NewgirlfromMd

I made chicken breast in the crockpot with onions Soup mix, zucchini "noodles" sautéed with mushrooms a little olive oil, seasoning, and a little asiago cheese. I also made roasted Brussel sprouts. I could only eat a little of the Zoodles & sprouts of course but my husband and kids loved them! I have to say it was all delicious!

I made chicken breast in the crockpot with onions Soup mix, zucchini "noodles" sautéed with mushrooms a little olive oil, seasoning, and a little asiago cheese. I also made roasted Brussel sprouts. I could only eat a little of the Zoodles & sprouts of course but my husband and kids loved them! I have to say it was all delicious!

Sounds like the 3 week stall! I just came out of mine 2 weeks ago.. It will start moving again.. and 51 pounds is amazing!! Just keep going. I got frustrated and started thinking that I was failing.. but then once I increased my calories, per my NUT, it totally started going again.
I hope you do too.. I'm just about 7 weeks out and I feel amazing.

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I had a baby this past year and with my weight, this (my 2nd pregnancy) was ridiculously hard. I almost couldn't walk by the end of it. I had to have physical therapy on my hip while I was pregnant and now I'm having physical therapy on my back. I gained 40 pounds (I had lost 47 pounds prior to getting pregnant) and my sleep apnea came back. I'm exhausted EVERY SINGLE DAY. I hurt EVERY SINGLE DAY. I can't run with my kids. My pants won't stay up over my big stomach...people think I'm pregnant. I'm just starting the process because I can NOT do this anymore.

I stalled for 2 weeks at weeks 4 and 5. Just about lost my mind but just kept with the diet. Then I just all of a sudden started losing again. I'm convinced it was my fat putting up a fight!

Stayed off the scale a couple days, got on today and it's moving again. Yeah!

I will also be one month on April 23 and I've lost 20 lbs. ????

Ill be a month on the 23rd and I've lost 25lbs I know it will slow down but I'm happy so far

I am 1 month out tomorrow. For the last few days I have been feeling weak, lethargic, even a little shaky. I'm not sure what's going on. Not to be TMI but I might be getting my cycle. I have PCOS so it's not predictable. My Nut put me on dense food this week with a calorie goal of up to 800-900. I'm not there yet, but I am getting my Protein in. Anyone else have this problem? Thanks!

My insurance company required a 6 month supervised weight loss program pre-op, so on my first visit to my surgeon, she put me on a modified diet of replacing 1 meal a day with a Protein shake. I had to do that for 4 months, then beginning month 5, I had to go to 2 Protein Shake replacements per day. After 4 weeks of that, I had to go to all liquids for 2 weeks, and the last 2 weeks I was on Clear Liquids only.
I've had many people tell me that my surgeon's requirements were extreme, but I'm happy I did things exactly like she instructed me to. I lost 30 lbs. pre-op, and I've lost another 53 lbs. post op.

I know how you feel! I have been in the upper 200's and in the 300's my whole adult life. It's so embarrassing to admit that, but I am finally starting to believe I will be under 200lbs again!

I think you'd find my diet pretty "boring" since I eat the sames things for all my meals/snacks except for lunch and dinner. Those are always meat of some sort and I try to make sure I never have the same kind of meat for lunch and dinner in the same day. My husband cooks our dinners and I always just eat the Protein from whatever he cooks. Last night was meatloaf. The night before that was feta & spinach poultry sausage. The night before that was chicken breast in an Indian simmer sauce. Shrimp is also a common options.... I always eat half us much meat as my husband does and save the other half of MY half as leftovers to have for lunch another day. I can now eat about 3-4 oz. of meat at a time, depending on what kind it is. I'm 7 months post-op. I wasn't even allowed solid foods at 1 month, so I know I wasn't eating exactly the same things I'm eating now. Back then I was eating more pulled chicken, pulled pork, tuna, etc.

That completely depends on your surgeon. I was allowed full liquids on my 3rd day post-op. Everyone has a different plan and the OP should follow the one their surgeon gave them.

@@purrfctangel @@NewgirlfromMd
Thanks! I'm not frustrated yet.. I just want to see it keep moving (give me an ounce here or something! So i'm trying. I already work out heavily too.. went to spinning today. I've been released for full activity so i'll be back to crossfit and everything.. I also realize its normal, so that's encouraging!
One comment from my Nut to my Dr.. My Dr said I could start running again.. (which I already have) and my Nut goes.. um.. she's 280 pounds.. she can't be running! I was like, um.. I do run, thank you very much..

