Advice, Please - Surgeon vs. NUT

[Mini_me007 121]

@@VSGAnn2014 You are such an inspiration! I hope my success mirrors yours. Thank you so much for the detailed run-down of your calories through the weight loss phases. That helps a lot.

I agree that my new NUT is much better suited to my needs. My biggest problem right now is calories. I'm getting 450-600, nearly always on the low end of that. I went to the surgeon's office for my 4 month checkup two days ago and she said my calories were fine...not to push for more; just eat what I can. Well, frankly, I'm nervous my body is going to have a hard time adjusting to double those calories...just like your NUT told you! I'm getting in all my Protein and fluids, but I don't know what to eat for more calories. I know I can't eat a larger amount of food, of course, I just feel like I need more calories. I'm meeting with my new NUT in January and I'll see what she says. I track everything on MyFitnessPal, so I'm going to have her look at that to see if she can give me some ideas.

Thanks again for your help!!!

[Grace4liberty 6]

Did your doc supplement or recommend B12 for energy loss and fatigue? I'm thinking of starting that now. They make it in liquid form...??

[Mini_me007 121]

Did your doc supplement or recommend B12 for energy loss and fatigue? I'm thinking of starting that now. They make it in liquid form...??

Yes. I do B12 chewables.

[ssflbelle 829]

• VSGAnn2014 Thanks so much for sharing the calories you had eaten and what you are doing now. I haven't had my week before surgery workshop yet so maybe they will tell me more. But if they don't this is great info that I have copied and will refer back to if I don't get any more. I have a very long journey and hope I make it to my goal of 155

[VSGAnn2014 12,992]

• VSGAnn2014 Thanks so much for sharing the calories you had eaten and what you are doing now. I haven't had my week before surgery workshop yet so maybe they will tell me more. But if they don't this is great info that I have copied and will refer back to if I don't get any more. I have a very long journey and hope I make it to my goal of 155

You're welcome.

For me, one of the great benefits of planning, measuring and tracking my food has been that I actually know what and how much I've eaten since I've had WLS and, as a result, I can analyze that data and discover what's working for me -- to lose and/or maintain.

These days I do take breaks from tracking -- to develop my "eating healthy intuitions" (probably not the best way to express what I mean by that). But tracking my food is still a great tool I use to keep me honest when I need that discipline.

The final caveat I'll add is that, fortunately, I can lose weight without going massively low-carb. I also didn't want / need to lose weight super fast. I started at 235 pounds, lost 20 pounds pre-op, and then lost 56 pounds post-op in 8.5 months, then slowly lost another 12 pounds over the next 6 months.

Every one of us needs to discover what will work for us. And then we must find and honor the reasons to get healthy and stay healthy that will motivate us.