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Hi Manhattanite,
It is always import to read the Nutritional Facts or Labels of all food and drinks before you ingest these food or beverages. People should count their calories they ingest daily to be sure they burn the calories out which is called(energy expenditure). What happens to lots of people they ingest more calories a day than they burn off. What happens to the extra calories get stored in their adipose as (stored fat) this where weight gain begins. The Energy we ingest (food) actually are calories. If you not trying to burn those calories after eating food, eventually weight gain will occur.
Saturated Fats stay a way from. Try focusing on eating food with unsaturated Fats that is healthier for you. Food with high sodium, sugar contents not healthy for you. Cook your food with Virgin Oil better for you than butter.. Your calories should be counted in all foods you ingest and beverages you drink daily. Calories you can burn off during the end of the day by exercising, walking, or riding a bike to burn off the calories from the food you have eaten. If not, it will be store as fat. Energy cannot be destroy or made.
Count the calories in the food and beverages you ingest on a daily basis it is important!!!!
Best regards,
Thanks! Very good tips!
Totally feel you on checking those labels. I used to ignore them, and bam, extra pounds. Now I'm all about that unsaturated fats life. And yeah, keeping a food journal opened my eyes - didn't realize I was munching that much.
It's crazy how the numbers keep going up. Honestly, it's a mix of lifestyle, junk food, and lack of exercise. We gotta find a way to turn this ship around. Maybe more emphasis on healthy habits in schools or something?
It's different for everyone. I can eat any amount of food and will not gain weight, just poop more. The main priority is to figure out your equilibrium between food and exercise and try to be consistent each day including vitamins.
I am sorry to hear that you were having a hard time losing the weight to get approved for the surgery.
the first thing I did was I cut out all carbonated drinks. I had a small breakfast or sometimes even just a protein drink. For lunch I would eat a salad with either tuna, shrimp or chicken on it. Go light with the dressing. Dinner I would eat fish lots of vegetables. Keep in mind you need to cut out white rice if you want rice go to Brown. Limit your intake of pasta. I added tuna, salmon, and shrimp as my main meal. Drink water 30 minutes prior to you wanting to eat. Do not drink anything with your meal.
as my main meal. Drink water 30 minutes prior to you wanting to eat. Do not drink anything with your meal.
I hope my information I have provided will help you lose the wait you need to get your surgery.
wait you need to get your surgery.
Take care
The holiday season is a time of year it's SO easy to gain ( or regain 
) unwanted weight. Between the long dark cold days that make it harder to exercise , the layers of body- hiding clothes ,and tasty, seasonal food offerings and parties .... lol 
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Over the last twelve years since my RNY I've found a few things to be helpful :
1) I try to eat soup first - it's very filling, warming and relatively low calorie.
2) I'll drink hot tea or coffee and THEN have a few bites of exactly what I'm craving. I find I get full faster this way .
3) I try to socialize away from the buffet lol ! Unfortunately in some parties the catered food comes to You ...keeping a dainty two or three and no more appetizers on the plate helps too :)
4) Wearing cute clothes that show your hot new body off is always a good distraction as is meeting new people :)
Wishing everyone a great holiday ! 
You got a lot of good advice.
One thing I want to add is the head part has to come a long with the physical changes you want, actually it has to to come FIRST.
We all vary but for what I see being in the wls communities for so long is how people get to the point to go through their surgeon's protocols for weight loss and hopefully under the care of a therapist is getting to the bottom of how food became our combination best friend/worst enemy.
Can't speak for all the wls community with the next thing I'm going to say is a lot of us have unaddressed trauma the proceeded our food addiction issues and if it's not dealt with prior to and/or while going thru the surgical process.
I didn't have trauma before though having food addiction/eating disordered behaviors, I was born a food addict, even though I was adequately fed (at least as a young child, as I got older is a whole other story) I craved food even as a toddler.
I got horrifically bullied as a young child to adulthood, family was not supportive they felt because I was "fat and ugly" I kind of deserved it.