I expected it but not this soon. I must be losing inches though because I now fit into a Misses XL! I even went to another store to make sure! Lol

@@Chrystee
Don't get discouraged! My weight stalled for about the same amount of time. I was also eating around 500 cal, and following the plan! I guess my body had to stabilize or get out of starvation mode. I don't know, but adding denser food ( as I was told to do) added more calories. I am now at about 800 calories and my weight started dropping again! I have lost 3lbs just since Monday yay! Have faith in the process & your nutritionist. Your weight will start going down again. Adding a little coffee back has helped as well! My surgeon gave me the approval & not to be TMI but it got things moving again thank God lol!

First check up with my surgeon today and I am a little over 3 weeks out! I am 30lbs down ( had a stall when I started phase 2 diet) and everything went really well! My doctor said I can have coffee again yay! Nut said I'm ready for denser foods. I wonder if anyone else had this issue.....I have had several dizzy or lightheaded spells. My doctor said it was because I am not getting enough sodium & I need to add more salt to my diet. I never would have guessed that! My nut said to start eating deli lunch meat. They also said I should lose 60lbs over the next 2-1/2 months! That seems impossible! I will do my best to make it happen by following the plan & exercising, but it is very hard to imagine that I will lose that much!

That's awesome! Glad your energy is so good! I'm really glad I found out what was causing my dizziness & how to fix it. It was really making it hard to be as active as I wanted to be. Yep you are right we are going to watch these numbers drop!

@@NewgirlfromMd Awesome! I stalled phase 2 also and was immediately like oh this isn't gonna work either. Started phase 3 today and spent an hour cleaning the yard (an acre) for spring. Hope I'm as lucky like you and we'll watch the numbers drop together!

First check up with my surgeon today and I am a little over 3 weeks out! I am 30lbs down ( had a stall when I started phase 2 diet) and everything went really well! My doctor said I can have coffee again yay! Nut said I'm ready for denser foods. I wonder if anyone else had this issue.....I have had several dizzy or lightheaded spells. My doctor said it was because I am not getting enough sodium & I need to add more salt to my diet. I never would have guessed that! My nut said to start eating deli lunch meat. They also said I should lose 60lbs over the next 2-1/2 months! That seems impossible! I will do my best to make it happen by following the plan & exercising, but it is very hard to imagine that I will lose that much!

I'm sorry you are feeling this way. As stated above it is most likely the hormone changes. It's too early to think that way. I think we all have that fear of " will this work for me, and will I finally succeed at getting this weight off?" When you have been trying & failing to lose weight for a long time reaching your goals can feel like a fairy tale, something you want but can't believe will ever really happen. I speak for myself, but I know I'm not alone in that. Just follow your plan & remember why you chose to do this. It will work if we make good choices & follow the plan. Keep your head up & have faith in yourself that you can do this!

I'm sorry you are feeling this way. As stated above it is most likely the hormone changes. It's too early to think that way. I think we all have that fear of " will this work for me, and will I finally succeed at getting this weight off?" When you have been trying & failing to lose weight for a long time reaching your goals can feel like a fairy tale, something you want but can't believe will ever really happen. I speak for myself, but I know I'm not alone in that. Just follow your plan & remember why you chose to do this. It will work if we make good choices & follow the plan. Keep your head up & have faith in yourself that you can do this!

I'm sorry you are feeling this way. As stated above it is most likely the hormone changes. It's too early to think that way. I think we all have that fear of " will this work for me, and will I finally succeed at getting this weight off?" When you have been trying & failing to lose weight for a long time reaching your goals can feel like a fairy tale, something you want but can't believe will ever really happen. I speak for myself, but I know I'm not alone in that. Just follow your plan & remember why you chose to do this. It will work if we make good choices & follow the plan. Keep your head up & have faith in yourself that you can do this!

I'm sorry you are feeling this way. As stated above it is most likely the hormone changes. It's too early to think that way. I think we all have that fear of " will this work for me, and will I finally succeed at getting this weight off?" When you have been trying & failing to lose weight for a long time reaching your goals can feel like a fairy tale, something you want but can't believe will ever really happen. I speak for myself, but I know I'm not alone in that. Just follow your plan & remember why you chose to do this. It will work if we make good choices & follow the plan. Keep your head up & have faith in yourself that you can do this!