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Did surgery 24th Feb 2021, weight stalled on second week, by third week i enrolled for PT coz my energy level was really low. And wow!! Did my recovery accelerate, am 2h gym daily now of course supervised by my PT, started swimming lightly 3 days ago and and my wounds are officially dried( there was a puss between wk2-3).

Am happy to share this and cant wait to discover the new me.

Oh yeah will be starting Keto soon and now researching about food and wow i had most of my understandings wrong about food..

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/14-foods-to-avoid-on-low-carb#TOC_TITLE_HDR_15

Have a great journey everyone.

I was 98kg before surgery and almost a month later, now at 91kg, slow drop but there is downward movement..

Take care

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IF meaning intermittent fasting? At a month out it may be a bit soon to be doing that given you are already on a fairly low calorie base, as well as finding it difficult to get your daily food consumption in a reduced time frame (given the reduced stomach volume). Did your surgeon / dietician give you the go head for IF?

Given your weight has stalled a bit in the first four weeks you have lost a good amount of weight already.

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30 minutes ago, Hop_Scotch said:

IF meaning intermittent fasting? At a month out it may be a bit soon to be doing that given you are already on a fairly low calorie base, as well as finding it difficult to get your daily food consumption in a reduced time frame (given the reduced stomach volume). Did your surgeon / dietician give you the go head for IF?

Given your weight has stalled a bit in the first four weeks you have lost a good amount of weight already.

I agree. At this point, you should be following your clinic's plan. There are WLS patients who do follow Keto, but they're quite a ways out from surgery.

stalls are a very normal part of a weight loss journey. If you stick to your eating plan, they WILL break.

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1 hour ago, catwoman7 said:

I agree. At this point, you should be following your clinic's plan. There are WLS patients who do follow Keto, but they're quite a ways out from surgery.

stalls are a very normal part of a weight loss journey. If you stick to your eating plan, they WILL break.

Agreed, with the caveat that some clinics' prescribed plan IS low-carb. My surgeon's plan is one of those - not quite low enough to be Keto but definitely on the lower end of the spectrum. It stayed that way during weight loss and gradually introduced higher carbs as maintenance approached.

OP, IF this early does seem like overkill, given how little most of us can eat when we're just a month out. Maybe save IF for later when your weight loss has slowed down? Just a thought.

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