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  • Thaeda
    Thaeda Posts: 834 Member
    I heard the straw caution, but only for the first month. I never heard the gum caution.....

    Today I felt hunger and I started to flip out b/c it seems nobody is ever hungry. Sometimes I have to step away from all of my board reading or I'll develop an eating disorder. I am being sarcastic but also a little serious. I never beat myself up b/c I felt hunger before.....

    I focus on my journey and my unique traits when I start my flipping out phase.

    I feel hunger. If I wait several hours to eat, the hunger can get pretty intense, even! So there is nothing wrong with you if you experience hunger. Good idea to focus on YOU--- we are all different. I think for me, I am still settling in and figuring out what works best for me. It will take time and patience. :)
  • squeaker31
    squeaker31 Posts: 2
    This is a great thread, some good advice. I was also sleeved on 4/7/14 and find it easier than I expected to overeat this early in the process. The 1/2 cup portions recommended to me don't really fill me up. I was panicking because where I felt comfortable and satisfied calories wise was 800-900 and some folks on the boards were saying theirs were so much lower, a few bites only, etc.

    But my nutritionist said 800-1000 of the right foods is a good goal so I felt a little better. She also said to step away from the internet sometimes! LOL. Nutrition and diet can be as personal as parenting in that in some ways there is no right answer. You will find different opinions and at some point you have to take the information you have an decide what works for you. Easier said than done for me, I have NO confidence in my ability to do the right thing for my body yet. But tracking here is helping because if I'm 100% honest I can evaluate things and change as needed. I'm trying to feel that I can't "ruin" it (aka i can eat more than others so i must have done something wrong and this was a waste...), and remind myself that this is a process and a it's a decision to keep making.
  • kglowins
    kglowins Posts: 111 Member
    I also had my surgery on 4/7/14, squeaker31. I feel like my loss has been slower than I expected so sometimes I feel like maybe I'm making the wrong decisions. Even though all I eat is chicken and veggies for the most part...idk I'm having mixed emotions about it all today.
  • Thaeda
    Thaeda Posts: 834 Member
    I also had my surgery on 4/7/14, squeaker31. I feel like my loss has been slower than I expected so sometimes I feel like maybe I'm making the wrong decisions. Even though all I eat is chicken and veggies for the most part...idk I'm having mixed emotions about it all today.

    I do not know about you, but I have lost weight faster than I ever did on any diet I have been on, PLUS I have not had to battle constant cravings and true physical hunger.

    What decisions do you think have been "wrong"? If all you are eating is protein and veg., IDK how you could be doing anything wrong. I struggle to be patient, as well--- but this truly is a process and a journey. Be kind to yourself. :)

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