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Your post-op diet plan sounds very similar to what I used following a gastric sleeve. The trick is to slow down your return to solid food as long as you can as this will promote rapid weight loss in the first 3 months, something very desirable. Mr doctor believes that your weight loss in the first 90 days should be…
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People differ immensely as well in what scientists have come to regard as an extra organ of the human body—the community of bacteria living in the intestines. In humans, two phyla of bacteria, Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes, dominate the gut. Researchers have found that obese people have more Firmicutes in their intestines…
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Everything is relative. I am 6 weeks post VSG surgery and so eating 1000 calories seems great when for the first 4 weeks I was between 600 - 800 calories per day. I do think a huge key for me is the satiety I feel after very small meals which doesnt permit me to reach beyond my physical capacity limits of my new stomach.…
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I think you are doing wonderfully in terms of getting your weight down and stayig fit. All of the folks above have given you some great ideas about controlling the mood swing rollercoaster ride of addiction. You can get help through a counselor and maybe some medication to help with your OCD. What I dont see in your…
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Hi, I am new to this too. Had a VS operation on Thursday april 4. My weight is dropping real fast and I am a little worried it is too fast. I am following my diet and getting proteint, but I wonder if this is water weight. I have 180 to lose to reach my target. I am down from 362 to 326 or 36 lbs off my high, 22 lbs in 5…
