delta_girl

1/3 diet cranberry juice and 3/4 water is one of my favorite drinks! I really don't miss soda at all.

500 may sound low, but you will be eating 3 meals and 2 snacks a day, or 5 very small meals. Not much time goes by between eating again. My energy level is higher now than it was when I was eating 3,000+ calories a day.

I'm wondering about the wrinkles I don't even know I have because they are all fluffed up and spread out with extra face fat. I'm afraid I'll look like a rumpled paper bag.

I'm almost at 8 weeks and I've lost 32 lbs. That is 32 lbs that are not on me anymore and I am very happy about that. Do I wish it would go away faster? Sure. But how long was it apparently OK for me to carry all of that fat around? How long did it take to get there? 8 weeks is a very short time period. You should celebrate your success instead of beating yourself up or feeling sorry for yourself.

Crackers are one of my weaknesses and unfortunately my sleeve likes them. I have traded saltines in for Flavor Blasted Goldfish. One half of a serving is 25 fish and 70 calories. Not ideal but I can eat just a few and I'm good.

I'm not sure but I'll share something that I am doing. In several posts I have read that 10 lbs a month is a reasonable expectation. So I set a "dream goal" for weight loss for the same time every month at an estimated 10 lb loss per month and I entered these in my cell phone calendar. On November 26 I have a dream goal coming up to be at 186. I have already passed that goal and am 181. Now I can either keep my December goal where I had it before at 176, or change it to reflect a 10 lb loss from what I weight on the upcoming date of November 26. I know this really doesn't address your exact question, but it might show you that you are doing better than you think. As a side note, I was very stalled for several weeks. Then suddenly I started going to the bathroom a lot. My body had been holding on to a lot of Water. Probably because I don't really drink enough. The stall broke.

I just tried the Syntrax Nectar Oreo ....WOW! I just got a sample pack to see what I thought of it and let me tell you it had a very nice, milky, Oreo flavor to it, especially in the first few sips.

I have wondered about this, too. I don't know what shipping would be but I have some Syntrax Nectar Fuzzy Navel that I can't stand. I have probably made about 6 shakes from the large container and I don't know if I can make myself do it again.

I wonder how many doctors are still using drains. The same for the horror stories about gas pain. I had neither.

500 for me. It may go very slightly lower or higher, but is usually lower.

This looks pretty close to right for servings and calories, but I already know there is no way I could get all of that in me at once. I was getting worried, but I'm not now! Thanks for posting this!

I am 5'3" and currently weigh 184 lbs and wear a size 16 or 18. The weight is not coming off of my waist as quickly as it is coming off of my hips and butt. Though the waist of my pants fit, the butt and hip areas of my pants are very baggy. I hope this trend stops and my waist area catches up. I am 7 weeks post op and have lost 32 lbs so far.

I actually got scolded by my doctor for eating 80g of protein one day. He said that at my height I should get 45-50 g a day and no more, no less.

So true. I no longer can nor do I want to eat myself into a food coma.

Feeling bad all of the time. My big size 10 shoes were all tight and I wondered how my foot had grown larger to an 11. My large closet and the guest room closet were full of clothes in three different sizes, none of which I could wear. Not making it to the bathroom fast enough before a bit of urinary incontinence kicked in. Looking like a sweaty mess all of the time. Hiding food. .....gosh this list could go on and on.

Sometimes I dread eating, even when I may be hungry. I know that most often it is not going to be fun anymore. It isn't usually very comfortable, either. The first few bites or swallows will probably result in some shifting around down my esophagus or a bit of trapped air. Then there is the mystery of if my stomach is going to like it or not. I have been fortunate that chicken works ok, but I'm not yet to the point where I'm eating all foods yet. I even revert back to my Stage I or Stage II diet because my stomach likes those things much more than others. I wouldn't trade it for my old stomach, though. It is a wish come true, just not without a few down sides that are very manageable, though not always convenient or fun.

Did you work with a nutritionist that provided any papers or guides? You can read packages to find the nutritional information. There are a lot of web sites that have the information on other foods. Many of us use myfitnesspal.com to enter our foods and it automatically calculates grams of Protein, carbohydrates, fat, etc. for us. You may be interested in signing up for a free account there.

I believe that they are really easy to find. It's what you do in exchange that gets dicey.

I have around 480-550 calories a day at 7 weeks. I also posted a thread titled "Sophisticated Calculator" that you can search for that gives more info on what you are asking. I'm on my phone using the app, so can't post the direct URL right now.

Also check to make sure your diet includes a little bit of good fat like olive oil or a piece of fish high in Omega 3s.

I don't really miss soda at all. Now good beer is a totally different story! I have yet to dare either.

I'll add one of yours to my list. I tried on I can't even remember how many pairs of boots at a nice department store in the mall this past weekend and only one pair were big enough for my huge calf. Of course, they didn't have the color I wanted and no other store had it in stock. So I would love to be able to walk into a store and try on boots without it being a huge issue.

Run Feel good in my own skin No more granny panties Never feel self conscious again when eating in a work environment Sweat a lot less in the summer from general fatness Be less clumsy (if that even figures in) No longer have 4 different sized wardrobes in my two closets (mostly clothing that I don't love or feel good in, but it fit)

We are also all going to lose some muscle, no matter how much Protein we eat or exercise. If someone weighs 250 lbs, it takes enough muscle to be able to move that load around. Someone who weighs 135 lbs doesn't need the same. This isn't scientific, just what makes sense to me. Feel free to add input, toss in some links, share other expertise.

Geez. I think both of them lost everything, fat, muscle, Water, blood volume? ew. They were both slim in the first place. Yeah. They can work with nutritionists and trainers and have special food prepared for them to bounce back after they win their Academy Awards. The part of it that really stood out for me is, of course it is dramatic, but how motivated they both are to go to such extremes. Natalie Portman did it for the Black Swan, too. When people on the forums start fussing about stalls and "only" losing 20, 30, 40 lbs last month and now they are "only" losing 10 or 12 lbs this month, they are probably on track with the craziness that the actors are doing for these roles, only the actor's weight probably comes off even slower since they are underweight in the first place. Whenever I catch myself feeling down about not dropping weight faster, I have to think of how long it took to put it on, how long it stuck around, and that now it is going in the right direction ....down. What's to fuss about?