I usually am on the main board.However I think I will be visiting this board too.I would like to be able to talk to others at the same stage as me.So to everyone

Welcome Meryl...along with my state board (Kentucky****ep up with this board and have to say that I love this one! It is very good being able to talk to others that are at the same place in their journey as you! Sheila

I start each morning off with a protein shake. I use IDS which has 23g of protein. For lunch I make sure I eat some protein first like chicken or tuna or chili. In the afternoon I have an AchivOne coffee drink that has 20g of protein. Dinners the same as lunch, protein first. Then depending on how many calories I've consumed for the day I may treat myself to a Power Crunch bar for desert. That's another 14g of protein. So I get 57g of protein from just the IDS shake, AchivOne drink, and the Power Crunch bar plus the protein from the regular foods I eat. I'm also getting about 411 calories from those three items so I have to be very careful abou****ching my calories. My surgeon wants me to have between 1000 and 1100 calories per day. I usually am able to stay in that range. My weight loss seems to be a little slower than others. I've been losing between 8.5 and 7 lbs for the past few months. I'm also working out hard 5 to 6 days a week and building a lot of muscle mass. So even though I feel like I have not lost a much weight lately I'm getting many comments about how much thinner I look. I'll take it but I've been trying to get to ONE-derland for the past 5 days but the scale won't move. Each morning I hold my breath step on the scales and .....200.0. I want to scream! Oh by the way I'm also a revision from a vertical banded gastroplasty (1982) to the RNY (2/2005) and supposedly we lose slower than new RNYs. I've given you much more info than you ask for so I'll shut up now. Hugs 277/200/150

Hi everyone! I have been posting on my state's message board and never saw this one until today. Am very happy I have found it. Now I can post to people who are at the same stage as I am!! YEAH I will keep up with this site and try to get to know all of you as I have been pretty alone in my journey so far... bye for now!

I have been losing hair for the last 2 1/2 months so I started pretty early... I wanted to ask you for a sample of your day's meals? How are you getting 80-120 grams of protein? I usually get 60. Any suggestions would be helpful. I have been posting on my state's message board and today saw this one for the first time (guess I had blinders on) and am happy I have found it! Who better to know what I am going through than those of you who have had it done in the same month (mine was 2/22/05) Thank you, Meryl