Is Anyone else having a problem limiting what they eat? Even though I know I have 3 mons to loose between 20-30 pounds I still can't control myself. Food has been such apart of my life, and I'm struggle to find ways to avoid it. If you're controlling your eating, how are you? I need HELP!

I had to do a 1 week liquid diet before my surgery to shrink my Liver and it was really hard but I did it because I knew if I did not do it then they would cancel my surgery. I was still hungry dont get me wrong and yours is longer but the idea of loosing weight or in my case shrink my liver I would do what ever it took. It was hard but the Protein shakes do help and I lost 8 pounds in that one week. So my thought for you is if you can do the Protein Shakes 2xs a day then a small meal then you should loose in a month vs 3 months. Good luck and remember its all worth it Im down 26 pounds since Oct 14th and I always see these sayings which is inspiring is nothing feels as good as being healthy and happy.

Thank you so much! I've been looking around for a protein shake to take. What kind did you use?

I found Preimier shakes at costco pretty affordable and they are good. I got vanilla but i think they have chocolate too. also chicken broth with a packet of the top ramin seasing packet is pretty good thats what I lived on for a week. After the surgery your going to be on liquid anyways so its good to get use to what works and what you like. Im almost 4 weeks out and still prefer liquid to eating since it is not a good feeling afterwards.

Ok I trying looking for that. I'll have to be on the liquid diet also to shrank my liver before the surgery. Thank you for your help!

Hi Brenda and welcome to BP. I know exactly how you feel and my saving grace was WATER! I decided that I was going to start drinking a TON of Water. I know drink 122 oz. of water everyday! It was really hard at first and you definitely pee a lot, but after a few days my hunger and my cravings really started to decrease. I also started trying all different kinds of Protein. There are so many flavors and combinations that you can create that you could spend the next few months just trying to figure out what you like and don't like.

Check out this thread http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/323028-protein-powder-recommendations/

We started talking about this a little while ago, and you'll find some great ideas and different combinations.

Best of luck to you in your journey, and check these boards everyday if you can. There are a lot of wonderful people here that will gladly share their experiences with you and answer any questions you might have.

Oh, and one other thing..... Stay Prayerful!!!

@ hi I'm on south beach it's a lot of protein and vegs no pasta rice bread Potaoes no junk food no starchy vegs or high sugar fruits it's difficult but I've gotten rid of anything not allowed no junk in house no ice cream cookies snack foods such as pretzels chips only buy quantitys of needed foods for planned meals with no leftovers to go back for later if it's here I'll eat it u can't eat what isn't there the first couple weeks are really hard it gets easier after that the less carbs and sugar u eat the less u crave good luck

Hi Brenda and welcome to BP. I know exactly how you feel and my saving grace was WATER! I decided that I was going to start drinking a TON of Water. I know drink 122 oz. of water everyday! It was really hard at first and you definitely pee a lot, but after a few days my hunger and my cravings really started to decrease. I also started trying all different kinds of Protein. There are so many flavors and combinations that you can create that you could spend the next few months just trying to figure out what you like and don't like.

Check out this thread http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/323028-protein-powder-recommendations/

We started talking about this a little while ago, and you'll find some great ideas and different combinations.

Best of luck to you in your journey, and check these boards everyday if you can. There are a lot of wonderful people here that will gladly share their experiences with you and answer any questions you might have.

Oh, and one other thing..... Stay Prayerful!!!

Thank you so much for the encouragement. This forum has been such a help to me already!

