I love this info. I’m 5 months post op so still in the losing phase. This will help me avoid the pitfalls when I get to maintenance by changing my mindset now as to how I will forever eat. My biggest challenge I think will be not being as active as I probably need to be. I need to start finding activities that get me moving a little more and that I enjoy. Thanks!
I am glad that you found the info helpful! I think we have all been on the loss and regain roller coaster prior to WLS- let's hope and plan to stay off of it now 🙂
I absolutely love your videos! I am 5 months post op and since 3 months post op I am really trying to make sure I exercise at least 3 times a week. I love the plan my team has me on as I have 6 “feedings” which is 3 snacks and 3 meals. This works so well for me. Every 2 hours (starting at 10am for me because that’s what’s realistic) eating and switching between meal and snack. Breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack (ends around 9/9:30pm for me which might sound a little late but that’s my plan). This is the plan my nutritionist and I came up with because it works for me and I love it and have still have steady weight loss! I struggle with tracking with an app but my nutritionist suggested to track once a week since I struggle which helps me see what my average daily intake is for a week. Right now I’m manually tracking and writing my goals for macros for the day then write down all of the macros for all of my “feedings” for the day which has really helped me because as I started doing that I realized I’ve been goi bc slightly over my carb limit so I agree that tracking is essential!
Hi Kaki. I too enjoy your videos. I had surgery Jan 30, 2023 and have lost 118 lbs. I have been 182 for over 3 months. Seems to be where my body is settling. I’m not satisfied. I struggle with “diet culture” mentality and feel that tracking falls into that thinking for me. Many of us grew up in diet culture households and certainly diet culture society. I eat healthy, don’t move enough (I’m working on that), and go to therapy regularly to help with my thinking around eating and diet culture. I do not drink alcohol at all. I really enjoyed this video!! Thank you! I do fall into the eating the bulk of my calories after 7pm group some weeks. Keep up the good work. Any help with diet culture mentality would really benefit me.
Hey there! Congrats on that amazing weight loss. I too grew up in a diet culture type home. I started "dieting" back in elementary school and joined weight watchers when I was so young I had to get a doctor's permission to join. For me, one of the keys was to shift the "good and bad" foods mindset. It is very black and white and leads me to feel bad about myself if I have a "bad" food, and possibly binge. I try to think of my new stomach as expensive real estate. A small piece of property :-) I can put a trailer or junky things on the real estate but that would not be good for the property. I chose to put high quality things on my real estate (good proteins, vegetables, low glycemic fruits, etc) and it improves my property value- haha. I know that is a weird way to look at it, but it helps me. We can only get in so many calories or foods in a day and it is not that eating chips is "bad", it is just making my property less valuable.
Good info Kaki! I’m almost 3 years post op and am battling a 10lb regain. My draw to food is completely back and so is my appetite☹️. I battle my mind everyday which is exhausting but I’ve not given up. I’m tracking on my fitness pal and trying to keep carbs at bay but that’s been tough! I just have to accept that I will have to diet the rest of my life and get rid of the notion that I will have a “normal” relationship with food. Tfs
Thank you! It is hard to accept that this disease of obesity is something that we will battle for the rest of our lives. Surgery is the best treatment out there, but remission is the outcome, not cure, unfortunately. But it sounds like you are doing everything that you can to stay on top of things!
I’ve regained after weight loss in the past by going unconscious where food is concerned, not planning, not tracking, not exercising. I’m still not exercising enough or regularly. I’m not great at planning. But I’ve been using the Lose It app for tracking every single day for nearly a year! I’ve never in the past tracked for more than a few days. This is huge for me. My mostly supportive husband and my very supportive grown daughter have been given a code phrase that I promise to listen to. Only them, no one else.
I'm almost 2 months post op and have been stuck at the same weight for almost 2 weeks. I had the 3 week stall that everyone talks about, too. I would have thought that by two months out, I would have lost more than I have. I'm a bit disappointed and hope this surgery didn't fail :(
Hang in there- this surgery is a major change for your body, and everyone loses weight in a different way that is right for their body. Keep doing what your program advises and get in plenty of water and maybe take a break from the scale for a couple weeks. I know that it is hard but sometimes we get so focuses on that number that it dictates what our mood. I know that I have been there many times 🙂
I am in the process of getting approval for weight loss surgery. I so appreciate your videos and all the information you share. I have learned so much from you! Thank you and by the way you look fabulous!!
Hey Kaki, just happened to run into your videos. I’m a 5’2” 63 yr old weighing 345 & scheduled to get a gastric bypass on June 19th. I’m nervous, scared, and everything else that goes with having this type of surgery. any advice on before and Afters?
Hi there! Congrats on your upcoming surgery!! Of course you are nervous and scared! We all are and were 🙂My biggest advice is to trust the process and follow your surgical team's instructions as far as diet. They are professionals and guide many patients to success. My other big advice is to scour Pinterest for broth recipes and make different flavors ahead of time and freeze them. You can get trays kind of like ice trays that hold one cup on Amazon. Make lots of varieties ahead of time for your pre-op diet and post op early stages. The different flavors and variety will get you through those times.
