I am so glad you asked this. I am thinking I am eating too much. I checked out a hospital website and they said we should be eating around 1300 calories. I don't do that yet. I had my surgery on 2/14/05 and things are going well. I definitely felt like I had hit a plateau for a few weeks. It was actually encouraging to hear so many of you have felt that way also. Maybe it is normal at about 3 months out. To date, I have lost 57.5 pounds. Everyone keep up the good work.

I hear ya on the salads!!! who would have thought. I still have a hard time with lettuce but I am sure looking forward to one!! Strange what you start craving when you get away from our old habits! Thanks for the info! I also want ot check out that fuzzy navel drink sounds good! I have tryed the stuff you get at Wal-Mart and it is NASTY!!!! God Bless and have a great day!!!

Thanks for the link. That was really encouraging! Chris

I am 3 1/2 months out and have lost about 65 lbs. I am an over the road truck driver so my schedule is really whacko!! I have found that I hate protien powder, bars, and supplements in general. I don,t get my 3 meals. I usually have a yogurt for breakfast and I try to cook a meal in my truck which is fish or steak and veggies on a George Forman grill. I sometimes eat fresh fruit. I know I am not getting enough protien from this. Sometimes I drink a lowfat milk also but I know it is still not enough! I take a 1 a day vitamin and my B-12. What can I do to get more protien? I have found that they don't have anything in the truck stop of nutritional value! Time is also a factor for me I enjoy cooking but there is no way I can do this 3 times a day. I am on the road from 4 to 6 weeks at a time. I am begining to worry that this will catch up to me!! I don't want to "crash" nutritionaly speaking. Any ideas will be helpful. God Bless and take care out there......What a wonderful journey!

Hi Kia, (I use to have a very close friend of mine, who is an Optometrist, named Kia-- we still send Christmas cards to each other.... I've always loved the name, it's beautiful!) A friend of mine a few month's ago showed me the 'calculater'. It's been very encouraging. It was hard seeing how much everyone else was losing and losing less than the average. But when she showed me how to calculate my weight loss, I was shocked at my results! I've lost 52 pounds (I only weigh on Mondays) and it calculates me at 97% weight loss!!! That's fantastic!!! How can you ask for better than that!??? Twiggi 222/170/130ish