Recent Posts
Congrats!!!!!! Love your totals!!!!!!
Roz
God is walking with me every step of the way. Because of HIM this is possible!!
RNY 10/15/2008 9+ Years!!! Height: 4' 11" HW: 203 SW: 197 CW: 119 on Maintenance
WARNING TO SELF AND TO ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN!!! AVOID 'BAD' CARBS AT ALL COSTS!!! THEY ARE ADDICTING!! THEY WILL SLOW DOWN YOUR WEIGHT LOSS DURING THE LOSING STAGE (and you won't even notice)!! THEY WILL MAKE THE SCALE GO UP AFTER THE HONEYMOON PERIOD IS OVER.
Success in Maintenance starts with GOOD CHOICES during the Honeymoon Period.
I feel I need to repeat this: I am a FIRM believer in Good Whey Protein Drinks!!!!! It is sooooo much harder to do Maintenance without them!
Sitting at my desk eating some plain popcorn....YUM! I went to grab the cheese and nuts but remembered I had popcorn in my drawer that I made before work. Sometimes the cheese/nuts makes me crave more but popcorn fills me up and doesn't cause me to crave anything. I do break the drinking while eating rule (just little sips) when I eat it though. It can be rather dry without any butter on it.
8+ years out
Protein: Matrix Mint Cookie 35g
Breakfast: Nothing
Lunch: Scrambled Eggs, bacon and cheese
Snack: Plain Popcorn
Protein: Matrix Mint Cookie 35g
Snack: Probably the Nuts and Cheese I skipped
Dinner: Some kind of meat
Roz
God is walking with me every step of the way. Because of HIM this is possible!!
RNY 10/15/2008 9+ Years!!! Height: 4' 11" HW: 203 SW: 197 CW: 119 on Maintenance
Welcome to our LW Board and Congrats on your Surgery!!! I read the posts above and you got some good suggestions. WLS is not a miracle. It is a tool and you need to protect it and let it do it's job.
Carbs are a definitely a no no early out!! You won't be successful if your carb totals are high. Drinking and eating "good" Protein is the only way to have a Success story!!
I'm not talking just about just starches, breads and pasta, etc. Carbs include to much fruit and juices too.
The best thing you can do is be prepared. It's best to plan and prepare your meals ahead of time.
What kind of eater are you? Do you like 3 decent meals a day or are you a snacker? I'm a snacker. I eat small meals "snacks" all day long but I rarely have more than 1/2 cup of "bad" carbs in a day. I basically eat the same foods all of the time. The more I think about food, prepare food, or shop for food the more I want. Thank goodness for Walmart's on line shopping....I think it's one of my best weight loss tools!!
Roz
God is walking with me every step of the way. Because of HIM this is possible!!
RNY 10/15/2008 9+ Years!!! Height: 4' 11" HW: 203 SW: 197 CW: 119 on Maintenance
I'm sorry you're struggling and I'm only 4 mo out so I doubt my input is that helpful... but here goes!
- If you're REALLY hungry you'll desire an apple or a tuna packet. Post WLS the tuna packet is the smart choice, but an apple will still fill your stomach and it takes awhile to get broken down and pass on through. Keep small apples on hand, who cares if you have to through some out, they're pretty inexpensive and pre RNY saved me from eating carbs (I would tell myself I could have the Carb AFTER I ate an apple if I was still STARVING - I never was) I haven't used the tuna packet as a sub yet because I'm basically not that hungry.
- Keep a tub of low fat cottage cheese and or plain yogurt in the work refrigerator so you always have something there you can eat. Keep a baggy of protein powder at work that you can mix in with the cottage cheese/ yogurt to up your protein levels.
- Keep a bag of low fat string cheese in the work fridge, they last for weeks.
- Strip as much of the junk food from your home as you can. Its not depriving your family to clear out food no one should eat ever. If your husband was an alcoholic you wouldn't keep booze around!
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
I'm sorry you are struggling, but you just said you don't eat according to your plan. You need to nix the carbs, white knuckle it for a week and up your protein intake. Exercise is good for your health, both physically and emotionally but has very little impact on weight loss.
If you have stopped losing weight it is simply because you are eating too many calories. You need to track your food and count those calories.
Most importantly ditch the carbs, they will (and seem to have) stall your weightloss.
Surgery wasn't magic. You have to put the effort in if you want to see results.
The unpredictable job is tough, but if you always have the right foods prepped in the fridge and ready to go you should be able to throw together a WLS friendly meal for when you are at work.
Good Luck
Over 100 lbs lost! and 13 lbs below goal weight!
The MGB is great. I definitely feel restriction but I don't dump if I eat sugar or anything. However, I feel crummy if I eat too fast or too much, so like everyone else I've had to modify that behavior.
When I started this journey my BMI was 32-33 but I lost weight in the months before WLS (in preparation) so my BMI on day of surgery was 30. The good news is a number of health issues have resolved as I've lost weight (e.g. GERD, apnea, asthma, migraines, high cholesterol, joint pain).
Hi Lori!
Sorry to hear you are having a such a tough time.
I had rny, so my exeperience is a little different.
