Another "should I Be Able To Eat This"? Post :)

[LoserMama 37]

So, I am really wondering. I didn't deliberately set out to overeat, I planned these amounts, but after eating it, I wonder if I should have been able to eat what I ate for lunch. I'm 2 months out and at lunch, I had:

4 oz fat free cottage cheese

2 oz brie

2 slices of prosciutto

6 oz strawberries

I can kind of see that the cottage cheese and strawberries with chewing almost become liquid. So may pass through easier. but Is this too much to be able to eat, 2 months out? I was eating about 700-800 calories a day, and several suggested that I move my calories up for a few days to see if it moves me out of my stall. So my whole day I have planned today comes out to about 950 calories, 118 g of Protein, 39 g carb.. With exercise, my net will be about 750.

Where were you at 2 months out? What could you eat, what was your general amount of Protein you could get in, and how many calories??

[KellyL 173]

I don't know about the other stuff, but I know I've always been able to eat a good bit of cottage cheese too, so I try to be careful with it. But it's really moist and not as dense as chicken, tuna, etc.

[Ms skinniness 3,003]

I knew at 2 months out that I could only eat about 4.5 bites of food. That is dense Protein.

[circa 333]

How long did it take you to eat all of that? Did you drink liquids at the same time?

I don't really think its all that much - especially since so much of it was cottage cheese.< /p>

[LoserMama 37]

How long did it take you to eat all of that? Did you drink liquids at the same time?

I don't really think its all that much - especially since so much of it was cottage cheese.

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It took me somewhere between 20-25 minutes, no liquids. I'm quite good about no liquids.

Now, at dinner, I had 4 small grilled shrimp, about an ounce of pork and less than an ounce of thin cut grilled beef (we went out for vietnamese) and I was STUFFED. That was about 4-5 oz total, that seems more like it. I guess cottage cheese and the soft brie were just a bit more sliderish than I would have guessed.

Dorrie -- I would kill to feel restriction after 4-5 bites. Wow!! I am seriously wondering if I am going to have to be one of those people that revise to RNY in a couple of years.

[doggz109 41]

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It took me somewhere between 20-25 minutes, no liquids. I'm quite good about no liquids.

Now, at dinner, I had 4 small grilled shrimp, about an ounce of pork and less than an ounce of thin cut grilled beef (we went out for vietnamese) and I was STUFFED. That was about 4-5 oz total, that seems more like it. I guess cottage cheese and the soft brie were just a bit more sliderish than I would have guessed.

Dorrie -- I would kill to feel restriction after 4-5 bites. Wow!! I am seriously wondering if I am going to have to be one of those people that revise to RNY in a couple of years.

Yup.....you nailed it on the head. EVERYTHING you ate there.....minus the ham....YUM....can get mooshed down and slide through pretty easy. Still not a bad meal though....you got in some awesome Protein, low carb. The fact that you had dense Protein later and was stuffed just proves it.

[OilSooner 23]

For Breakfast I just had two hard boiled eggs, and two slices of bacon.

That seems like a lot to me at 4 weeks.

Hopefully it will keep me full for a while,

[Amanda 3.0 140]

So, I am really wondering. I didn't deliberately set out to overeat, I planned these amounts, but after eating it, I wonder if I should have been able to eat what I ate for lunch. I'm 2 months out and at lunch, I had:

4 oz fat free cottage cheese

2 oz brie

2 slices of prosciutto

6 oz strawberries

I can kind of see that the cottage cheese and strawberries with chewing almost become liquid. So may pass through easier. but Is this too much to be able to eat, 2 months out? I was eating about 700-800 calories a day, and several suggested that I move my calories up for a few days to see if it moves me out of my stall. So my whole day I have planned today comes out to about 950 calories, 118 g of Protein, 39 g carb.. With exercise, my net will be about 750.

Where were you at 2 months out? What could you eat, what was your general amount of Protein you could get in, and how many calories??

I probably could have done the brie and the prosciutto at one sitting. I can do about an ounce of cheese and two ounces of lean meat, and I'm satisfied. I rarely eat to a "full" stage, I don't think I have as much capacity as many.

I don't count calories at all. My nutritionist told me not to count calories anymore. That is a huge relief to me, although I do take a look when I am reading labels at the store.

I can eat a 1/4 cup of cottage cheese with a few pita chips, or a Wasa cracker with a Laughing Cow or slice of cheddar.

Last night I, I didn't weigh my steak, but I would guestimate it was about 3 oz and I was uncomfortable after and had to go for a walk. While making dinner we nibbled on some cheese and wine (Valentine's Day) and so I think that was really too much.

[LoserMama 37]

Doggz, I think you are right. I am guessing my sleeve holds a bit more than some, but if I stick to dense Protein, that is the key. I have been trying the past couple of days to consciously consume more calories to try to break my stall. Not sure its working. I'm not sure how much "more" a person needs to eat (or if it should be a different type of food) to break a stall.

Oilsooner, yum, hardboiled eggs. Those really fill me up when I have them, so I bet they will keep you full feeling too.

Amanda -- I wish I had lower capacity, but I guess all in all, I still eat a ton less than I used to, so if you look at it from that perspective, its still major improvement.

Thanks everyone!

[Amanda 3.0 140]

Well, your ticker says you are doing well. Congratulations!

In spite of my limited capacity, my weight is not coming off super fast. It's all good though, because I know I'm going to get there eventually!

[LoserMama 37]

I'm losing slow too. My ticker is total weight loss, so I've lost....26 lbs in almost two months? I mean, thats awesome, I'll take it, but I was hoping for more. Oh well, I figure even if I just lose an average of a pound a week from here on out, by end of year I will be pretty close to goal! I was just hoping for more rapid loss.