No Gallbladder - Weightloss - Life Change

modifieddrabbitt
modifieddrabbitt Posts: 3 Member
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Hi there!

I have been yo-yo dieting and on and off of this app for over a year. Almost two years.

start weight : 218lbs
Current weight : 189 lbs
Goal weight : 130lbs

Wanting to lose 60lbs

I’m looking for help on losing weight without a gallbladder and changing my lifestyle. I would like to lose 15lbs in a month span and keep it off. But I feel like I’m having an extremely hard time with staying focused.

Anyone can share any tips losing weight without a gallbladder and what you did to drop 15lbs ?

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  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    I have lost and gained weight with and without a gallbaldder. I lost 50 pounds in a year, now I've kept it off for 3 1/2 years.

    Trying to lose too fast, or otherwise deprive yourself, and having deadlines for weightloss, and otherwise try to control what you can't directly control, is how you lose focus and regain.

    Maximum 1% of your weight per week is a rule of thumb for sustainable weightloss. Many factors will reduce this rate: lower weight than morbid obesity, suboptimal calorie target, incorrect logging, cheating, stopping and restarting.
  • MsMaeFlowers
    MsMaeFlowers Posts: 261 Member
    Pretty much the same way you do it with a gallbladder - eat fewer calories than you burn :)

    If you're one of the unlucky ones that need to drastically change their diet after gallbladder removal you might need to switch up your meals to healthier things, but that's about it.

    Try to set small goals for yourself that you can achieve faster to motivate yourself. Not just weight loss related either. Could be something as small as logging perfectly for 1 day, or a reward for losing the first 5lbs.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,225 Member
    I started losing weight at 183 pounds (and am now at about your goal weight, BTW - 132 this morning). I had my gallbladder removed midway through weight loss, for reasons that had nothing to do with the weight loss itself. Other than temporary issues related to surgical recovery, there was - for me - no difference between losing with a gallbladder, and losing without a gallbladder.

    At your weight, losing 15 pounds in a month is frankly not a reasonable goal: It comes with high health risk, not to mention higher chances of getting into restrict/binge territory, or more yo-yos. That earlier comment about 1% of body weight as the maximum sensible weekly weight loss? I agree with that, and would suggest going even more slowly than that as you approach goal weight.

    One of your best strategies for staying on track and being focused would be to take a slower and more sustainable course: Maybe 1.5 pounds a week, tops, for the next 20 pounds (-ish), then one pound a week until maybe 140 (-ish), then switch to 0.5 pounds a week. That will be easier to stick with, and less risky to your health. Slower than the maximum loss rate is always fine, too: A theoretically less speedy method you can stick with will get you to goal weight faster than a speedy method you can't stick with.

    I get that we all want to be thin like yesterday, but health, strength, and energy level are important, too. Those, and ability to stay the course all the way to goal, learning skills along the way that you'll need in order to maintain a healthy weight permanently.

    Best wishes!
  • New2ket0
    New2ket0 Posts: 345 Member
    The only difference I found from having mine removed was I was more sensitive to certain foods that were unhealthy anyway.
  • modifieddrabbitt
    modifieddrabbitt Posts: 3 Member
    Thank you all this is a great start! I’m starting to track my in take better that way I can cut out things that my system can’t really handle because it seems I am pretty sensitive to certain things.

    But thank you all !

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