klzahn

Reverie

Your meal plan you described above sounds the most sensible of anything I have read on here. Congratulations on your success!! Can you comment on how much you exercised and what you did?? Prior to P90X....I'm not quite ready for that! Thanks....

If that's all you eat I'm going to say you're not eating enough, at all. Do you weigh the food you eat? If not look into buying a food scale, mine has been god sent as I'm not good at eyeballing things, my eyes will always be bigger than my stomach.

In any case I don't think you're eating enough. Do you log your food? Again, if you don't, try it, but from what you typed I'm sure you're barely eating 1000 calories. If you're exercising you're going to want to eat more. If you want to do that in the form of a Protein shake, go for it, though you'd probably appreciate whole foods better. When I was really "on the wagon" so to speak I generally ate this:

Breakfast: 2 eggs or 2 servings of egg beaters with low fat cheese and turkey bacon/sausage

Snack: Protein Bar, some sort of fruit, or cottage cheese

Lunch: Usually 4oz of Protein + veggies (I used to do chicken + Beans + cheese + salsa + sour cream)

Snack: Similar to my first snack

Dinner: Similar to lunch

I have always kept my protein high (never gone below 110g protein a day) and in the beginning I did keep my carbs low but have since stopped doing anything low-carb. Maybe it's something you can look into but in the end its calories in vs. calories out.

Let me know if you need more help! Good luck

no offense to any one that these things really do happen to and if this is how it actually is for you , but i just want to share my personal experience so far with people that read this who are thinking about getting the band. its just me personally so please dont jump my guns and get all defensive. or say oh i am not tight enough because you dont want to be too tight any ways.or call me immature or what ever negative comments you have for me, but since ive had my band so far im starting to think some of the symptoms and feelings people talk about on here are a little bit of an exaggeration. i can eat and drink what ever i want. yes there is some discomfort but not to the point of me not wanting it any more. i have gotten stuck and had to puke but it wasnt anything to do with the type of food. just that i didnt chew enough.and it feels more of stuck in your throat then actual stomach. ive drank pop it doesnt hurt. no i dont sit there and slug bottles and cans on a regular basis but its my own choice not because of the band.i just stay away from it now because i want to. if i want something with flavor besides Water they now have arnold palmer (ice tea & lemonade mix) with no calories that i drink. i eat less but because i stop myself i feel full but could eat more if i wanted too. if you think the band will be an easy fix or the best route you may want to research and think more about it. yes its a great tool and yes im loosing weight but its more of will power then anything else you have to watch what you eat, you have to diet,exercise, deprive yourself of the foods you loved because its more mental then anything else if you go through a drive through and want that burger bad enough you will get it and you will be able to eat it and you will gain weight if you dont watch what you put into your body just like some one would with out a band. so far it seems like it does not work all the time either. some days i will feel full off of half of what i use to eat and say oh man this is great, then other days or a different meal i will be able to eat alot of it and if i dont watch myself i will eat the entire thing of whatever it was. you need to be dedicated and motivated to the whole process in order for the band to work for you. i know with me i am learning that its wasnt all about the amount of food and thats what the band focus's on. for me its that i like bad food too much and dont exercise enough, im lazy thats why i got fat and nothing can change that and im sure im not the only one and my metabolism and genetics dont help either but im trying to stop finding excuses these are just my thoughts like i said before i dont mean to offend anyone like i said im just realizing its more of a mental problem then my actual stomach and that the band will not help with that

Thanks for sharing your story, very well written and inspirational. Would you be willing to share some of your tips for success with us? What you ate, how much you worked out, how you dealt with the emotional aspect etc? You look amazing and are truly an inspiration. Thanks again for your post.