Kaki, ty for all your great advice, I am 5 months today after bypass surgery. I have lost a total of 110 lbs since my journey started my biggest fear is regain. I do have a fear of loosing too much and not being able to stop losing. I am 5-2 and weigh 140 right now and I have been told by family to stop that I am getting too small I was 266 when I started. do you see this problem in your profession?
Hi there! Congrats on your amazing loss. Honestly, I don't see many folks who loose too much or have trouble stopping weight loss. I can think of one, and there was an underlying eating disorder in play there. I too am trying to maintain my current weight and not go much lower. Do you track? I use the app Lose It. It figures how many calories I need in a day to stay where I am and syncs with my Apple Watch to take into account my activity level. With that, I have been able to stay where I am for several mos.
@@kakisrnyjourney5376 yes I use the app my fitness pal. I still am only able to get about 500 cal a day. I wasn't a big eater to begin with. I picked and snacked on all the wrong things and was a heavy soda drinker. ( about 6 pack a day cherry coke) . Now I don't sit and snack at all I just do meals with sometimes a little snack before bed.I am never hungry. I can eat about 2 oz at a time.my first 2 months after surgery I battled constant dehydration and nausea. now I am finally able to get all my liquids in and I even add my protein drinks because my tummy doesn't agree with meat. my fear is that my doctor told me that I need to up my calories to 1000 a day and I just don't see that happening. He said that I will continue to lose if I can't.. my family tell me to go back to eating some carbs breads and cereals .... I am so scared to eat bread I am in a couple groups on social media that talk about things they eat .... and the reactions they had to some of those foods heavy in carbs.
Our stomachs have been permanently surgically altered. How is it functioning or what purpose is it serving after weight gain? Is it possible to reset & return to optimal weightloss if we go back to the basics, like post op instructions? Is the surgery ruined?
Hi there! Many times, weight gain is linked to eating "slider foods", which are foods that don't stay in your pouch long, like chips, breads, sweets, fried foods or liquid calories. It is absolutely possible to return to optimal weight loss by going back to protein first and non-starchy veggies second, with healthy whole grain carbs if we have room. The surgery is not ruined- we still have a great tool, we just have to respect it and work with it.
So good I’m watching again 3 weeks later and making a reference list.
Awesome! I am glad that you found it helpful!
I love this info. I’m 5 months post op so still in the losing phase. This will help me avoid the pitfalls when I get to maintenance by changing my mindset now as to how I will forever eat. My biggest challenge I think will be not being as active as I probably need to be. I need to start finding activities that get me moving a little more and that I enjoy. Thanks!
I am glad that you found the info helpful! I think we have all been on the loss and regain roller coaster prior to WLS- let's hope and plan to stay off of it now 🙂
I absolutely love your videos! I am 5 months post op and since 3 months post op I am really trying to make sure I exercise at least 3 times a week. I love the plan my team has me on as I have 6 “feedings” which is 3 snacks and 3 meals. This works so well for me. Every 2 hours (starting at 10am for me because that’s what’s realistic) eating and switching between meal and snack. Breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack (ends around 9/9:30pm for me which might sound a little late but that’s my plan). This is the plan my nutritionist and I came up with because it works for me and I love it and have still have steady weight loss! I struggle with tracking with an app but my nutritionist suggested to track once a week since I struggle which helps me see what my average daily intake is for a week. Right now I’m manually tracking and writing my goals for macros for the day then write down all of the macros for all of my “feedings” for the day which has really helped me because as I started doing that I realized I’ve been goi bc slightly over my carb limit so I agree that tracking is essential!
That sounds like a great plan of eating that you and your dietitian have worked out. I love that you have come up with something that works for you!!
Hi Kaki. I too enjoy your videos. I had surgery Jan 30, 2023 and have lost 118 lbs. I have been 182 for over 3 months. Seems to be where my body is settling. I’m not satisfied. I struggle with “diet culture” mentality and feel that tracking falls into that thinking for me. Many of us grew up in diet culture households and certainly diet culture society. I eat healthy, don’t move enough (I’m working on that), and go to therapy regularly to help with my thinking around eating and diet culture. I do not drink alcohol at all. I really enjoyed this video!! Thank you! I do fall into the eating the bulk of my calories after 7pm group some weeks. Keep up the good work. Any help with diet culture mentality would really benefit me.
Hey there! Congrats on that amazing weight loss. I too grew up in a diet culture type home. I started "dieting" back in elementary school and joined weight watchers when I was so young I had to get a doctor's permission to join. For me, one of the keys was to shift the "good and bad" foods mindset. It is very black and white and leads me to feel bad about myself if I have a "bad" food, and possibly binge. I try to think of my new stomach as expensive real estate. A small piece of property :-) I can put a trailer or junky things on the real estate but that would not be good for the property. I chose to put high quality things on my real estate (good proteins, vegetables, low glycemic fruits, etc) and it improves my property value- haha. I know that is a weird way to look at it, but it helps me. We can only get in so many calories or foods in a day and it is not that eating chips is "bad", it is just making my property less valuable.
