May??

[bekah7482 79]

Thank you for this! I started my process in early February with Kaiser SSF and I'm not kidding! The diet part has been hard! It's been a slow process but I'm not giving up! I have about 17lbs more to go!and like you, I started focusing on my Protein but I can't cut carbs.

It's not that I can't cut carbs, but you shouldn't cut all your carbs. Your brain needs carbs. When I started, I had a carb with ever meal but a little bit. 1/4 cup of rice with dinner, one serving of wheat thins with lunch and a piece of toast with Breakfast. From there I started taking them out of dinner, sometimes I will have them with lunch and I always have a carb with breakfast. You can have carbs just not excessive carbs. Are you counting your calories? Start adding a little more exercise and make sure your calories are around 12-1400 and you should see the weight come off pretty quickly!

[bekah7482 79]

Thank you for this! I started my process in early February with Kaiser SSF and I'm not kidding! The diet part has been hard! It's been a slow process but I'm not giving up! I have about 17lbs more to go!and like you, I started focusing on my Protein but I can't cut carbs.

It's not that I can't cut carbs, but you shouldn't cut all your carbs. Your brain needs carbs. When I started, I had a carb with ever meal but a little bit. 1/4 cup of rice with dinner, one serving of wheat thins with lunch and a piece of toast with dinner. From there I started taking them out of dinner, sometimes I will have them with lunch and I always have a carb with breakfast. You can have carbs just not excessive carbs. Are you counting your calories? Start adding a little more exercise and make sure your calories are around 12-1400 and you should see the weight come off pretty quickly!

[bekah7482 79]

So far you sound like you've got this !!
All ducks in a row! [emoji4]
Good luck tomorrow [emoji256][emoji256][emoji256]

Got the green light at my psych eval. Now Dr Dutta will look at my file and if he gives me the approval, I get to schedule surgery! WOOHOO!

[kbellakat 69]

That's awesome!!
Congrats!! [emoji324][emoji324][emoji324]

[lovely_tai 9]

If you lose the weight relatively quickly, this summer is very possible. The waiting is also dependent on if they hire a new psychologist soon or not. They have been shorthanded for a while so I would hope that they are getting close to finding someone new. Other kaisers were helping out by doing some of the psych evals for fremont but last I heard, they pulled back and said they couldn't help anymore.

I didn't start losing weight until a week AFTER I met with my surgeon(I met him the day before Christmas eve so enjoyed my holidays before getting serious). I lost 40lbs in my first 7 weeks. Once 1/1/17 hit, I went straight down to 1200cals. I have not had a soda, carbonated beverage, caffine, alcohol, fast food etc since. I added in a lot of the staples that they say are helpful post surgery, Greek yogurt, string cheese, eggs, etc and made sure i got my Protein in from a lot of different sources. You could probably cut carbs and lose quicker but I didn't. I went high protein, low carb. I tracked my protein intake but not my carb intake, just kinda avoided excess carbs. I still have a piece of toast every morning but I don't usually have a carb with dinner.< br>
2 thing to remember. 1, the most important part pre op is to build the right habits. A lot of people who do extreme dieting to lose weight preop quickly, really struggle with post op. You are dropping to 1200 cals, you will lose weight quickly regardless if you cut out all the carbs or not. 2, you have to maintain and continue to lose weight throughout the whole process. Especially because they are backed up, you can't gain weight after you hit goal. If they don't see you under your goal weight and continuing your weight loss progress, they won't approve the surgery. So however you decide to lose weight, it has to be sustainable.

Thanks for this. You are definitely right. I have lost significant weight before by cutting carbs but ultimately, I find it not to be a sustainable lifestyle for me. I spent time today making a 1200 calorie meal plan for next week. It took some time, but I mapped everything out in My Fitness Pal and plan to go shopping tomorrow. I'm feeling good about being able to stick to it. I'm a little worried about being hungry at first, but my plan is to drink a Protein Shake or eat an apple if I get too hungry between meals. I'm pretty sure that after the first couple weeks my body will adjust.

[lovely_tai 9]

Got the green light at my psych eval. Now Dr Dutta will look at my file and if he gives me the approval, I get to schedule surgery! WOOHOO!

Whooo hooo! Congrats!

[lovely_tai 9]

That's awesome!!
Congrats!! [emoji324][emoji324][emoji324]

How did your orientation go today??

[SethV 11]

May 16th is my date. I'm looking forward to it.

[kbellakat 69]

May 16th is my date. I'm looking forward to it.

Congrats !
Good luck [emoji256][emoji106]

[haliib 9]

Hi!
Anyone getting sleeved in May and wanna be pals? May 27th here. [emoji137]

I am May 16th! So excited!

[MrsHTX 51]

Just confirmed May 1st as my date. I'm nervous already.

[fatchocobomom 43]

Just got my date today! May 2nd! So nervous and excited!

[shesticklish 9]

6 hours ago, haliib said:

I am May 16th! So excited!

Congrats! Nervous?

[shesticklish 9]

4 hours ago, MrsHTX said:

Just confirmed May 1st as my date. I'm nervous already.

Whooot! OMG me too 🙈

[shesticklish 9]

34 minutes ago, fatchocobomom said:

Just got my date today! May 2nd! So nervous and excited!

Congrats! Me too, and also ready to get it over with