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Light & Fit was the brand and to bad its only a seasonal yogurt.
White Dove, this is great advice thank you. Right now, I plan 2 weeks of meals and snacks ahead, and have a few cravings substitutes that are healthy alternatives. This site and people like you have given me tons of wisdom that helps greatly.
KimmyJJ
Want2beMe this is awesome that pumpkin yogurt works for you like this, what a lucky substitute! What brand of pumpkin yogurt was it, do you remember?
KimmyJJ
I am 6.5 years out. Like you, yes I was very hungry but I noticed it was when I ate carbs like sweets and chips. I started at 347 and got down to 247. I then gained and loss each year about 5-10 lbs. I've actually loss weight since the pandemic (239lbs) because I do intermittent fasting. I stop eating 7pm at night and I do not eat again until after 11am in morning. Sometimes, If I eat later at night I go later in morning. My biggest help-and yes I know it has high sodium content-are pickles. The dill pickles I eat are under 50 calories so they do not break my fast, and I also at times have bullet proof coffee. So what works for me and I cannot say for anyone else - is a combination of Intermittent Fasting and low carbs. My original goal of 220 lbs is now not so far away-even with the pandemic. But at times I do go into a food coma, but I've been able to keep it to weekends, and I've learned that as long as I discipline myself during the week, my weekends-although they may retard weight loss- does not add on the lbs to me that I loss. So that is what works for me after 6.5 years. I'm sure others are different and would not agree with how I go about it-but it works for me!! Wish you well.
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What an awesome post! I'm saving this for future reference :-)
I'm scheduled for vsg in two weeks. I was very glad to see a few responses from my age group. I turn 56 before my surgery, and have been a bit concerned I won't bounce back as quickly as those a few decades younger.
In January 2021, It will be 7 years since my VSG surgery.
I was 250lb, my surgery weight was 240lb. My lowest weight was 140lb. I maintained 150-155lb for 5.5years, eating very well and exercising. I became a runner.
In my 6th year, I noticed 10lb weight regain. I lost it and gained it the entire year. Most likely it was hormonal, considering my age. But, no matter the protein, the water, the exercise, I couldn't shake those pounds. I was hungrier and hungrier, and I could eat much more.
At 20lb regain, I was still running and I felt great, but the pounds didn't go away.
If you read about the VSG, you'll read about regain starting in the 3rd or 4th year because the restriction loosens up. The tool is restriction -- not the surgery. Once the tool loosens up, it doesn't work as well anymore and you are back to dieting.
I'm healthy and happy, but I currently have 25lb extra that seem to be with me for the long haul. And, before anyone attacks me, I am in year 7 -- not year 1 or 2 or 3. I can attest to the fact that the restriction starts loosening up and hunger pains come back. We all know that the VSG is NOT a cure, and the surgery is not the tool, the restriction is the tool. And if the tool is restriction, then when it starts loosening, the tool isn't working as well as it used to. It has its time limitations.
If VSGers who are out 5+ years would post here, we'd hear all about weight regain, whether 10 or 50 pounds, or more. I guarantee it. The most important thing, is to either accept that extra weight or do something about it. I don't want to spend the rest of my life dieting -- I already spent the first part of my life doing that.
And so, I'm getting resleeved next week because the VSG has made such a huge difference in my well-being. It gave me 7 full years of greatness!
hi all.. I fear I?ve wrecked my metabolism from yo yo fad diets since the age of 14.. you name it, I did it. I had sleeve 4 yrs ago.. but never lost everything I wanted to. I?m on ww but also started just simply calorie tracking .. seems I?m maintaining at 1400-1500 cals from what I can tell. I think I need to drop to 1200 at least to lose ..the problem is actually doing it...does anyone try to stay at 1200? What does your daily diet look like? Are you also tracking carbs?
1200 cals is above maintenance cals for many of us. Maintenance is around 800 and to lose, we have to drop to 600 cals , mostly protein.
A woman needs 10 calories a day to maintain one pound. 1400 to 1500 should have you maintaining between 140 and 150 pounds. To lose one pound, eliminate 3500 calories. If you cut 500 calories a day, you will lose one pound a week.
My goal is 136 and I have to eat 800 to 900 calories a day to lose one pound every week. I do that with My Fitness Pal or with Weigh****chers. WW does not give you calories, but one point is about 50 calories. So to lose on WW, I need to be on a plan that allows me 16 or 17 points a day. The 30 point plans do not work for me. I maintain or gain on 30 points.
When I make up my mind to lose weight, I can stay on 800 calories. I weigh my food on a food scale and track it carefully. I drink a lot of water. I eat foods that are almost zero calories like lettuce, green beans, sugarfree jello, sugarfree hard candies. My meals are beef, pork, chicken, fish, or fatfree cheeses. I add a lot of non starchy vegetables, clear broth, sugarfee popsicles, a small amount of fruit No bread, flour, potatoes, cereal, sugar, pastries, etc.
I don't tell myself it is a lifestyle change. I tell myself it is a diet and I need to stay on it until the scale says what I want to see. I do this from January until about May to lose 10 to 15 pounds. Some of it comes back by the next year and I will be on diets for life.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
Omg pumpkin yogurt is awesome! I was substituted a yogurt item in my grocery pick up with pumpkin yogurt and its the perfect go to for pumpkin cravings. It didn't trigger anything and tasted so good. It has 80 calories which is 20 less then my other yogurts.
