ARRRGGGHHHHHHHH!!! I'm in the same boat as you... Here goes for me so far today: 6:30am: Dannon Light and Fit yogurt with some sesame sticks 7:00am: Tall Starbucks Nonfat Decaf Iced Mocha with a scoop of protein powder 9:30am: Jerky 10:30am: Nothing yet but I feel like I want to eat something. Snacking... It's a bad thing!!! Lunchtime: Prolly a Lean Cuisine (a whole one!!) Afternoon snack: String Cheese and some fruit Dinner: Is my problem... Can't stop eating carbs and bad stuff and regular ice cream (just a tiny scoop on a tiny cone but i imagine it's adding up) Come on Elisa... We need to get back in the swing of things. It's do or die now... The end of our "honeymoon" period is fast approaching. If this is the honeymoon, i'm fearing what the rest of the marriage is gonna be like...

I may not be the correct person to be telling what I eat. I do exercise a lot. This is what I had to eat yesterday. Pre breakfast: 2 eas rtd protein drinks Breakfast: 200 g fresh strawberries and an ounce of protein cereal snack: protein bar & yogurt lunch: lunchable snack: protein bar & yogurt dinner: 2 baby back ribs, 3 oz french fries and 1/2 piece of garlic bread snack: eas drink followed by whole wheat tortilla w/peanut butter My surgeon has me eating more starches and fats to slow/stop the weight loss.

I know there is so much conflicting information and the fact that what works for one person may not work for another that I get so confused. And one person will tell me that I am a active person and I had a friend tell me the other day that I wasnt that active. Well excuse she runs around alot more then me, but she just goes place to place and sits and talks to people or plays Bingo, auctions, and other stuff but it is sitting. I dont go to that kind of stuff much. But I am constantly working on the house, painting, yardwork, gardening, walking dogs, riding bigs, chasing after kids (even though mine and his are grown, seems as if I always have a grandkid, neice or newphew, or a function of some sort for them or my older teenage kids. ) And we have a huge house .But anyway We probable should be getting our protein from food, But I have days where I am so busy I dont get time to eat much threw the day so I still supplement with a shake on those days, Like yesterday. Or sometimes I just eat a can of tuna, which I did last night. oh and yes I use fitday and I have a notebook I put it in first all day long so I dont forget nothing. I miss a day now and then, but journal most...at least in the notebook even if I dont get time to put it in fitday.. Yes I still do fitday and yesterday was not good in calories or protein. I didnt even get in 500 calories. But that is what I get so confused on. Some people tell me no more then 800. some say between 1200 and 1500 and I had someone tell me the other day that I should be getting in around 2000. I cant even imagine that and wont go there.. too scared. I have been a slow loser though and I am sure it is because I havent figured out what works for me. Sometimes I think I should do what I did before surgery one time and eat the food pyramid, although now I would have to eat all day to get it all day. I lost like 80 pds in three months on that diet. My metabolism was kicking fast. But I dont want to have to eat all day and obvioulsly that didnt work either cause I put it all back on. So I figure as long as I am losing ( even slow) and am keeping it a lifestyle change. Iit will work long term this time. Sorry got so long. Here is where some of the older long term people hang out. I thought you might find this post interesting. http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/tek/vpost?id=1880780

I feel that way too Marie...like I just don't know. But I remember reading, I think Terri R. (my surgery twin), said something about eating more if you are active...which you are. Do you still use fitday? Is that how you know your totals? Now the protein...I was under the impression that at this point we should be getting it from food not from shakes? I wonder if that is true or did I just pull that out of nowhere? Funny you mention protein shakes...my husband told me today that maybe we ought to start drinking shakes again. I don't enjoy reading...except posts and short excerpts...if you read anything about how to control snacking...please let me know. Thanks! Elisa

Thank you Marie for replying. So is that all you've eaten all day? You seem to be very active...haha I know I don't have any room to give advice here since I am having trouble...but do you think maybe you should be eating more? Just a thought? I know the last thing you want to do is add more calories. It just seems like you burn a lot with the walking and bicycling. I have a sedentary lifestyle so I know that I shouldn't be eating so much. I'm grazing...probably cause I'm just bored. Thanks again Marie...hugs Elisa