Re: Weight loss CAN continue!/question to all

[Guest guest]

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> Hi everyone!

>

> I had to post and brag. Sorry! For the last few months I've been

> eating low-carb and upping the exercise. I knew I'd lost some

weight

> because of the tape measure but I was thinking 2 or 3 pounds.

When I

> went to the doctor in September I weighed 185 pounds. When I went

to

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yay!!!!!!!!! congrats to you. question- someone please explain

(AGAIN) why our window closes. our bodies never get to where they

were before surgery so what makes the window close.

vicki

[Guest guest]

> yay!!!!!!!!! congrats to you. question- someone please explain

> (AGAIN) why our window closes. our bodies never get to where they

> were before surgery so what makes the window close.

>

> vicki

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There are several reasons all working together. For most people it

all comes together somewhere between 1 & 2 years post op. When it

does we stop losing weight.

1. as we are further post-op we are able to eat more. Therefore

taking in more calories.

2. our bowel adapts. It becomes more effecient at absorbing

calories. It will actually grow rounder, creating more surface area

for absorption.

3. By the time we are a year post op we weigh much less. When we

weigh less we need fewer calories to maintain our weight. There

comes a point where we can eat enough to meet our calorie needs at a

lower weight.

We can help to extend our weightloss window by Not over eating. By

avoiding empty calories (sugar). By exercising, creating more

muscle mass, therefore, a higher metabolism because muscle burns

more calories.

[Guest guest]

for example a 300 lb person

> needs less calories at a resting level than a 200 lb person.

Mel, typo.

Marta

[Guest guest]

Thanks Vicki! I don't have a medical answer to your question but Dr.

K told me once that we DO start absorbing more calories as time goes

by. No, we never go back to the way we were, but it might explain

why our window closes.

Hugs!

Tracey

> >

> > Hi everyone!

> >

> > I had to post and brag. Sorry! For the last few months I've

been

> > eating low-carb and upping the exercise. I knew I'd lost some

> weight

> > because of the tape measure but I was thinking 2 or 3 pounds.

> When I

> > went to the doctor in September I weighed 185 pounds. When I

went

> to

> ************************************

>

> yay!!!!!!!!! congrats to you. question- someone please explain

> (AGAIN) why our window closes. our bodies never get to where they

> were before surgery so what makes the window close.

>

> vicki