Enhanced Malabsorbtion and No Carbs

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Older but never smarter!!!! I sware to cod I know how to use a tape measure. What a rookie mistake. Nothing is ever easy and given the opportunity, I will make it more difficult.

It won't go through the door into the bedroom. Right now the treadmill is sitting in the entryway by the front door. Once the dominos start falling they just keep on going. It's not normal, but actually that entryway is wasted space. I wasn't using it for anything. But this shatters my dream(pitiful) of being able to watch TV.

Sometimes saving money works against you. If I had paid full price, $600 for the treadmill, it would have arrived in a box. The box would have gone into the bedroom and we could have assembled it there. Blissfully unaware that the finished product would not fit through the door. But no, I had to look for a 'deal'. I paid $275 for the treadmill. Next option, put it in the living room. After all it's not like we throw dinner parties and are into gracious dining.

There is always a but. In the livingroom there is a large sectional sofa, and a big coffee table. No place to put a treadmill UNLESS....we buy new furniture. In the big scheme of things that would not be a disaster because the sofa is old and ratty, the dogs use it more than we do. There is still another possibility. Maybe the treadmill can come apart. After all, it was delivered in a nice flat box so maybe the pieces can be taken apart. Just enough to get through the door. So now I am off to look up the assembly instructions.

Sink me!

On the food front all is good and I didn't eat anything unplanned last night. Even though the treadmill wars left me jonesing for cheetos. They always fit through the door.
 
Tested out the treadmill and everything works. I wanted to test and make sure my fitbit counted it right so I did exactly 15 minutes and the fitbit recorded it perfectly. I didn't know it was THAT accurate. Then I went out and wrangled palm trees for an hour. All I managed to do was cut my way into the trunk. Now I have to go shower and wash off all the blood. Palm trees are nasty!

Jeff is playing at a local club tonight so I get to go out too! And no food yet today, YAAAY! But I did have coffee and cream. Planning on smoked sausage and kraut for dinner so I will be under 20 carbs today too!
 
Tested out the treadmill and everything works. I wanted to test and make sure my fitbit counted it right so I did exactly 15 minutes and the fitbit recorded it perfectly. I didn't know it was THAT accurate. Then I went out and wrangled palm trees for an hour. All I managed to do was cut my way into the trunk. Now I have to go shower and wash off all the blood. Palm trees are nasty!

Jeff is playing at a local club tonight so I get to go out too! And no food yet today, YAAAY! But I did have coffee and cream. Planning on smoked sausage and kraut for dinner so I will be under 20 carbs today too!

NO FOOD? Wow and yuck. Are you fasting?
 
No food? You're going to put yourself into starvation mode, and make it even harder to lose weight.

I had smoked sausage and kraut for dinner. Coffee, cream, and 2 pork rinds. I probably came in at 25 carbs today. So actually I had a bit too much.

Did you know 1 can of kraut is supposed to be 14 servings? I ate half the can! Almost. I did give the dogs some. And 1 pack of smoked sausage, those Hillshire farms things is supposed to be 7 servings. So I ate dinner for MOL 10 people... That's ridiculous!
 
After Jeff played last night we went to Emerald Island, a small local casino in Henderson. They feed us for free 3 times a week. It's hard ordering from a restaurant but it can be done. And of course there is no way to figure out the carb count. I will probably be over today but not by much. Wasn't in the mood for a steak(the safest choice).

I got nachos to go! Cut the chips, sour cream, and guacamole. With extra meat and salsa. So I ended up with a huge box of just the toppings. That will be my food today. And I have pork rinds for dipping. They make their own salsa and it's pretty divine. I could have gotten a taco salad with no shell but the lettuce gets slimy after you put hot ground beef on top of it. And I think it would be even more slimy after a night in the fridge!

Haven't figured out how to take apart the treadmill yet but I will persevere. What man can put together, woman can take apart.
 
I'm inclined to agree with the consensus above - starvation isn't the way to go. Take the same amount of food and spread it out over the day. Some people have found so-called intermittent starvation to be helpful, where you don't eat for 14 hours/day, but even if you go that route, spread the food out.
and remember, even though your DS results haven't been the easy weight loss that some people get, you still malabsorb some protein even after so many years, and hopefully still some good fat malabsorption, so you can (and should) make sure you get in healthy protein every day.
 
I'm inclined to agree with the consensus above - starvation isn't the way to go. Take the same amount of food and spread it out over the day. Some people have found so-called intermittent starvation to be helpful, where you don't eat for 14 hours/day, but even if you go that route, spread the food out.
and remember, even though your DS results haven't been the easy weight loss that some people get, you still malabsorb some protein even after so many years, and hopefully still some good fat malabsorption, so you can (and should) make sure you get in healthy protein every day.
For me this isn't starving. It's pretty much normal but with fewer carbs! If I can keep my carbs in the 20/25 range and do at least 5 miles a day on the treadmill plus my normal activities, I will lose weight. At least I have high hopes. Honestly it will probably take me a freaking year to lose an appreciable amount of weight. But I will be in better shape. And hopefully ready for the hernia surgery. If this doesn't work, I will go back to running. The treadmill will go up to 6mph so I can run on it.

So far today I have had coffee with HWC and 1/2 my nacho toppings with a few pork rinds. If I get hungry the other half is in the fridge along with a leftover slice of Brok's pizza. There is lots of deli, low carb wraps and even broccoli if I want it. For me the sweet spot of low carb dieting is when you get to the point where you are no longer really hungry and a couple bites of food is enough. I am not there yet but I am working towards it. For years I ate 2 cans of tuna and 2 cups of raw spinach every day. Years! That was much worse than this! For me, everything I don't eat is a personal victory! And there is another bonus. Eating less means less pain from the hernia too.

Believe me I was angry for years that I didn't get the same DS everyone else did. It was stupid of me to waste 2 years waiting for a DS here when I could have gone to Spain and had it done in a few weeks. And gotten a better DS too. I have never heard of Baltasar's patients having trouble losing. It's not an uncommon complaint for my surgeon's patients. Live and learn. I am still better off with what I got than if I'd had nothing done. I try to focus on that!
 
For me I lose weight by eating. I eat every 2-3hrs and I've started drinking 2 protein shakes daily to try and gain more muscle. I'm honestly in pretty good shape but I'd like to gain maybe 10lbs of muscle. Its a whole new world with this surgery and I'm not sure I can bulk up. My youngest is a big SOB and all state rugby player - I want to be in between his size and mine LOL but it's tough.
 
For me I lose weight by eating. I eat every 2-3hrs and I've started drinking 2 protein shakes daily to try and gain more muscle. I'm honestly in pretty good shape but I'd like to gain maybe 10lbs of muscle. Its a whole new world with this surgery and I'm not sure I can bulk up. My youngest is a big SOB and all state rugby player - I want to be in between his size and mine LOL but it's tough.
You are lucky! I would like to add more muscle too. I would love definition in my legs!
 

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