I know that most everyone is at goal. My goal now is to try and eat healthy so that I do not go back to where I was when I started. I know that it is a hard thing to do........ being someone that loved to eat everything and anything. I look at what I buy and ask myself why I am buying it. Is it protein or something that I can do without! What are some of your new goals since you had the surgery?

Have a great week hun!

Thanks, Mellisia! And you look FAB-YOU-LUSS!!!! - Michael

OK, here it goes... I have lost 215 pounds so far - well past my goal. My daily calorie intake is between 1200 and 1500 calories per day, but everyone is different and your body will tell you what is right for you. I eat a fairly simple plan of eating daily - I have an Achiev One Protein Latte in the morning at around 7AM, then at 8:30 I have a Power Crunch Bar. Then, at 9AM I have a bottle of Fruit2O Water. Around 10:30 or 11 I have a small single-serving bag of Snak King Tobasco Pork Rinds. For lunch, around noon, I have a Michelina's Lean Gourmet Low Carb Frozen Meal (these are always just meat and veggie). Then, around 2 I have 3 small sugar-free Murray's Ginger Snaps. Then, 1 vile of Profect Liquid Protein (25 grams in just 2.7 ounces of liquid - and it tastes great!). More water. Then, around 3:30 or 4 I have a Yoplait Carb Monitor Yogurt. I leave work, and I get home, and around 6PM I have dinner, usually a 3-4 ounce piece of lean meat/chicken/fish, and some veggies, or for a treat, 1 all-beef hotdog in a light low-carb bun with sugar-free ketchup, and 1 ounce of sweet-potato fries, or maybe 1 cup of Dreamfields Low-Carb Pasta with 1TBSP butter and sprinkled parmesan cheese, or stuff like that. Then finally, for dessert, around 8 or 9PM, I have 1 cup of fresh strawberries topped with sugar-free fat-free cool whip. Often, to fight the tartness, I will toss the strawberries (after being cut-up) in a sprinkling of Splenda and let them sit a bit before topping with the cool whip. And, with this kind of eating pattern, AND by using www.fitday.com for tracking my calories and nutrients, I manage to keep my calories always between 1200-1500, my protein is ALWAYS over 100, and my carbs are around 35, and my fat around 30 - and this is a very balanced way to eat (and as you can see, I eat ALL day) - and I never go hungry, and I still lose. Sorry for the mouthful - but I just thought I would share what works for me. But the key here is that DIFFERENT things work for DIFFERENT people - just listen to your body! God bless, Michael 215 Pounds Gone Forever!

OMG girl you are not the only one! If someone said that they did not eat bad things for them, I would not believe it for a minute. There is one in a few that stick totally to the plan. Just do your best is all you can do hun! Remember just to go back and do what you need to do......... We all go back to them bad habits but we can not knock ourselves for it or we want to go back to that comfort zone more. Tommrow is a new day.......... One day at a time hun! You are doing great