Help banded 1/08 and still only 10# down!

di1138 · October 11, 2008

I will give you an idea of what I ate yesterday. I ate 1 crab cake at 12 noon. That was my first meal. I had a snack at 5:30p of cheeze it crackers. At 8:30 pm when I got home from school. I tried to eat a bowl of pot roast w/ carrots, pots, onions. I got about 1/2 the bowl down and threw it all up. I then fixed Soup to help calm evrything back down. The soup was hot and sour soup I made at home w/ an egg in it. That is a normal day.

Sorry you are having a tough time. I really think eating your first meal at noon is too late. You really need a Breakfast. It sounds like your metabolism has really slowed down. Also, it really does not sound like you are getting enough Protein. cheese it crackers are high in fat and low in protein and Vitamins. fruit would be a better snack. Also are you chewing enough? I'm not sure how much you mean by a 1/2 of bowl but I find beef has to really be chewed a long time or it will get stuck. I wish you the best of luck. Dont give up and keep us posted.

Edited October 11, 2008 by di1138

Totallytater · October 12, 2008

Where are your Protein Shakes? You are not getting nearly enough Protein.< /p>

vsnowrn · October 12, 2008

There also isn't enough Protein in this sample diet that you wrote here. You need at least 60-65 gm per day no matter what. Your body thinks it is starving and is holding onto the weight. Are you still drinking you Protein shakes. I am going on 2 months post op and still have 2 a day. My dietician says that I need them and I have lost 32 lbs in 71/2 weeks. I would beef up on the Protein so you body doesn't think it is starving

Good Luck

jmonash · October 12, 2008

I was worried about getting too much protien b/c I was getting 80 grams a day and was gaining. So I cut down. How much should female at my weight be getting?

flowers · October 12, 2008

I will give you an idea of what I ate yesterday. I ate 1 crab cake at 12 noon. That was my first meal. I had a snack at 5:30p of cheeze it crackers. At 8:30 pm when I got home from school. I tried to eat a bowl of pot roast w/ carrots, pots, onions. I got about 1/2 the bowl down and threw it all up. I then fixed Soup to help calm evrything back down. The soup was hot and sour soup I made at home w/ an egg in it. That is a normal day.

Sounds like you are not getting enough Protein in. You need 60 g a day to build muscle and lose faster. Read some books on low gi eating. I would throw out that box of cheez it crackers, those are the type of thing stalling out your weight loss, anything with high carbs and no nutrional value you need to eat, if at all, very rarely.

Crab cakes are also very little Protein and mostly junk food value. Try baking or broiled plain fish. No breading. greens, stuff like that is what you need to lose faster.