Surgery Consulation

[kindyr]

So, today I went for my consultation for the WLS. It wasn't quite what I was thinking it was going to be. However, it was a nice experience. This group of doctors really stresses the support system of others in family and friends and even requested I bring my 'support person' with me to this consultation. The boyfriend went with me happily. He is

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[zoey]

How long will you be on 800 calories a day? That's...wow. That's starvation level :(

[kindyr]

Not long at all. Maybe... like, 3-4 weeks. I'll be on vitamins and such. The low calories is due to having mostly liquid diet there for a bit.

[kindyr]

I actually found out today, that, for my body just to LIVE I need 2103 something like that, calories per day. That's just to be in a coma, doing nothing but breathing and pumping blood... and staying fat.

[zoey]

People underestimate how many calories they actually need to live all the time. For most people, in order to lose weight, they have to go on essentially starvation diets. And no one can keep that up forever -- without, ya know, dying -- so the weight comes back rapidly.