Attention Far outs...?

I'm almost 5 years out from Sleeve surgery. I got pregnant 11 months out.

I started at 217 (surgery day)  298 was my highest weight. by 8mo out I was 145lb and maintaining. I did that for 3 months and then got pregnant. I wasn't gaining enough weight so they started making me eat bad carbs ect... I started having issues with my blood sugar dropping and felt horrible. At delivery I was 185. After birth I breastfed and got down to 160 by 8mo post partum. I went up to 175 and maintained there untill I got pregnant again 15 mo after the first baby was born. With the second baby I got up to 208, and now Its been a year since he was born and I'm back at 175 and maintaining nicely. I would LOVE to get back down to 145 but I don't know how. I don't know what to eat, I was thinking about doing Adkins but I do crave carbs. When I eat them I feel like POO though, so maybe it's the fact that I need good carbs vs bad ones. I've also heard that after a certain length of time you're just like anyone else in means of loosing weight. ? I'm just so tired of being this weight. (I know it seems small cause it sure did to me at oe point) but I feel bad!

Feeling like rat **** after eating carbs can be caused by reactive hypoglycemia.

When the glucose from the carb****s the intestines, the pancreas dumps lots of insulin, which causes a large drop in your blood sugar.  And this makes you feel weak, trimbley, and ultra tired.

You might try reducing the amount of carbs you take in at one time until the symptoms go away.  Eventually you will find how many carbs you can consume at a sitting.

Good luck, and hugs,

Fred

It does sound like you're carb sensitive. I think some kind of low carb plan where you especially cut out the band/simple carbs might work best for you.

One thing I noticed is that it didn't take long for the carb cravings to go away once I was on a low carb plan. At first they were there, then suddenly gone.

Thanks guys! Yeah, I do have reactive hypoglycemia but I feel bad when my sugar jumps high, not low. It's weird, I know what its gonna do to me yet I still eat it.

How many carbs a day should I shoot for. And is net carbs carbohydrates minus fiber?

You are correct about the formula for net carbs.

I totally get what you mean about knowing something is bad for you but doing it anyways! I do the same thing... but I'm hoping that will get easier, even if just temporarily, after surgery. I want to know what it feels like to NOT be dependant on carbs.

I'm not "far out " in the sense you mean--I'm still pre-op and it seems like my surgery date is on the other side of far out, lol. But since you're asking about losing some weight, I wanted to share a couple tools I've been using since the beginning of the year. They've made a HUGE difference for me, and have even made it kind of fun to exercise more and make healthier food choices.

The first is the Fitbit. It's like a pedometer plus. I've got the "ultra" and it tracks my steps, flights of stairs, even my sleep, and then links with its own website that shows you how you're doing. Then I found My Fitness Pal. It's a site that lets you set a weight loss goal, then takes into account your current lifestyle, planned exercise, and eating habits. It's got a great database of foods you can use to track your eating, a decent exercise database for logging exercise, and even lets you add your own exercise/food. The two can be linked to share your statistics back and forth. You log everything in My Fitness Pal. It's fascinating and rather fun. The Fibit costs; My Fitness Pal is free.

If budget is an issue, MFP alone is a fabulous tool. It gives you a target goal for calories, protein, carbs, fats, etc. based on your goals and gives you a running total for the day as you log each meal.

I have an awful time losing weight but have managed to drop 6 lbs. since January 5th without making what I would consider drastic changes. It's funny how this little tool has helped me change the way I look at food--when I'm hungry, I now think of what I could eat that would be WORTH the calories. A bag of potato chips or half a cup of low-fat cottage cheese? I've been making my own kale chips and actually prefer them as a snack.

It's been said in many places I've read recently--go back to the basics. Use protein shakes as meal replacements. Small, frequent snack-size meals in place of larger ones or snack splurges. Log EVERYTHING you put into your mouth.

It's quite an eye-opening experience. :)

Wishing you the best!
Peony :)

well if you can gut it out for a few days and go really low carb (like under 40 per day) and keep protein at 70 or above, those carb cravings will go away. every time you feel hungry, consider whether some dense protein sounds good. if it does, eat some. if not, drink water or tea or whatever. just always go for the dense protein and it will become habit.

Congrats on your two babies. I am sure that makes it super hard to control weight with all those hormones telling you to eat but protein is your key. gl.    Diane