HELP

I just e-mailed my nurse, I asked her if I'm loosing enough weight, and she told me that I'm below arverage that I've lost 29% and I should have lost 33%. I had surgery on 11-11-2004 and I've lost 44 pounds., my starting weight was 288. Any sugestions on how to jump start my weight loss?

Hi Denise, What are you eating and drinking? You might want to go to fitday.com and log in your food for a typical day and see how many calories you are getting. You might not be getting enough. Also you need to take in plenty of fluid to flush the fat out. Teresa

Also...I'm now going to Curves three times a week. The exercise really helps jump-start your metabolism. Are you keeping the carbs below 40 a day? That's my doctor's suggestion and it works well. Jo

Denise, I will just tell you what I do. I have lost 65 since 11/18. I drink 64oz. of water a day, under 1000 calories a day, less than 50 carbs, at least 60grams protein (all calculated on fitday.com). I also exercise every day for at least 30 min, 3 days a week aerobic, 3 days a week weight training, and 1 day a week pilates (when the gym is closed). If I do not do all this, I do not lose weight. Pam

Denise, Can you give us an idea of what you eat in a day. That would help us to be able to give you advise on what you might want to "tweek" to speed things up. You need to get lots of water in, at least 60g of protein a day, exercise at least 3 days a week and keep your carbs low. As was said above, you might not be getting in enough calories. Give us an idea of a days worth of food and we can help better. Deb