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Are you tracking your calories? I use MyFitnessPal to track every bite I take, and find that it really helps me discover hidden calories and carbs.

5'4" 49yrs at surgery date
SW - 206 CW - 128
M1 - 20lb M2 - 9 lb M3 - 7 lb M4 - 7 lb M5 - 7 lb M6 - 6 lb M7 - 4 lb M8 - 1 lb M9 - 2 lb M10 - 4 lb M11 - 0lb M12 - 3lb M13 - 0 lb M14 - 2 lb M15 - 0 lb M16 - 3 lb
Does anyone have any advice on the best way to go about switching to decaf coffee? I don't drink a lot of coffee, one cup in the morning usually. Though it is a large cup.. 16oz at least. My biggest problem is that if I don't have that caffeine kick, I will end up with a migraine by early afternoon so severe that I will vomit. Does anyone else have that problem? Has anyone who had that problem found a good way to cut out caffeine without being completely miserable while doing it?
on 9/3/17 5:37 pm
My first suggestion is to reach out to the Registered Dietician for your program. I can only speak as to my pre-op experience. I was instructed to stay under 1200 calories and eat at least 60 grams of protein at day. By the time you get the protein in, there isn't room for carbs.
I'm a year out. I eat about 1000 calories a day. 60-90 grams of protein. 64 ounces of water. 50 grams of carbs total a day, usually. My team is fine with that.
If you are not exercising, please start. Diet alone will not do it all. You need to get moving.
Best of luck.

Keep on losing!
Diana
HW 271.5 (April 2016) SW 246.9 (8/23/16) CW 158 (5/2/18)
since you are researching - look at food insulin index.
A while back , I was really surprised taht eating low fat ,easy to digest proteins only meal could cause a significant RH (reactive hypoglycemia)_Only when i realized that we need insulin to process the proteins made me understand the issue, and correct it. The worse were easy to digest and absorb protein drinks. Or lean (low fat) foods with protein powder added.
Whey or egg white protein powders can cause a very significant insulin spike in healthy humans - not even obese, or post op WLS.
post op RNy - My body making even more of that, because the proteins woudl enter my small intestine almost immediately after I drank it, and since they were very easily absorbed - my blood protein would spike, spiking my insulin. and I woudl crash and I had to eat carbs to recover from the BS crush.
only when I switched to "real" dense protein sources,and added some fat to the mix - I was able not only to avoid the BS fluctuation, but that method kept me full longer, so I was able to eat less calories and lose some of a regain I had much faster.
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
Welcome! I am from Boston area as well, have been a member a long time but do not post often, but hoping to get back in general discussions. General forums are great with a lot of wonderful advice. Look at everything, I am sure you will relate to a lot. Welcome again!
I've been doing pre-op diet now for 4 months. Only lost about 7 lbs. I've got a carb counter app now and am surprised at the amount of carbs in certain foods. Like, mixed nuts, cucumbers, peppers, cheese.
They told me to eat as much veggies as possible, and I love them, especially raw, and I don't even use dressings. And I'm supposed to eat protein, but some of my choices have carbs in them and I think that's why I'm losing so slowly.
Can anyone give me some insight on this?
Hello from the Boston area. I'm new here and just wanted to see how things work around here and meet some of you who are regulars and might want to help a newbie. Thanks in advance.
Thanks for letting me know that. I was put on a pill for 3 months and now its back to normal. Since I've started being able to eat a little more they have taken me off the pill to see if my potassium stays u*****t. I'll keep my fingers crossed. I was able to go off my blood pressure pills and tried my cholesterol, but because of family history of heart disease I had to go back on that pill as that part had increased. Oh well.

Linda
Age 64 5'3'
HW: 248 SW: 209 CW: 178 GW ?
I believe I found it here. It seems the dressing is key, but I am very anti-mustard, so I may have to substitute a different vinaigrette....perhaps a balsamic?
Huh, I hadn't really thought of using it along the lines of farro, risotto, rice. Seems obvious now that you point it out. I'll see if I can hunt down this Rice Salad you speak of