Hello everyone,

I have been absent from this board for some time. I am 2 months post op. So far I've lost 20 lbs. However I have been stuck here for three weeks. I got a very small fill 3 weeks ago, 1/2cc. (I have a samll band).

What has happened is I beging to get hungry between meals and I graze. Mostly with either cottage cheese with fruit, avacado's or penut butter. My old habits have returned and I eat more that I need. My main meals are small, mostly protien and some veggie's

I need some advice here as to how to address this.

Thank you!

Bruce

Hey Bruce,

I know it's hard sometimes to not snack between meals. My suggestion about snacking is this: make better choices! lol I know that sounds overly simplistic, but you would be way better off to choose something besides peanutbutter - it's got 95 calories per tablespoon. It doesn't take much of that to bust your diet to hell! One black skinned avocado has 279 calories! Yikes! One cup of cottage cheese has 220 calories. These are not good snack foods.

Try some fruits instead - watermelon is great and has only 49 calories per cup AND is full of water which is really good for you. The pulp makes me feel full for a long time and I'm less apt to snack on something else.

Are you logging your food? If not, stop what you're doing and log onto www.FitDay.com It's free if you use the online version and it's a real eye opener when it comes to what the calorie count is in our daily choices. If you like FitDay and you want to keep using it, which I recommend, you should go ahead and buy the downloadable version for $20. It's the best money I've ever spent on myself.

Good luck on your weight loss journey and keep in touch - I want to know how you're doing, OK?