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I track my food and I'm averaging 800-900 calories a day. I exercise at least one hour six days a week. I'm generally between 60-70 grams protein but I'm doing awful with my fluids. I really can't drink anything before noon because it makes me naseous and with not drinking before and after meals, it doesn't leave much "free" time to drink fluids, even having a water bottle in my hand all afternoon.
I've lost 30 pounds so far but still haven't dropped a clothing size which is depressing. I could probably go down a size, but my old clothes still fit me so I haven't bought anything new yet.
The hardest thing for me is that I just don' t enjoy food anymore. Eating is more a chore than anything else. I accelerated to solid food very quickly and have already added salads and fruits back into my diet with no problem, which has helped, but there is still no real enjoyment in meals. Will that get any better?
SW-272, CW-219, GW-175
5'9"
1. What do you eat? I eat about anything that I want, just in much smaller quantities than I used to (and of course no sugar or white carbs)
2. How much do you eat at a time? 3-4 oz at a time. Sometimes more, depending on what it is. Salad I can eat two plates full, last night I ate the meat of a whole lobster. Just depends.
3. How many times a day do you eat? Breakfast, snack, lunch, dinner, and snack
4. How many calories a day? I eat between 700-1100 per day. I also exercise 3-5 times a week and notice that I feel a lot better since I upped my calories to closer to a thousand per day.
5. What are the portions of what you eat? I eat mostly protein with a little carbs or veggies. I haven't been good at working fruit back in to my diet yet and don't eat nearly as many veggies as I used to. I have a snack every night, whether it be decaf coffee with SF torani syrup or SF pudding with whip cream.
I lost 20 pounds the two weeks prior to surgery and have lost almost 45 pounds since. Most of it I lost the first two weeks after surgery and I am losing slower now but I feel a lot better and have more energy.
I track all of my food on the dailyplate.com which is a free website to use. It is great and gives me what I want for a calorie goal for my weight and to lose four pounds per week. I don't actually lose that much but it gives me a goal.
I think we are all different and as I said I lost most of that right before and after surgery. I believe it was mostly water weight and now I am losing real weight. It didn't come on over night and it's not going to go away over night. I am happy with a couple of pounds/week now. At first I was discouraged, but I'm over that now.
Good luck to you all. I enjoy reading how we are all doing.
20 pounds lost during two week pre-op diet.
2. How much do you eat at a time? When I eat food I eat 1/2 cup at a time or less
3. How many times a day do you eat? I always have a shake for breakfast, Lunch I will have a shake or lunch meat and a string cheese and for dinner I will usually have what the family has without the carbs. I will sometimes have 2 snacks a day if there needed to hold me off until the next meal
4. How many calories a day? 500 to 650
5. What are the portions of what you eat? When I eat food it is 1/2 cup total per meal, shakes are 8oz
40 lbs lost pre-op
40 lbs lost pre-op
I m also not ean expert and I am very much just not starting to really regulate what I'm eating and introducing new structure. at first, it was all I could do to get in my water, Protein, and fod, and I always fell short on at least one of them.
1. What do you eat? Meat (chicken, ground beef, slowly stewed or cooked meats), Fish ( this is a big one for me and I eat fish at least 3 mels in a week, usually more like 5 inclusing tilapia sauteed in Pam and a lot of sashimi) cheese, eggs, yogurt - very little but workign on increasing it, fruit (watermelon, strawberries, raspberries, nectarine, blueberries,cantloupes & grapes so far and only small amounts) peanut butter - reduced sugar, tuna, refried beans from taco bell, ricotta w/ a packet of Splenda in it, string cheese in hot mozzarella, canned green beans and an occasional small piece of potato or cracker (but any mor ethen 2 makes me dump a little)
2. How much do you eat at a time? About 1/4 to 1/2 cup at each meal depending on what I eat.
3. How many times a day do you eat? 7AM protein shake, Breakfast (9-9:30am) Lunch (12-12:30pm) Snack (3-4 pm) Dinner (8-8:30pm), protein shake right afte I exercise, usually at 7:30
4. How many calories a day? no idea, I don't count. then again, I don't eat greasy, fried foods, loads of cheese, no sugar, bread, pasta or rice - so it can't be a lot
5. What are the portions of what you eat? around 1-2 oz meat and a little bit of something else.
Hope that helps!
Kristin
This Year I am taking back life!!!
As of today I am no longer Severly Obese...
I am just Obese! Wow!!!
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MY RNY 5-5-09 
Life is Good
1. What do you eat? Meat (chicken, ground beef, bacon, ham, roast, steak), cheese, eggs, yogurt, fruit (watermelon, strawberries, cantloupes & grapes so far and only small amounts) peanut butter, tuna
2. How much do you eat at a time? About 1/4 to 1/2 cup at each meal depending on what I eat.
3. How many times a day do you eat? Breakfast (8-9am) Lunch (12-1pm) Snack (3-4 pm) Dinner (6-7pm)
4. How many calories a day? about 750-800 cal a day
5. What are the portions of what you eat? 1oz of meat at a time
I log all my food and exercise on sparkpeople.com. It calculates it for you and is super user friendly..
I MY RNY 5-5-09 Life is Good
What I am asking is if someone or all of you could tell me the following.......
1. What do you eat?
2. How much do you eat at a time?
3. How many times a day do you eat?
4. How many calories a day?
5. What are the portions of what you eat?
I guess I really need something to follow! I have the owners manual, I follow it but I am still miserable.
I hope that I am not asking to much. I am really desparate!
ms.marilyn68
sw313/cw258/gw150
Remember, when the world pushes you to your knees,
you're in the perfect position to pray!
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