good afternoon mariah'' ive copied them,,thank,,,now you may wonder,,why could i write you this morning and this afternoon,,,,i dont work but on the weekends,,,i do portraits,in pencil,,,and air brush t'shirts so im home all week,,,,,,lol,,,the way it should be work 2 off 5,,lol later, have a great day, sandy

good morning,,,i think this tread is going to just keep going lol,, anyway,,i know what you mean about seeing someone that cant get around,,,but you know what,,,,maybe they dont see themselve as really needing help yet,,,,,i was like you,,,man the money i spent on pills,,,wwatcher,,,and all the many many diets just just said they were the answer,,,,i would be rich,,,,lol,,,,,oh about what you said about lack of info,,,,i had a wonderful dr,,,and they had a class,,before surgery,,,mainly what to eat the 1st mon,,,then they said you can add stuff one at a time,,,but just lack of info,,,,and what they said to eat you couldnt eat in a day,,,a cup and 1/2 at one meal,,,,man i can hardly eat 1/2 cup at one setting,,,,anyway,,,i think someone who has had surgery,,knows more then someone just telling us what all we should try to get in a day,,,,,thank you mariah,,,, friends w/a pouch sandy

Hang in there. It will get better. Are you sure that your scale is working right? Scott

Aloha again Mariah...I just got back on my computer and have read everything everyone has said, and WOW what great information! I am going to check out the site that you posted with phases, etc. Tonight I added some yogurt with some FiberOne stirred in to my daily intake, thinking maybe I wasn't getting enough calories and my metabolism has shut down on me. We'll see if that helps jumpstart the weight loss. Thank you so much for your detailed descriptions........most definitely appreciated. Keep up your fabulous work...you are an inspiration! Aloha nui loa, KarenS

Ok...u have finally stumped me. I dont really time my meals on a set schedule like I did in the first month when I was off work. I would say...on my days off Ive noticed I cant go more than 3 hrs without eating something. I get very hungry about 3 hrs out. I would say I go about 2-3 hrs after a meal and drink my profect...then maybe 30 min later eat my snack ...usually cheese stick...and then 2 -3hrs later have a meal again. (Ive noticed I spend more time eating now than before surgery). That would leave about 5 hrs between each meal... So for a normal day shift person who can have breakfast at 7 am and lunch at noon...can still have dinner about 5 or 6 This shows how important that snack is to keep our metabolism going. We cant eat enough at one meal to keep us going 5-6 hrs without that snack. I get up at about 2 pm. most days. drink protein...takes an hr to drink... wait 30 min. eat breakfast over 30 min. that brings me to about 4 pm. about 6pm Im having my profect and before 7 Ive had my snack. I have lunch about 9pm-9:30. I go to work at 1030 pm. I have a protein about 11:30... then a snack. Supper is at 2:30 -3 am My last snack is at 5:30 if Im going to the gym. If Im going home to bed I sometimes dont eat a snack at this time. ...and at 6:30 I head home......If I head to the gym after work.... Then home to bed by 8:30 am and the next day I may not get up till 3 or 4pm. So that gets my eating off....thats why my time of meals changes everyday. Good thing I dont have kids to feed on a set schedule. All my animals get fed on my schedule and they never complain...LOL