Calorie call pleaseeeeeeeee

I am very interested in this thread. I too had my surgery November 2003 and I am down to 169. I've lost 80 lbs. and have 30 to go. I feel great, but I've only lost about 6 pounds or so in the last 6 months! I am exercising now on a regular basis - should have done that from the start! I am also tracking my food on Fitday.com. I'm working to stay between 800 and 1200 calories, but I could easily eat more. The exercise has really been great! In 2 weeks, I've gained 2 pounds and then lost that 2 pounds. But, I'm not discouraged, I'm just curious what everyone else is doing to beat this lull! I'm sure that not exercising more earlier on didn't help. And, I think my caloric intake got away from me as I was able to eat more and wasn't journaling my food. I really don't eat too many "no-no's" but once I started journaling I was shocked at the number of calories I could consume. Seems like I was probably between 1500-2000 on a regular basis before I started Fitday. Any tips or words of encouragement appreciated and for everyone else - hang in there!! Keep coming to this site to support each other!! AND, be proud of how far we've come so far!

I also had surgery in November 2003, I have managed to lose about 150 lbs. Unfortunately, I did this not following any diet plan for the first 10 months I ate anything that I wanted, just in a smaller serving amount than I ate pre-op. I have about 50 lbs to go to reach my goal. I have been on a plateau for approximately 6 or so months, losing and gaining the same 4 lbs. So, I decided to follow a strict diet of 800 Calories or less, 30 Fat Grams, 40 Carbs, and try to get 70 Grams of Protein in a day. I finally broke my plateau doing this however it made me feel weak and gave me dizzy spells. I don't know about you all but at first I didn't like any of the protein shakes so I was cramming in as much chicken in as possible to reach my protein goal each day to avoid them. Now that I am sick and tired of chicken I went to GNC and got some protein shakes to try. Surprisingly enough, I can tolerate the ones I tried. So now, I am not being as strict on my diet. I am trying to get all of the protein in during the day by drinking a protein shake while at work (usually 300 - 400 calories) and then I eat whatever is served for dinner. I also started using an elliptical machine twice a day, I can't do much, but I know a little bit of activity is better than none. This is my first week trying this so I won't know until Sunday when I hit the scale to see if it is working or not.