littlemiss
Silver Member
Hey everyone.
I lost weight a few years back by only eating 1000 cals a day, I lost 5 stone in about 7 months, the results were amazing (my doctor had advised me to eat 1000 a day as I had health probs from being overweight). I got a lot of stick on this forum because of the lack of calories. I didn't re-gain it all straight away, it was only after falling pregnant again a couple years later that it all went back on.
I was reading an article last night about a girl who had gastric band hypnotherapy, I've never considered weight loss surgery so its never popped into my head, but reading this got me thinking.........after surgery the stomach is tiny and the people only eat a small amount of calories, it appears to be the less the better.....no doubt they take vitamins and go through certain re-feed programmes and whatnot. My point is....if a small amount of calories is so bad for you, then why do doctors allow people who have had WLS to only eat a small amount??
When I was eating 1000 cals a day, granted the first 2/3 days were difficult but after about a week I got used to it, sometimes my cals would be around 700 and i'd have to force myself to eat food to bulk my cals up, when I did this I always felt like I was gorging.
For example - I eat 700 a day, feel not hungry at all, but when I need to force myself to bulk my cals, even through eating a handful of nuts or something, it threw me off track and made me think of bingeing. I think its because I had gotten used to only eating when hungry, or eating to take away hunger, the eating just to bulk up cals did something to my brain.
I am not planning WLS or anything like that, but I would like to eat a lot less cals and just wanted people's opinions on WLS and the like, where the food intake is hardly anything yet the lbs fall off and stay off.
For the record, I have 7 stone to lose.
I lost weight a few years back by only eating 1000 cals a day, I lost 5 stone in about 7 months, the results were amazing (my doctor had advised me to eat 1000 a day as I had health probs from being overweight). I got a lot of stick on this forum because of the lack of calories. I didn't re-gain it all straight away, it was only after falling pregnant again a couple years later that it all went back on.
I was reading an article last night about a girl who had gastric band hypnotherapy, I've never considered weight loss surgery so its never popped into my head, but reading this got me thinking.........after surgery the stomach is tiny and the people only eat a small amount of calories, it appears to be the less the better.....no doubt they take vitamins and go through certain re-feed programmes and whatnot. My point is....if a small amount of calories is so bad for you, then why do doctors allow people who have had WLS to only eat a small amount??
When I was eating 1000 cals a day, granted the first 2/3 days were difficult but after about a week I got used to it, sometimes my cals would be around 700 and i'd have to force myself to eat food to bulk my cals up, when I did this I always felt like I was gorging.
For example - I eat 700 a day, feel not hungry at all, but when I need to force myself to bulk my cals, even through eating a handful of nuts or something, it threw me off track and made me think of bingeing. I think its because I had gotten used to only eating when hungry, or eating to take away hunger, the eating just to bulk up cals did something to my brain.
I am not planning WLS or anything like that, but I would like to eat a lot less cals and just wanted people's opinions on WLS and the like, where the food intake is hardly anything yet the lbs fall off and stay off.
For the record, I have 7 stone to lose.