But some things are very alike, I turned 51 in January
My hubby does not eat healthy or exercise
Never quite made it to goal. Have struggle with regain since 3 years out, out 7 years now.
I am also a nurse, crazy hours, some times no breaks, or just a minute to wolf something down.
Things that have helped me is
1 journaling my food, every bite, used to write in a notebook, but use my phone now and my fitness pal. Some days are better than others
2 had to break up with refined and white carbs, make me want to eat more. This was my problem pre op too, could eat fruit veggies and bread, pasta, crackers and never eat a piece of meat. Carbs really make me hungry, not just head hungry
3 I keep my work bag stocked with tuna packets, single serving sizes of nuts, cheese sticks wrapped with lunch meat, also keep my crystal ligh****er bottle available. Greek yogurt and cottage cheese with berries or sliced fruit. It really is all about planning ahead. Now if I can only get this to stick in my own brain! Keep some stock in the frig, so I always have a good snack, even at home. Love hard boiled eggs too
4 when eating at home, I start with my dense protein, and veggies.
5 Exercise, need to get more, hurt my hip training for a 10k, but trying to walk more.
Hope this helps, I feel your pain! I have been able to lose 13 pounds of regain so far. It has been SLOW!
as for accountability, Roz is here with her daily thread
~Maria
SW 230 Preop 205 GW 130 LW 131 CW 135 Ht 5'1"
Hey fellow lightweights~
I've never posted here before and I'm a bit nervous about reaching out. I guess I'm looking for accountability or information as to the resources available on this site.
Background:
I'm 13 months post sleeve. HW 196 SW 194 CW 168 Ht 5' .5" GW 125ish
I'm really not happy with my progress. I'm not able to eat anything close to pre-surgery meals, but despite the smaller amounts, I'm not losing. I stopped losing less than 6 months after surgery and have been stuck since. To be honest, I know I don't stick to my food plan and I'm not consistent with exercise. My weakness is carbs... you name them. Potatoes, pasta, sweets, bread (although not a big bread eater.) I'm a night shift nurse and my schedule is so unpredictable that there's no way to establish a "routine." I work 9pm-9:30am, no holidays or weekends. I usually work 2-4 shifts a week, but I don't know until the evening if I'll be working or not. It's an outpatient surgical center, and if all the patients go home at the end of the day, they text me to say that I'm off. If there are patients who stay, the day shift will text me to let me know I'm working. So, very unpredictable at best. But I stay because I love my job and co-workers, so I really don't want to leave.
During my VSG procedure, I had a small hiatal hernia repaired. The pain from that was persistent so I had an upper GI study done about a month later. The report from the radiologist states that I still had a small hiatal hernia and approximately 50% of my original stomach. I was a bit upset by this. Really... 50%? I underwent major surgery to have approximately 80% removed! Apparently, I have a healthy amount of ghrelin production too, since I have always experienced hunger. Not just "head hunger" either- real hunger!
I constantly read about the awesome results from VSG and wonder why I haven't experienced it for myself. My surgeon is pleased with my results, but I'm not. I didn't have much of a "honeymoon phase" and my fear is that I'll regain the amount I've lost. I know that's a common fear, but with such a small margin for error, it wouldn't take much!
So, I'm asking for suggestions, advice, accountability, reality, or for anyone who has had a similar experience. I feel like a WLS failure. To top it off, I'm turning 50 in just over 6 months, and I want to be the best I can when I start a new decade. I have a wonderful family and a supportive husband who is overweight and totally unconcerned with his weight or mine! He loves to eat out and will not go to the gym with me or do any exercise, but is fine with me doing/eating whatever.
This has been a bit of a ramble, but thanks for reading~ I look forward to your responses!
Lori
Phil 4:13
Hi guys,
MENU: (DS Maintenance Mode)
Pre-B - 2 protein coffees (60g)
B - Greek yogurt w/blueberries and almonds
S - peanuts
L - chili and Fritos
S - popcorn
D - chicken sandwich and coleslaw
S - CarbSmart ice cream
S - fresh salsa and nachos
VITES:
morning batch: done
calcium batches:
evening batch: done
heme iron: pending
MILES:
standing at the computer all day
stairs
5'1" -- HW 195/SW 187/GW 115 July 08/CW 121 Dec 2012
******GOAL*******
Starting BMI between 35 and 40ish?
Join us on the Lightweights Board!
DS on Aug 9, 2007 with Dr. Hazem Elariny
4 mo post RNY/ 161 lbs (so close to half way there!!!)
B- 12 oz. Pure Protein Frosty Chocolate drink
MS- blackberries (from my produce box we get each week at work)
L- Sashimi appetizer 8 oz of sashimi
AS- edamane
D- Shrimp ****tail (1/2 tsp ****tail sauce)
ES- SF jello if I need it!
Total Calories 713, Protein 100, Carbs 37, Sugar 6, Fat 19
Today I biked to work, 14 miles round trip. After work I plan to mow the lawn and CLEAN the house CLEAN IT!
Last night I did swim for 30 minutes, but I didn't run. I stayed in the pool an extra 45 minutes walking and jogging laps if that counts!
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