Good info Kaki! I’m almost 3 years post op and am battling a 10lb regain. My draw to food is completely back and so is my appetite☹️. I battle my mind everyday which is exhausting but I’ve not given up. I’m tracking on my fitness pal and trying to keep carbs at bay but that’s been tough! I just have to accept that I will have to diet the rest of my life and get rid of the notion that I will have a “normal” relationship with food. Tfs
Thank you! It is hard to accept that this disease of obesity is something that we will battle for the rest of our lives. Surgery is the best treatment out there, but remission is the outcome, not cure, unfortunately. But it sounds like you are doing everything that you can to stay on top of things!
I’ve regained after weight loss in the past by going unconscious where food is concerned, not planning, not tracking, not exercising. I’m still not exercising enough or regularly. I’m not great at planning. But I’ve been using the Lose It app for tracking every single day for nearly a year! I’ve never in the past tracked for more than a few days. This is huge for me. My mostly supportive husband and my very supportive grown daughter have been given a code phrase that I promise to listen to. Only them, no one else.
That is great about the tracking! I really think that is the key- you can't really be aware if you don't keep up with things.
I'm almost 2 months post op and have been stuck at the same weight for almost 2 weeks. I had the 3 week stall that everyone talks about, too. I would have thought that by two months out, I would have lost more than I have. I'm a bit disappointed and hope this surgery didn't fail :(
Hang in there- this surgery is a major change for your body, and everyone loses weight in a different way that is right for their body. Keep doing what your program advises and get in plenty of water and maybe take a break from the scale for a couple weeks. I know that it is hard but sometimes we get so focuses on that number that it dictates what our mood. I know that I have been there many times 🙂
I am in the process of getting approval for weight loss surgery. I so appreciate your videos and all the information you share. I have learned so much from you! Thank you and by the way you look fabulous!!
Thank you and how exciting about working on your surgery approval!! Good luck!
I’m less than 2 months away from having the sleeve❤
Awesome!! Good luck!
Hey Kaki, just happened to run into your videos. I’m a 5’2” 63 yr old weighing 345 & scheduled to get a gastric bypass on June 19th. I’m nervous, scared, and everything else that goes with having this type of surgery. any advice on before and Afters?
Hi there! Congrats on your upcoming surgery!! Of course you are nervous and scared! We all are and were 🙂My biggest advice is to trust the process and follow your surgical team's instructions as far as diet. They are professionals and guide many patients to success. My other big advice is to scour Pinterest for broth recipes and make different flavors ahead of time and freeze them. You can get trays kind of like ice trays that hold one cup on Amazon. Make lots of varieties ahead of time for your pre-op diet and post op early stages. The different flavors and variety will get you through those times.
Kaki, ty for all your great advice, I am 5 months today after bypass surgery. I have lost a total of 110 lbs since my journey started my biggest fear is regain. I do have a fear of loosing too much and not being able to stop losing. I am 5-2 and weigh 140 right now and I have been told by family to stop that I am getting too small I was 266 when I started. do you see this problem in your profession?
Hi there! Congrats on your amazing loss. Honestly, I don't see many folks who loose too much or have trouble stopping weight loss. I can think of one, and there was an underlying eating disorder in play there. I too am trying to maintain my current weight and not go much lower. Do you track? I use the app Lose It. It figures how many calories I need in a day to stay where I am and syncs with my Apple Watch to take into account my activity level. With that, I have been able to stay where I am for several mos.
@@kakisrnyjourney5376 yes I use the app my fitness pal. I still am only able to get about 500 cal a day. I wasn't a big eater to begin with. I picked and snacked on all the wrong things and was a heavy soda drinker. ( about 6 pack a day cherry coke) . Now I don't sit and snack at all I just do meals with sometimes a little snack before bed.I am never hungry. I can eat about 2 oz at a time.my first 2 months after surgery I battled constant dehydration and nausea. now I am finally able to get all my liquids in and I even add my protein drinks because my tummy doesn't agree with meat. my fear is that my doctor told me that I need to up my calories to 1000 a day and I just don't see that happening. He said that I will continue to lose if I can't.. my family tell me to go back to eating some carbs breads and cereals .... I am so scared to eat bread I am in a couple groups on social media that talk about things they eat .... and the reactions they had to some of those foods heavy in carbs.
Our stomachs have been permanently surgically altered. How is it functioning or what purpose is it serving after weight gain? Is it possible to reset & return to optimal weightloss if we go back to the basics, like post op instructions? Is the surgery ruined?
Hi there! Many times, weight gain is linked to eating "slider foods", which are foods that don't stay in your pouch long, like chips, breads, sweets, fried foods or liquid calories. It is absolutely possible to return to optimal weight loss by going back to protein first and non-starchy veggies second, with healthy whole grain carbs if we have room. The surgery is not ruined- we still have a great tool, we just have to respect it and work with it.
@ Thank you so much Kaki. You have always been so inspirational. You motivate me to keep pressing on.🌷
@@MahoganyBelle thank you- you can do it!!