Losing beyond 1 year Post OP?
How many calories should I be eating? I need some tips and advice.
If you have lost weight beyond your first year, I need to hear from you that its possible :)
Down 210 lbs since Surgery.
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Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
Weight loss is still possible in the second year, just at a slower rate.
Christy
Yes, it is possible. A select few post ops lose all of their wt at around 6 months, but this is by far the minority. Most post ops take 12-18 months or so to get to their lowest wt. But, this lowest wt may "regulate" in coming months, with a small rebound wt of 15-20 pounds. It took me 24 months to get to my lowest wt. 100 pounds lost in 7 months, and the remaining 50+ pounds for the next 17 months. Lowest wt was 186, and then I bounced back to around 210-212. But even at 5 years post op now, I'm now down to 198-200 pounds again. I'm riding my new bike almost daily, 4-5 miles. I use it for trips to the post office, and ride it to the market (1 mile away) 1-2 times a week. Don't try to minimize calories, or else that may be defeating wt loss. I attend more than one support group per month, and that may help you too. DAVE
Dave Chambers, 6'3" tall, 365 before RNY, 185 low, 200 currently. My profile page: product reviews, tips for your journey, hi protein snacks, hi potency delicious green tea, and personal web site.
It's hard to say how many calories you should be eating because I don't know how much you weigh now or how active you are or anything else that factors into that. You're probably just having a stall.
Kelly
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- These are the rules I followed/follow:
- *Eat low fat/no fat dairy products
- *Must eat at least 60 grams of Protein a day (100 or more grams beginning at 1200 calories a day)
- *Eat complex, whole grain Carbohydrates
- *No more than 15 grams of Sugar per meal (unless you are able to tolerate more)-usually from fruit (Sugar is a Carbohydrate)
- *Eat 3 main meals (B, L, D) no further than 5-6 hours apart
- *Eat 1 protein snack beginning at 1200 calories a day at least 2-3 hours from breakfast
- *Eat 2 protein snacks at maintenance calories a day at least 2-3 hours from breakfast and 2-3 hours from lunch
- *3-6 Months After Surgery: I ate 600-700 calories a day
- *6-9 Months After Surgery: I ate 800-900 calories a day
- *9-12 Months After Surgery: I ate 1000 calories a day
- *12-18 Months After Surgery: eat 1200 calories a day (I ate 1200 calories a day until 15 months when I reached my goal weight)
- *18 Months after surgery (or when goal weight is reached before 18 months): Maintenance calories (BMR & Activity Level) (Malabsorption of calories lasts approximately 18 months)
Age at RNY: 55, Height: 5'4", Consultation Weight: 331 lbs-12/1/2009, RNY Surgery Weight: 281 lbs-3/22/2010, Goal Weight Reached: 141 lbs-6/23/2011, Lowest Weight: 126 lbs-12/11/2011,
Current Age: 61, Current Weight: 161 lbs-5/20/2016, Total Weight Loss Maintained: 170 lbs 
I kept losing but much more slowly.... first it was 160 then 155... and that was around January 2011... I went for plastic surgery consults with several doctors and was told I had no more weight to lose that it was skin (it can look like fat depending on how it lays.. mine looked much like fat to me and when removed weighed 5 pounds but dropped me from a size 10 to a loose size 6... so two sizes)
This morning at just under 2 years out I weighed 137 so have lost about 30 more pounds over the last year...
Ticker is from Day of Surgery.. weight goal is personal preference as I've MET my doctor's goal
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HG/SW/CW/GW
286/253/150/151
It is important to keep following your plan. I still log my food about 5 days a week to make sure I'm hitting requirements.
Penny Highest Weight 255 * Wt loss includes 19 lb lost before surgery
