at the very least be able to control it with diet exercise and if need be oral medications. Insulin for me at lest is expensive, would be nice to not have to poke my self anymore.