Originally Posted by
dwhalen
Hi Everyone, My name is Diane. I have been overweight since I was 2 years old - I am 53 years old now. I weigh 228 pounds now at 5 foot 3.5 inches. I have been through three different programs because I had trouble with my insurance company approving at Mayo Clinic, (which is in my backyard) then I was told I could go to a place 90 miles away, I was pre-approved, but when they went to schedule the surgery, the insurance company said that they were not on the approved list. So now I am someplace on the approved list. So, I have had three different dietitians. I am having the sleeve on December 2nd. I met with the dietitian yesterday about post- op eating. First of all I started to freak out because she told me my goal weight was 120 pounds. I can't imagine weighing the much and I have also been told that it is difficult to lose all of the weight you need to lose with a sleeve. I was totally happy with a healthy weight of 150 or 145 pounds or even 135. But now I have this new goal in my head that seems unachievable and actually not a healthy weight. The dietitian, I am sure means well, but she is probably 98 pound weight but to me she doesn't look healthy - she is too thin. Anyway, she told me basically that for the rest of my life that I could only eat 1 cup of food per meal or 1000 calories a day. I know that the sleeve is a tool and that the rest is up to me, but I guess I didn't realize that I would never be able to eat more than 1 slice of pizza, or that I would never be able to eat a Thanksgiving meal that include a small piece of pie. The dietitian should me the model food which included two ounces of meat - 1/4 cup of broccoli and three tablespoons of potatoes - and said, look, this is a lot of food - again, I am more than willing to do the work but I guess I missed the part where I will never, eat a regular meal again. I can deal with my limits, but I feel guilty that I am also asking my husband to change his lifestyle. We have six kids and now that they are gone, we enjoy going out to eat. Again, I don't mind the restrictions on how much I can eat, but I think that he will think it is stupid/silly to go out if I can only eat a cup of food and then he will be miserable because he enjoys - crab legs or a fish fry etc. I worry that it is not fair - he told me not to worry about him. But I do, any advice. I am also wondering how people who have had gastric sleeve every gain their weight back if they are so restricted on how much they can eat. Also, if we are restricted to 1000, how do we continue to lose weight - doesn't the body adjust to it and soon we reach a plateau? Thanks.
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