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I know this has been discussed but I never felt like I really understood.

I am 16 weeks out . Losing very slowly- 1-2 pounds a week and am good with that. I still eat very very little. My question is-- will I have to eat this little for forever to keep losing weight. I

Currently eat so little because I have no interest in food - HOWEVER- I hear that will

Come back... So my concern is- at 9 months out when I start eating 1000-1200 calories a day WILL I be able to lose weight? I am worried my body is thinking this current state is normal- i prob eat 6-8 hundred a day now maybe . On a good day. Some days less.

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I know this has been discussed but I never felt like I really understood.

I am 16 weeks out . Losing very slowly- 1-2 pounds a week and am good with that. I still eat very very little. My question is-- will I have to eat this little for forever to keep losing weight. I

Currently eat so little because I have no interest in food - HOWEVER- I hear that will

Come back... So my concern is- at 9 months out when I start eating 1000-1200 calories a day WILL I be able to lose weight? I am worried my body is thinking this current state is normal- i prob eat 6-8 hundred a day now maybe . On a good day. Some days less.

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I have the same concerns, I am 5 weeks out and can hardly get anything down. The way I see it is.....what can we do about it? If you can't make yourself eat more now then you can't.

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My surgeon wanted me at 1,000-1,200 kcal a day by 6-8 weeks out. She says that there is evidence we get a metabolic "reset" with the surgery, but restricting calories too far for long is likely to mess with it again. I had a couple of stalls as I increased my intake, but it evened out.

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My surgeon wanted me at 1,000-1,200 kcal a day by 6-8 weeks out. She says that there is evidence we get a metabolic "reset" with the surgery, but restricting calories too far for long is likely to mess with it again. I had a couple of stalls as I increased my intake, but it evened out.

Thank you- my surgeon has sucked with after care - I just get told whatever you can eat basically-

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What worked for me was increasing my calories slowly through the losing process. After I healed, I was at 800 until about month 6. I then hit a pretty bad stall and then bumped them up to 900-1000. At around 10 months, closer to goal and in preparation for maintenance, I bumped them up to 1100. I felt that helped set my metabolic thermostat, and now I can maintain my weight on 1200-1300 calories. If you keep your calories really low through out the process, you may very well be stuck having to maintain your weight at 800 calories or risk gaining, and who wants to do that!

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My surgeon wanted me at 1,000-1,200 kcal a day by 6-8 weeks out. She says that there is evidence we get a metabolic "reset" with the surgery, but restricting calories too far for long is likely to mess with it again. I had a couple of stalls as I increased my intake, but it evened out.

Thank you- my surgeon has sucked with after care - I just get told whatever you can eat basically-

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That sucks. I'm hearing more and more reports here of surgeons that aren't doing a good job of educating their patients. That really concerns me.

Tenseintexas- who was your surgeon? I'm shopping in Texas.

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I know you directed this at the OP, but I will plug my surgeon.

http://haffordbariatrics.com/

Dr. Hafford has been awesome.

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I was up to 1,000 calories by five months or so , by a year I was at 1,200 now at year 21/2 I eat a little over 1,200 calories and maintain a 100 pound weight loss.

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Tenseintexas- who was your surgeon? I'm shopping in Texas.

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Hi! I had my vgs done in Corpus Christi by Dr. Lloyd Steggeman. He is wonderful, great aftercare. He also has privileges in San Antonio. Good Luck!

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I'm six months out yesterday, and I've been stalled at 15 pounds from my goal for about a month and a half. I'm SLOWLY losing now...I started at 311 and my goal is 205. Eating about 1400-1600 cals/ day.

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