Re: Feeling paranoid about food

[Guest guest]

Kathy M.....

Ive been there, done that! Same feelings too but I tell ya, you dont have

to worry if you make sure you get your proteins in first.

I pay NO attention to calories or fat anymore. Only occasionly I try to

keep the carbs at 35 or less PER meal (imagine how much the volume of food

would be for you to eat if you had a chef salad for instance.......you would

not be able to finish it! or a prime rib dinner.....eat all the prime rib

you can and a few bites of potato, veggie, salad and even dessert....you

would be too full to finish it)

Forget about the carbs as long as they are not simple carbs like candy,

cakes etc and even then if you had your protein you are going to be too full

to make much of a differnce in your carb intake.

Dr Welker said at around 9-15 months is where you begin to get more hungry

and find you can eat alot more food and therefore becomes important to make

wise choices. The honeymoon period of full satiety begins to end around the

6th month......If you make good choices you have very little to worry about.

Just enjoy life!

Judie

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 09/04/2001 12:19:55 PM Central Daylight Time,

andem4@... writes:

> . Do people still eat what they want and still lose? Has anyone else gone

> through this kind of feeling early on?

>

Kathy,

I think one of the things that puts people in a panic about feeling like they

are not going to lose the weight is this: Previously in any " successful " diet

attempts, you felt very deprived, had an empty stomach all the time, and

possibly had very sore muscles from over exercising. With the BPD/DS, you do

not have to endure any of these things yet you will still lose weight and

even better keep it off. I know I didn't feel like I was losing because I

did not have that pit in my stomach empty feeling that I always associated

with losing weight before. It is a conditioning in our heads that we have to

get over!!! Hang in there! This surgery is quite difficult to screw up.

Just make sure you think protein and eat protein first! Who told you low

fat! Or has fat given you problems? I know many people still avoid " high "

fat, but I don't think you have to purposely go " low " fat unless you are have

bowel problems.

Hope this helps!!!

Dawn

Dr. Hess, Bowling Green, OH

BPD/DS

4/27/00

www.duodenalswitch.com

267 to 165

size 22 to size 10

have made size goal

no more high blood pressure, sore feet, or dieting!

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 9/4/2001 3:19:08 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

dwkteach@... writes:

> I think one of the things that puts people in a panic about feeling like

> they

> are not going to lose the weight is this: Previously in any " successful "

> diet

> attempts, you felt very deprived, had an empty stomach all the time, and

> possibly had very sore muscles from over exercising

This is so true...I also keep catching myself thinking I'm sabatoging

myself...yet if you look at what I eat in a day...there is no way! Now that

I'm wearing a smaller size its been easier to accept!!!

~*~ AJ ~*~

Age 37 5'8''

Post op 7/24/01 Open BPD/DS

self pay - Dr Baltasar -Alcoy Spain

07/24/01 BMI 64 415.1

08/06/01 BMI 59 390.2 -24.9 lbs!

08/16/01 BMI 58 387.0 -27.9 lbs!

08/24/01 BMI 58 386.5 -28.6 lbs!

08/30/01 BMI 58 378.3 -36.8 lbs!

[Guest guest]

She's right, Kathy. I used to feel faint when dieting and obsess over what I

was eating or going to eat next. Always hungry! Now, I only think about food

because I need to feed myself. I'm rarely hungry and I don't crave sweets

like I did before. I'm 4 months out and have yet to have chocolate, ice

cream, cake, cookies, etc. And they are here! I just don't want them. It's a

great feeling!

Re: Feeling paranoid about food

> In a message dated 09/04/2001 12:19:55 PM Central Daylight Time,

> andem4@... writes:

>

>

> > . Do people still eat what they want and still lose? Has anyone else

gone

> > through this kind of feeling early on?

> >

>

> Kathy,

>

> I think one of the things that puts people in a panic about feeling like

they

> are not going to lose the weight is this: Previously in any " successful "

diet

> attempts, you felt very deprived, had an empty stomach all the time, and

> possibly had very sore muscles from over exercising. With the BPD/DS, you

do

> not have to endure any of these things yet you will still lose weight and

> even better keep it off. I know I didn't feel like I was losing because I

> did not have that pit in my stomach empty feeling that I always associated

> with losing weight before. It is a conditioning in our heads that we have

to

> get over!!! Hang in there! This surgery is quite difficult to screw up.

> Just make sure you think protein and eat protein first! Who told you low

> fat! Or has fat given you problems? I know many people still avoid

" high "

> fat, but I don't think you have to purposely go " low " fat unless you are

have

> bowel problems.

>

> Hope this helps!!!

>

> Dawn

> Dr. Hess, Bowling Green, OH

> BPD/DS

> 4/27/00

> www.duodenalswitch.com

> 267 to 165

> size 22 to size 10

> have made size goal

> no more high blood pressure, sore feet, or dieting!

>

>

>