okay I started my weight loss goal ( need to lose 5% of your body weight to have the surgery, in three weeks im down 25 pounds. and I still cheat now and then, I just cheat well. no candy bars, no French fries, a couple of pop chips, no biggeee. but most of it is from Protein shakes, a good one for Breakfast, a good one for elucnh a ready made Isopure to sip on during the day, sugar free Jello and sugar free jello pudding when I need chocolate, and a nice big salad fro dinner, very lite dressing fat free and as low sugar as you can get, I like mixing my own vinegar and oil in the shaker thing. I use various types of lettuce but mostly romaine, butter raddichio, iceberg and bibb. I buy the pre cooked grilled chicken at trader joes and dice it and warm it in a frying pan, and the hard boiled eggs at trader joes as well. I chop up an egg and a good portion of the chicken and put it in my salad with a sprinkle of parmesan cheese and have that. if it just wont fill me ill have a Protein shake a small one, a few hours before bed. I ate this diet for three weeks. I had to lose 18 pounds from my 361 to made my goal and im at 25, I now just go to maintenance level, where I work in some things like once a week I have a few slices of bread usualy as toast on a weekend breakfast morning. or I had a half of a small bar type pizza last Saturday night with broccoli chicken and artichoke hearts topping, was very filling because im use to having so many shakes lol. even with that cheat I was under 1000 calories for the day. I walked arouind the mall a few times and walked through the supermarket ( need my jello fix lol) in the average day no I will take in about 30 to 40 carbs and out of that maybe 6 grams of sugar. Also heres a hint, protein shakes have a tendency to um bind you up. I now mix half a tablespoon of flavorless Fiber ( benefiber or any of those is great, in with my shakes, the fiber helps move things along, but also that fiber keeps you feeling full longer. Anyway if youre interested in sometimes funny, my taste test video are available here on my blog, they are short and to the point, http://cuttingthefatwithaknife.blogspot.com

Edited November 8, 201411 yr by Stevehud

@ hi I'm on south beach it's a lot of protein and vegs no pasta rice bread Potaoes no junk food no starchy vegs or high sugar fruits it's difficult but I've gotten rid of anything not allowed no junk in house no ice cream cookies snack foods such as pretzels chips only buy quantitys of needed foods for planned meals with no leftovers to go back for later if it's here I'll eat it u can't eat what isn't there the first couple weeks are really hard it gets easier after that the less carbs and sugar u eat the less u crave good luck

I know what you mean about the left overs. I used to cook for 2 days at a time, and at first it worked. Then I found myself eating all the food. I have cut out cooking the rice, pasta, and other starches, but I'm still eating out which consist of those foods. I think tomorrow I'll go look about for some protein shakes to try.

okay I started my weight loss goal ( need to lose 5% of your body weight to have the surgery, in three weeks im down 25 pounds. and I still cheat now and then, I just cheat well. no candy bars, no French fries, a couple of pop chips, no biggeee. but most of it is from protein shakes, a good one for breakfast, a good one for elucnh a ready made isopure to sip on during the day, sugar free jello and sugar free jello pudding when I need chocolate, and a nice big salad fro dinner, very lite dressing fat free and as low sugar as you can get, I like mixing my own vinegar and oil in the shaker thing. I use various types of lettuce but mostly romaine, butter raddichio, iceberg and bibb. I buy the pre cooked grilled chicken at trader joes and dice it and warm it in a frying pan, and the hard boiled eggs at trader joes as well. I chop up an egg and a good portion of the chicken and put it in my salad with a sprinkle of parmesan cheese and have that. if it just wont fill me ill have a protein shake a small one, a few hours before bed. I ate this diet for three weeks. I had to lose 18 pounds from my 361 to made my goal and im at 25, I now just go to maintenance level, where I work in some things like once a week I have a few slices of bread usualy as toast on a weekend breakfast morning. or I had a half of a small bar type pizza last Saturday night with broccoli chicken and artichoke hearts topping, was very filling because im use to having so many shakes lol. even with that cheat I was under 1000 calories for the day. I walked arouind the mall a few times and walked through the supermarket ( need my jello fix lol) in the average day no I will take in about 30 to 40 carbs and out of that maybe 6 grams of sugar. Also heres a hint, protein shakes have a tendency to um bind you up. I now mix half a tablespoon of flavorless fiber ( benefiber or any of those is great, in with my shakes, the fiber helps move things along, but also that fiber keeps you feeling full longer. Anyway if youre interested in sometimes funny, my taste test video are available here on my blog, they are short and to the point, http://cuttingthefatwithaknife.blogspot.com

Wow. Thank you so much! I loveee making my salad with the chicken and boiled eggs. I going to do a little shipping tomorrow and really kick this into full effect. I can't keep outing it off. I will check out the video!