So funny... I think somewhere in the back of my mind I wondered if I truly was a superabsorber, or if I really just lacked self-discipline. I would have gone off on anyone who said that to me, but I think sometimes we're our own worst critics. Thanks to the past two weeks, I no longer think that. I mean, holy crap. I've been logging every single morsel I eat into MFP - down to the last 1/4 tsp. of celery salt. I've been right at 700-800 calories for the last week, and 10-11 cups of water/day, and I've done nothing but fluctuate the same 3-4 pounds, up and down and back up again. I thought maybe it had to do with "that time of the month" - but it's been over for a couple of days now, and I've done nothing but gain since it ended. That 5 is back to being the leading number on my scale again. I'm not going to let it get me down, but DAMN if it isn't mindboggling to me. I'm worried that my surgeon won't believe me. I think the best thing I could truly do for myself is get off this sugary, carby optifast stuff and start drinking protein shakes instead, but I want to be able to say to him honestly that I've stuck to the plan his nutritionist laid out for me, 100%.
How many people that haven't actually been superfat would truly believe someone who is 500ish pounds could GAIN weight on 700 calories a day? It just doesn't even seem like it should be possible.
Since the whole point of the sleeve is to enable me to eat pretty much this amount of calories, I'm wondering how it's really going to help me lose enough weight for my surgeon to go ahead with the DS. Let's hope the unknown metabolic effects are more than we think!
