SOMEBODY HELP ME WITH WEIGHT GAIN SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!!

SINCE NOVEMBER 2006 I HAVE NOW GAINED 20 LBS . I THOUGHT I WAS DOING THINGS BETTER WITH CALORIE COUNTS AND EATING THE RIGHT FOODS BUT NOW I HAVE GAINED ANOTHER 4 LBS. PLEAS GIVE ME ADVICE I WANT THE EXACT RULES WHAT I SHOULD BE DOING. THEY SADI I DIDNT EAT ENOUGH CAUSE I WAS LUCKY IF I ATE ONCE A DAY . NOW I HAVE STARTED EATING 2 TIMES A DAY LIKE A SALAD AND A NUTRIGRAIN BAR AND I AM GAINNG EVEN FASTER. I WENT ON THE HOLLYWOOD TAKE OFF LIQUID DIET FOR 48 HOURS AND HAD NOTHING BUT THAT AND WATER I JUST GOT ON THE SCALE AND NOW WENT FROM 247 TO 250 I STARTED AT 350 FOR SURGERY 321 WAS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 227 AND NOW I JUST KEEP GOING UP . PLEASE GIVE ME THE BREAKDOWN OF WHAT I HAVE TO CONSUME AND I WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thank you for helping me i do not want to be like i was before the surgery.....

I am really scared that this will happen to me too. I have found for me that when I start to count calories I gain weight. But when I go back to basics and get my protein and water and don't count the calories I lose again. So I concentrated more on the protein than calories. betty

Exercise. I've been off my routine the last few months and gained 10lbs. I was away from home a lot. My step-dad died, my mom was in bad shape, two weeks later my mother-in-law had a brain bleed and has been going between the hospital and nursing home ever since and my father-in-law is blind and can't take care of himself. To top it off they are all a 5 - 6 hour drive from here. I tend to eat like crazy when I'm driving so it has been bad. We've also had a fierce winter and in fact we had snow today and a foot of snow predicted to hit the ground before Sunday. My usual exercise routine is swimming a mile 2 or 3 times a week. The last 3 months I've been lucky to get in one mile a week. Now that things have settled down a little I've been eating a lowfat yogurt with a scoop of protein powder (Any Whey) and 2 tablespoons of flax seed that I grind in a coffee grinder (never used for coffee). So in 4 days of the yogurt mixture and 2 miles of swimming I've taken off 7 of the 10 lbs. Good luck. Didi

you really need to focus on protiens. forget the salad and nutra grain bars. you need to eat foods that have nutricional value. we cannot absorb enough nutrient from food as it is so the focus needs to be more about what nutritioal value each thing that you put in your mouth has. to keep your body from losing muscle as you lose weight it is essential that you keep up your protien intake. south beach diet breakfast bars are a good replacement for a breakfast bar if you want one. protien bars are much better but I havent found any good ones yet that are low enough un sugar for me. Anyway, good luck with your weight loss. To lose weight you hjave to eat though. At least 3 meals a day. If you eat any less your body goes into starvation mode and latches on to every ounce of food you eat. It will not lose, your metabolism will just shut down. Eat small nutritional meals and get your fluids in. GOOD LUCK!!! Susanne

I don't know how much help my experience will be to you. I have lost very slow throughout this whole journey. I have not gained any weight but I have not even lost 100 pounds yet. I have about 40 more pounds to lose. I have had to struggle with losing pounds since the first week of my surgery. I have had to seriously diet the whole time but I am not discouraged because when I dieted before WLS I was still gaining and not losing at all. I am losing extremely slow and go some months without losing and some months I will lose 3-6 pounds. The best thing I have learned is to be patient and keep following the plan that I know works for me (eventually) which is low glycemic. I am following the same plan but have added some elements of Karen B's Timer Plan. My intervals are probably more like 1.5 to 2 hours rather than 1 hour. I found that for me it is extremely important to have all my foods pre-measured into the correct amounts. I use my food saver and freeze 1 oz portions of chicken and meat and 1/2 servings of vegetables. Then I just toss them in the microwave at the appropriate time. I put my shakes in a drink container and drink 1/4 to 1/2 portions at a time between the meat and vegetable selections. It seemed like I was eating a lot but it really is the same amount spread out more and the constant eating keeps your metabolism going. I buy a box of planter's peanuts that are packaged in the individual small bags but I only eat 1/3 of the bag at a time so this one snack lasts me all day. My nightly foods consist mostly of vegetables and protein shake. My total protein shakes for the day is 2-2/12 cans of Atkins. The plan has helped me tremendously in getting my water in. I have to say this plan works for me because I am a person that need to follow a structured and disciplined program. Here is the plan: From Yahoo Groups OSSG_Off_Track KAREN B'S "TIMER" PLAN FOR GETTING BACK ON TRACK The idea of this is to stimulate your metabolism to start burning fat and stop the grazing!!! Of course, adjust the times to your schedule, however, do NOT go past 1 ½ hours between some kind of "feedings". 6 am coffee, tea, or some other kind of warm beverage to "get things going" 7 am 8 or more oz of PURE water 8 am protein shake 9 am 1-3 oz of protein type food* 10 am 8 or more oz of pure water 11 am protein shake noon 1-3 oz of protein type food 1 pm 8 or more oz of pure water 2 pm protein shake 3 pm 1-3 oz of protein type food 4 pm 8 or more oz of pure water 5 pm protein shake (like while cooking dinner - prevents 'tasting" and "grazing") 6 pm dinner 1-3 oz of food total, i.e., 2 oz of protein food, a bite or two of veggie and perhaps a 'taste" of a complex carb 7 pm 8 or more oz of pure water 8 pm protein shake 9 pm light snack like string cheese, deli meat or cheese, about 1 or 2 oz total 10 pm 8 or more oz pure water · Pure water is very important to optimum health and to flush the fat cells through your body. You may drink crystal light, diet Snapple, flavored waters, etc., however, you still MUST get in the 64 oz of PURE water every day and do not count the water in shakes or the flavored waters UNLESS you are flavoring them yourself with lemon, etc. Propel is good, but still do not count towards your water. · You may make your protein shakes with just 1 scoop for 20 g of protein or less, but your total protein shake consumption must be at least 90 g. I use the full 30 g portion for each of my shakes, but my body requires more protein supplement. Please adjust accordingly, however the importance is actually drinking them. You can make up a half a portion in 2-3 oz of water to equal 15-20 g of protein then your daily total of drinking 5 shakes would be around 100 g which is perfect for a proximal RNY. · You will find that by setting the timer, you will never be hungry, and in fact, by the latter part of the day, you will be surprised when the timer goes off to have water, protein, or food again! · All meals must have a beginning and an end. No more than 15-20 minutes per "mini-meal". If you are full in five minutes, STOP and discard food or put away for the next meal. It doesn't mean that you can still eat during that hour. This constitutes grazing. · Track your food in Fitday. This helps. You will find that even tho you are eating every three hours your pouchie can't handle as much as it could have before. · If you aren't "carbophobic" add some whole grains to your meals, but eat them LAST. Mix all protein shakes with water and ice only. No milk or fruit. This adds calories and causes cravings for more carbs. You may add SF syrups, or mix your shakes with SF beverages, i.e., Propel, crystal light, Fruit 2-0, etc.