b=coffee l=the topping off a slice of pizza and some Cesar salad with grilled chicken s=beef jerky and peanuts (a handful) d=? not sure not hungry

Hi keep track of what you eat, either too much or too little will make you stall... and we are all different with our weight loss... only you know if your eating right, and if you are then you are fine and if your not then kick yourself in the tush!

It is a struggle for me not to eat more food. I have been thinking that the pouch will do the work for me and it hasn't. Well in the beginning it did, but as I added other foods, and didn't dump or have a fussy pouch, I just ate what I felt like eating. It has just been recently that I have figured out that while the surgery is great for initial weight loss, it will not make me lose more, and if I am going to get to goal, or maintain the weight that I have lost, it is all up to me after all. This is a huge confession on my part, I smiled and nodded when everyone told me that the surgery was only a tool in my weight loss toolbox. I just thought that because I lost so much so quickly that it would continue and I would not have to actually 'diet' . I hope that I do not give the impression that eating less is easy for me. It most definately is not. I could easily eat 2000 calories, the pouch defying food like white carbs call my name and sometimes yell my name at night and it is really really hard not to answer.

Here is my day...not great but I've certaintly done worse... B: Coffee / PB w/banana S: None L: 1/2 turkey sand w/ 1/2 bag of chips S: beef jerky D: 1/2 turkey patty LNS: 1 piece sugar free pinapple pie & 6 pita chips w/hummus totals: cal: 1080 carbs: 114 fat: 41 prot: 63 I don't have the same problem you ladies have...I have to stop myself from eating way too many calories...I would eat around 2000 if it was up to me. I struggle to get them down...but my biggest problem is not the amount I eat, it's just what I choose to eat...one high fat/high carb. meal and the day is way blown. So I am working on making better choices.

1. My grandaughter started school today...Kindergarten! I was able to be there and enjoy seeing her off for her first day. Could never have done that pre-wls. 2. Weighing the same for the past month but happy with the weight I am at. 3. Working on getting approval for my tummy tuck from the insurance company. I will get it done by the end of this year or right after the first of next year. 4. Getting my work more organized for the busy schedule that I now have and not looking at it as work but as a pleasure.