just curious, it seems to me I eat lot more calories than some (between 700-900) but my weight loss is still going well...so how many calories is everyone else taking in? and are you eatting 3 meals or snacks too? Tanya

First of all that was highly insensitive of the PA to mention to you... At last weigh in before surgery I weighed in at 295 and since surgery I am down to 231lbs. My PA advised that I could lose more if I tried to get more excercise in however I am at about average on the expectation. I had stopped working out since Christmas and have only recently begun again. I see a bigger difference now that i am working out a bit more... I lost 4lbs in just 1 week by working out 4days out of 7. However I am quite happy with my weight loss, although I am starting to see sagging skin (mainly in my arms) I have seen less of it in my stomach which is what i am seriously concerned about. True my chest also is sagging a bit now, but whatever I can live with it especially with some good supportive bra's . I think you are doing fine... and you definitly need a new person to follow you threw this. You need someone who can balance out encouraging you without putting you down. As for stopping to lose at 6months... BOLOGNA! My PA said that at 6months I will slow down a bit on the weight loss, that if I am not excercising regularly by then it will be a bit harder to lose... hence me trying to get into a routine before that 6month mark... at 1year we should see a slow down again and at 18months to 2years I will finally be like everyone else out there. So again, he encouraged me to work out more.... walk more, do small things and build on that so that i can get the maximum at the beginning before I start to hit those small milestones whereI will slow down but so far I'm doing good... I just have to keep at it.... and i think you are doing great as well.

I am trying to be good about measuring since I can eat more now than I could right after surgery. I think I am pretty much in line with you, Tanya. I usually eat about 4 oz. per meal. Most of my meals consist of chicken or ground beef. I'm not a big vegetable eater, and my surgeon's assistant told me it was okay to stick with the protein since I should be getting most of the vitamins I need from supplements.

It's so little that I can eat at one sitting that I don't measure. I did notice the other day that I ate one entire egg & a half slice of toast. Sometimes I may have a slice or two of bacon, but then forget the toast or all of the egg. I usally eat a meal at home out of a custard cup! I still don't understand why I'm alive with the small amounts that I consume.

I have a question for everyone - how much can you eat at each sitting? I never really measured my food in the first few months; I would eat until I felt satisfied. It took so little to feel satisfied that I never really worried about it. Now, at four months out, it naturally takes more food to feel satisfied, but I have started keeping track of how many ounces each of my meals is. I want to get a feel for what people in a similar position are doing. Thanks!