Anyone Else...

Is anyone else below goal and struggling to maintain? I can't seem to make it work. I was told about 10 pound ago to gain 10 - 15 pounds. I've added calories, just not enough I guess, and I keep losing. I'm at 118.4 as of this morning...119.0 this evening. I'm eating 1000 calories but I can't seem to maintain and I'm not hungry enough to eat more. I'm able to take in about 2/3 of a cup of food at a sitting. I don't eat until lunch time because my pounch seems to get really finicky before then. Or, if I eat a snack or do a protein drink mid-morning I'm not hungry at lunch. I've had a really rough week with a lot of pain in my left side. An upper and lower GI was done and nothing was found. I went back through my food journals and notice the only thing different was the addition of cottage cheese and grape tomatoes at lunch. I cut them out and am starting to slowly improve. I also re-added a stool softner into my daily dose of supplements. Seems to be helping. I'm very active and can't stand not moving so I tend to be in constant motion. What do I do??? Thank you.

try muscle milk protien it is high calorie and I think fat too. You can get the protien in with more calories and maybe you pouch will be more tolrable. I think they make shcakes for bulking up with more calories as well. I def don't have that problem being I am still 236. dee

I would talk to your nutritionist for the best way to bulk up, but you definitely need to add more calories. I agree that a high protein/high calorie drink would be a good way to start. GNC has many types that would be helpful. Check this Base Metabolic Rate calculator and find out your base rate (the calories you burn daily just sitting and not moving) and then strive for that figure to start with. 1000 calories a day is just not enough for you at this point and your body is eating itself up. I know you aren't hungry, heck, I still don't get hungry but remember way back in the beginning when we had to weigh and measure our food and eat when we didn't feel like it to get the protein in, well, you may have to do the same thing now, eat even when you don't want to so you can add a few hundred more calories in a day. http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/ Good luck and please let us know how you're doing. Inky

I had to up my calories and ended up finding the easiest way was to add a few refined carbs. I try to keep a handle on it. Seems as if your calories are still really low. I still start each day with a protein drink because my pouch does not like solid first thing in the morning. I then eat something solid about 10 in the morning and then a lunch about 12-1 whatever works.