At 7 weeks, I am down 35 - sounds like we are all on about the same track with weight loss. Sometimes, I feel like I can eat too much at a sitting. I can eat about 3/4 cup of food. But, my calories are about 800-900 a day. And keeping the protein up, which is good. No food issues at all so far.

Hey~ I never found out officially why plain water tends to bother some GBS patients but I can't drink the stuff (and I was an avid water drinker pre-surgery). I have to mix it with Crystal Light or something like that in order to be able to drink it. So far as a journal, have you tried Fit Day (I hope I don't get in trouble for the mention) but it's an online food journal that is searchable and it keeps track of your daily intake of all sorts of things. Very good tool. I can relate to the eating thing. I get wary too. I'm starting to be able to have a little more variety although I am sort of carb-phobic right now so I have been a meat and veggies gal. I have started to dabble in tofu as well.

I am almost at 6 weeks and i have lost 31lbs.

Hey, me again. Wanted to share with you what I had for breakfast today. When I plugged it into my food journal it amounted to 16g of protein! Mind you I have to eat it in two sittings but I do get it all in eventually. I call it my "whatever omelette" (because I put whatever I have in the fridge in there) Ingredients: 2 egg whites 1 slice yellow onion, chopped 3 thin stips of green pepper, chopped 1/2 of a small mushroom, chopped 1 low-fat turkey sausage link, chopped 1/8 c. fat free shredded cheddar cheese 4 spinach leaves Directions: 1. Spray frying pan with Pam (I use the Olive Oil kind) and add peppers, onions, mushrooms, and sausage link. Sautee until sausage is fully cooked. Set aside. 2. Cook egg whites, making sure to lift sides with a spatula until all whites have cooked on one side, then flip. 3. While the other side is cooking load up one half of the omelette with the sausage/veggie mixture. Top with raw spinach leaves and shredded cheese then folkd 4. Flip once to make sure both sides are equally cooked and to give the cheese a chance to melt (since it's ff it will take longer to melt) 5. Serve warm Like I said, this is actually two mini-meals for me but my food journal says it's 110 calories and 16 g of protein (mostly from the egg whites, sausage and cheese. Although spinach also has protein. Only 1g in this recipe tho). And it tastes good. So if you can tolerate this, give it a try. I like it because it's normal food which is important to me right now. I'll keep posting stuff as I make it and hopefully you'll find something you like. Nikki

Check your iron levels. You are probably not getting enough. I was skirting the line of anemia before surgery and now I definitely need to take supplements (altho I have not been - bad me). I notice I am colder (esp. my hands and feet) and I am bruising super easily.