Lets see, today... Am- protein shake lunch -3 egg whites-fried 1 piece whole wheat toast w/butter Supper will be my mock lasagna probably a 1"x 3" slice (guessing 2/3C) Geraldine 304/184/150

let's trade for a day!! You deal with not being able to eat enough and I'll try to figure out if I'm eating too much. Deal??

I cannot eat very much at all and it is very frustrating at times. So I'm at the other end of the spectrum This was yesterday: Breakfast: 3/4 banana + 2teaspoons peanut butter Lunch: 1 oz cheese + 2 low fat ritz crackers Dinner: 1/4 cup stir-fry veggies with tofu (no rice) Today so far: Breakfast: 1 can low-carb slimfast shake (20 g protein) Snack: 2 oz cheese Lunch: 3 low fat ritz crackers + 1 Tablespoon peanut butter (which I ended up throwing up because it was too much, though I ate it really slowly, so that probably doesn't completely count toward my food total for today) Dinner: will be 1/2 soft beef taco from Taco Bell I know I don't eat enough, but I'm trying! At least I get all my water in. I keep waiting to be able to eat more... be able to eat more meat because I can't seem to digest anything except for this beef from Taco bell. Tofu is my friend! Amy Lap RNY 10/22/03 349/242/190ish? - 5'9"

Adrienne, just read your post thought I would chime in here. Today I have had: 10 oz of coffee with non fat creamer about 1 hour before breakfast. Breakfast : 1 Atkins Mocha Chocolate Crunch Protein Bar (yum) 8 oz lemonade from crystal lite. (yummy stuff) (great for getting in your water intake Snack: 2 beef jerkey slices Lunch: 2 oz hamburger with 1 slice cheese no buns 16 oz water and then 8 oz ice tea in between lunch and dinner Dinner: 5 chicken nuggets on salad with ranch dressing with some cranberries sprinkled over it. Evening snack: Sugar Free/ Fat Free Chocolate Pudding. Love this stuff it helps with my chocolate cravings. If I feel sluggish in my weight loss I supplement my lunch with a protein shake or bar. This seems to jump start my loss again. Blessings to you on your journey.

Great question...where would I like to be in 6 months. I'd like to have lost about 75 more pounds and be down around my surgeon's goal for me which is a BMI of 30 or less. I'd like to have completed a 5k run/walk or two. One of my biggest dreams is to some day run/walk a marathon. I so badly want to be a runner. Running is something that I can't really remember ever doing. I've been fat since I was about 9 years old so my childhood memories are mostly after the weight issues started. In about another 20 pounds or so I am planning on starting to run a little on the treadmill at the gym and we'll see how that goes. I would love to be wearing a size 14 - 16 (normal 14/16 not 14/16W). Paula Lap RNY 10/14/03 362/265/