Week 4

I’m down 2 more pounds this week, totaling 16 all together. This week has been a struggle for me. I’m hungry a lot (with bad pangs), but I won’t allow myself to eat until “full” because I don’t want to stretch the stitches (or go over my calories). I’m considering implementing intermittent fasting (to reduce gherelin and hunger) along with calorie cycling (to keep my BMR from dropping). I may have to wait until I’m on full solids before doing that though. I really hope the hunger is a lot less on full solids. I know gherelin isn’t reduced as much as the surgical sleeve (since none of the stomach is removed), but I was hoping for a bigger impact than what I’ve noticed so far.

My 1 month follow up is on Friday. I’ll make another post after that. I was hoping to be down 20 by then, but that isn’t looking promising unless I get a “woosh” over the next couple days.