3momchaos
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I’m a little frustrated with a few things going on that I wasn’t prepared for. While I know everyone is different after surgery, it would be almost impossible to warn everyone of everything, but still, I feel bothered. Being a woman who was still getting her period, even at my heaviest, I was not prepared for my cycle to go so off track. I talked to my dietician yesterday and a nurse from my OBs office. The nurse said that as long as I’m losing I could experience irregularity. The dietician said that they don’t normally warn their female patients because it can, but not always, have to do with the rate of weight loss. Which leads me to my next annoyance. I told her how much I’d lost so far and she was genuinely shocked. She said I am at the extreme high of normal, but that the rapid loss could be more to blame for my irregularity than the loss itself (if that makes sense). I originally called her because I am famished! She said that the hormones released and the rapid loss is causing me to be more hungry, more often, plus the hormones from my period aren’t helping. My body is fighting back against the weight loss. And I know that can happen, but I guess I was thinking it would happen with plateaus rather than increased hunger. Another thing I wasn’t prepared for. I am not complaining about the weight loss. I just wish I was better prepared mentally for some of the things that might happen. I’m still adhering to the food guidelines, eating around 800 calories a day (at most), and I’m getting my protein in. I know there’s not really anything I can do about all this except take it in stride, and be prepared for my next snack attack.