JerryMac49008

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So I did 2 weeks of liquids only.  Basically it was protein shakes, sugarfree gelatin and sugarfree popsicles.  I had a few days where I went off it.  One good reason and one not so good.  My blood sugar dropped to 47 so I had food to raise my level.  The other reason was I found out that my insurance was being cancelled because I'm over the income limit (from my disability payments).  I felt frustrated, so I ate.  Obviously, I'm a stress eater.  But I found another insurance carrier and started back on the liquid diet.  I lost 25 pounds.  Now I'm eating a high portein, low carb diet.  Its nice to have real food.  I eat less than 1400 cal per day.  But exercising is my obstacle because of my back pain.  Most days I can barely get out of bed.  I got a puppy so that keeps me more active than before..  I just hope I'm doing enough to continue to lose weight.  I know it will not be 25 pounds.  I just want a lower number than the previous.

I had my initial consultation with Dr. Chen.  I was surprised I weighed 447.  Thats 13 down from about 2 weeks ago.  All I did was use the MyFitnessPal app. According to their calculations I needed to eat about 2700 calories to acheive a weight loss of 2 pounds/week.  I thought that 2700 was too high, but I decided to do it (even though I wasn't offically on the medically supervised diet).

My doctor wants me to do a 2 week liquid diet which consists mainly of protein shakes.  I thought I would be hungry.  Today is Day 3 and its going alright.  I doubled the protein shake serving this morning to hopefully not be so hungry by lunchtime.  I am looking for good-tasting protein mixes (20 gram protein and less than 5 grams of sugar per serving).  Does anyone have suggestions?

I adopted a 2 month-old puppy.  I named him Jax.  And he keeps me busy all day.  The only time I get to do things is when he is napping (like now).  I grew up with dogs, but he is the first one I'll raise.

So 2 weeks of this liquid diet then to a high protein, low carb diet plan.  My insurance requires 6 months of a medically supervised diet.  And if I gain weight, then I guess I will have start all over.  I'm just afraid that my weight loss will plateau.  I was told that when you plateau then you increase your exercise, but with my chronic back pain that may not be possible.

Thank you to everyone that has welcomed me.  I look forward to learning from those who have already gone through the WLS process as well as those going through it like me.  Have a good day.

Jerry