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I am 11 months out from gastric bypass and have lost 65 pounds total. I am needing to lose another 20-30 pounds. I have been stuck at my current weight for well over 3 months. It just won't come off. Any tips? Am I not getting enough Protein? Too many carbs maybe? I do not feel I over eat at any one setting. I eat small portions but possibly I am eating too many sugars/carbs throughout the day. Overall, I just don't feel I eat over 1000 calories a day so I can't figure out why I am not losing anymore. Should I switch to 3 Protein shakes a day and only one meal? Or try to get 3 shakes in regardless of what I eat? Some have said I am not getting enough Protein. I am grateful for what I have lost and feel wonderful. I just don't want to have done such a major surgery and life change and not do it to the full measure. I am exercising, although some weeks it is not 5 days a week. Maybe I can get more consistent with that. Any help is appreciated!

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Can you post an average food day? It may help others understand better what your Protein vs carb/ sugar intake is. How many grams of protein are you getting in each day?

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I wouldn't be drinking any Protein Shakes. You should be getting all of your Protein from solid food at this point.

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I'm kinda in a similar situation. I'm 1-1/2yr. And I've not lost anything in 9 or 10 months to really amount to anything. I've lost 107lbs an need 50 more gone. But i no what needs to be done. Being a nurse I should no better, but it's very hard. :( you got to go back to the basics start as if you just came home from the surgery. drinks lots!!! But not during eating. Then for 1 week go to NO carbs then you should go into ketosis. Then ad in low carbs and then if your not getting enough Protein go to a shake. But very important limit your carbs... another important advise is LOG EVERYTHING YOU PUT IN YOUR MOUTH. IT'S THE KEY TO SEEING WHAT YOUR ACTUALLY DOING RIGHT OR WRONG WITH FOODS.

I no i don't want to fall back into old habits and i did a little but I refuse to gain this weight back. I went thru to much. I hope this helps you. I'm always in need of advice.

I'm kinda in a similar situation. I'm 1-1/2yr. And I've not lost anything in 9 or 10 months to really amount to anything. I've lost 107lbs an need 50 more gone. But i no what needs to be done. Being a nurse I should no better, but it's very hard. :( you got to go back to the basics start as if you just came home from the surgery. Drinks lots!!! But not during eating. Then for 1 week go to NO carbs then you should go into ketosis. Then ad in low carbs and then if your not getting enough protein go to a shake. But very important limit your carbs... another important advise is LOG EVERYTHING YOU PUT IN YOUR MOUTH. IT'S THE KEY TO SEEING WHAT YOUR ACTUALLY DOING RIGHT OR WRONG WITH FOODS.

I no i don't want to fall back into old habits and i did a little but I refuse to gain this weight back. I went thru to much. I hope this helps you. I'm always in need of advice.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

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