I am not trying to make this about me, I'm seeing if anything I'm saying if you the OP or anyone who's reading this and is going through the same struggle can relate and it rings a bell of truth and can help with healing emotionally.
Food isn't my best friend or worst enemy and neither am I my own worst enemy even more.
And a lot of people (talking "grads", my 22nd anniversary of my rny is in 4 days) look at that way but our generation wasn't as well prepared as the generation of post ops are now.
The best way I can put it is once you work on the head part of the journey, it's easier to understand why the behaviors with food exist and it's better to break harmful eating behaviors with food before surgery than after when it's forced behavior modification and not everything psych wise was addressed that needed to be, that's what makes wls peeps vulnerable to transfer addictions where patients weigh less but they truthfully aren't any healthier.
You've got this, you will get where you want to be, it's not an overnight process though, just trust and work with your professional team and ask for support from your peers.
peace, Lisa
One thing that might help you is to remind yourself that what you're going through at the moment is temporary. I'm not saying everything will be easy after surgery -- it won't. But after surgery things should be significantly easier.
Here's my story; maybe you can relate to it. Before surgery, any time I tried to lose weight, my body was fighting against me. I would start a diet, and even though it was hard, and I was constantly hungry, I could stick to it -- as long as I was losing weight. But eventually the weight loss would stop. I would stick with it a little longer, but eventually my willpower would run out.
After surgery, my body was no longer fighting me. As long as I ate the kind of foods I was supposed to eat, I would lose weight and I felt satisfied. I reached my goal in a little over a year, and I've kept it off. (I'm 5 years post-op). My body is giving much clearer signals now about what it needs to stay healthy, and I'm listening.
Another tip is to write down everything you eat, good or bad. When you review it, focus on the things you eat most often; is there a healthier alternative that you would enjoy as much and would make you feel fuller for longer? This is a good habit to get into, and will help you so much after surgery.
Hi Members,
It is always important to read the Nutritional Facts or Labels of all food and drinks before you ingest these food or beverages. People should count their calories they ingest daily to be sure they burn the calories out which is called (energy expenditure). What happens to lots of people they ingest more calories in a day than they burn off. What happens to the extra calories get stored in their adipose as (stored fat) this where weight gain begins. The Energy we ingest is (Food) actually are considered calories. If you not trying to burn those calories off after eating food, eventually weight gain will occur.
Saturated Fats stay away from as possible. Try focusing on eating food with Unsaturated Fats that is healthier for you. Food with high sodium and high sugar contents not healthy for you. Cook your food with virgin oil much better than butter. Your calories should be counted in all foods you are going to ingest and beverages you are going to drink daily. Calories you can burn off during the end of the day by exercising, walking, jogging, or riding a bike to burn off those calories from the food you have eaten today. If not, it will be stored as fat. Energy cannot not be destroy or made.
Count the calories in the daily foods you ingest and beverages you drink it is very essential!! Keep a "Food Journal" of the daily foods you ingest and beverages you drink. You will be able to log the calories in your "Food Journal" book. You will be surprise how much calories you consume a day... record the dates and time.
I truly care for others and helping others to a healthier journey in their lives.
Best wishes,
Hi Manhattanite,
It is always import to read the Nutritional Facts or Labels of all food and drinks before you ingest these food or beverages. People should count their calories they ingest daily to be sure they burn the calories out which is called(energy expenditure). What happens to lots of people they ingest more calories a day than they burn off. What happens to the extra calories get stored in their adipose as (stored fat) this where weight gain begins. The Energy we ingest (food) actually are calories. If you not trying to burn those calories after eating food, eventually weight gain will occur.
Saturated Fats stay a way from. Try focusing on eating food with unsaturated Fats that is healthier for you. Food with high sodium, sugar contents not healthy for you. Cook your food with Virgin Oil better for you than butter.. Your calories should be counted in all foods you ingest and beverages you drink daily. Calories you can burn off during the end of the day by exercising, walking, or riding a bike to burn off the calories from the food you have eaten. If not, it will be store as fat. Energy cannot be destroy or made.
Count the calories in the food and beverages you ingest on a daily basis it is important!!!!
Best regards,
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