How have you increased or sped up your weight loss? Let's share ideas and tips and tricks.

I had surgery on December 4th and I was 238, today I am about 208. So I have lost 30 pounds in five weeks. I eat about 300- 400 calories a day and about 20 grams of Protein. I know, not so good on the protein but I am trying! I keep my carbs under 50 per day but I'm not totally carb free. I don't have dumping and I like fruit and brown rice so I eat them sometimes.

I haven't started working out yet because I haven't felt well enough. Tomorrow will be my first day back at the gym.

I would like to lose this weight as quickly as possible!!! I would love any suggestions on how I can look amazing by the summer and speed this along. What challenges have you faced? What has worked and what hasn't? How often do you weigh in and how fast have you lost?

Thanks ladies!!

Thanks everyone. I think this is a good thread because this is something much on everyone's mind. I know I'm doing great but what I worry about it stalling later on, a few months from now. I'm trying to stay ahead of the curve and come up with ideas to rev up my loss when it slows.

I don't think 2 pounds a day is good, I feel one to half a pound a day is awesome. I hit a stall once already and I didn't sweat over it, and it passed.

As it turns out I've been having gallstone pain so that has been preventing me from eating as much as I want to everyday. My stomach has been rejecting food for a couple weeks on and off. I look forward to feeling better some can start making some of the delist low carb recipes I've been pinning on my Pinterest board!

At the same time, my doctor, who is amazing and one of the top bariatric surgeons in the country, told me it is good to keep my calories under five hundred a day right now. He said at a year out I could go up to 1000 and ultimately eat about 1000- 1500 for life. It's funny how different doctors feel,about this same issue. My best friend had the surgery and her doctor allowed no carbs pretty much at all while mine allows oatmeal and Cereal and all kinds of carbs, even bread!!

I chose to limit my carbs because before surgery they ran my life. I was a sugar aholic and carb junkie and they created cravings in me for more and I was alway hungry or super crashing. I don't want to eat them because I feel they are like a drug for me. It's playing with fire. Plus, I really like focusing on Protein as the staple of my diet. It makes me feel really good and everyone says I look amazing, glowing with health and even younger!!

Carry on bold robots. You can do this!!