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I know this has been inactive for awhile, but I'm going to answer. I don't do 2 cups at each meal. I take in as much as I can. I also blend/dice/mince in as much as I can to my recipes. I do a lot of stir frying now.
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Me me me! I started day before yesterday. I almost finished the first day's running part but had to skip the last 2-3. The next day I just walked 1.7 miles and thought I was going to die (I didn't eat enough carbs that morning). I'll be out later in the day when it's cooler to work on Day 1 again today. Good luck! Keep me…
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You'll get past this and one day you'll be the rest of us and say, 'Yeah, it was hard but I don't regret it." ;) I try to warn everyone that you'll probably be very grumpy that first two to few days. You won't be able to have your stress-reducer like you used to - kind of like a smoker having their cigs taken away.…
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Thanks so much for your input! I'm starting the carb cycling soon and like to hear positive feedback.
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Congratulations on your success! I had my sleeve done four years ago and have not been as successful. I felt very comfortable in my body at 216, so that's where I stopped and then gained back up to 260+. I'm back on track though, finding it still easy to control my eating with my smaller stomach. Keep up the good work!
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You're welcome and thanks for the gracious reply. Gastric sleeve is different than say, gastric bypass or the Duodenal Switch where food is re-routed and nutritional deficiencies can occur. In the Gastric Sleeve (to visualize this, the doc said my stomach was the size of a large cantaloupe and he reshaped it to the size of…
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No, it's not reversible and it's not detrimental to health in the long run (if you follow the doctor's orders). They just make your stomach smaller and remove the ghrelin (hunger hormones). Eventually your ghrelin grows back and your stomach can get bigger than just after surgery but you will always feel a restriction.…
