eating too much?????

I worry all the time that I am eating too much. For lunch today I had 1tbs instant rice and 3/4 cup veg. For breakfast I had 1/2 cup oatmeal with 1tbs raisens. So far today Ive had 3cups of fluid coffee/water/hot tea. For supper I may have 1/2 cup romaine lettuce with 4 grape tomatos , 1oz of cheese and 2oz of some type of meat with about 1/2 cup veg. Sometimes I can eat a cup of soup and a cup of salad at the same time. I still have hard time with protein. Just dont handle meat. I will add cottage cheese instead of cheese to salad or add protein drink to get rest of protein in. It takes me a while to get all of my dinner in but I have to get my protein in. Any suggestions please. I just worry that I will gain my weight back. Does any one else have these concerns or am I worrying needlessly.

Sounds good to me....I wish I ate that little. I think I can eat too much, with meat/chickien being only exception, can't handle much of that 2-3 oz tops. I'm a year out also and still have a bunch to go and on a bad week (couple office birthday cakes) I have gained so I constantly watch everything and do the weigh****cher points system so I'm still losing SLOWLY! Good luck on continued success!

Whoa! Don't worry! I'm eating twice as much as you are and still losing (albeit slowly now that I'm a year post op). Hang in there.

Mary, You really don't have enough information here for someone to give you any type of advice. Maybe you aren't looking for advice and were only venting but I can't see how you could possibly gain weight eating what you eat. Personally, it doesn't sound like you are eating enough - especially at a year out. I figured I would peek at your profile, but like me, you don't update too often. At your 5 month mark, you were down 76 pounds and considered that bad - I think it was fantastic, but of course that's only my opinion. How have you done the lsat 7 months? As far as your concerns, I think most of us worry about gaining the weight back - afterall, most of us have done it in the past(on more than one occasion, LOL). Having said that, I KNOW that this time will be different. I have spent the last year learning to "listen" to my body when it comes to food. I eat until I feel comfortably "full", I don't weigh and measure my food because I can now pretty much tell my sight how much I should be able to eat. At times, it ends up still being to much but then I save it for another day, my husband will fini**** or I give it to the dog - depending upon what it is. My typical day's meal consist of: Breakfast - a protein shake (at least 5 days a week) (on weekends, I sometimes have eggs or Lo Carb Special K w/Skim Plus milk) Lunch - a small chef salad (so that I get protein in, I add some lofat cheese and some deli meats like turkey, chicken and ham) w/reduced calorie dressing. Dinner - 3-4oz of protein (usually steak, chicken or fish) and a vegetable of some sort. I rarely snack, but when I do I either eat fruit or 1% cottage cheese with pineapple mixed into it. I also go out to dinner at least once a week. Will share an appetizer with my husband and then order whatever it is I want for dinner, which will include a vegetable and baked potato. I only eat a few small bites of each thing but it is my "treat" for the week and it's been something I've been doing ever since I was able to tolerate solid foods. Mary, I know it is easy for me to say this but you have to stop being afraid. You had this surgery to make your life better and I hope you are living it better today than you were a year ago. If you need someone to talk to, please feel free to e-mail me. All the best to you in your journey, Patti

Hi Mary, You sound like you are eating fine to me. I can eat as much as you and I am only 9 weeks out. Saw nutritionist yesterday. Only down 32lbs in 9 weeks. We readjusted my whole eating plan. I can eat anything, I stay away from sugars only because I was diabetic prior to surg. Now down to only