Since having my hysterectomy and being on a limited diet for a few days it seems my tummy shrunk back......Yesterday was pretty boring for me....I made has for breakfast and ate it for all three meals.....I tryed 1/2 cup and couldn't fini****I had 1/4 cup for both lunch and dinner....I had a cafe mocha protein shake with a dallop of cool whip and a s/f fudgesicle for snacks Today for b-fast I again had 1/4 cup of hash lunch I had about 6 gensoy soy chips, and one slice of 2% cheese 1 cafe mocha protein shake with a dallop of cool whip.....not sure what I will make for supper yet!!! Jesi

Thanks Staci! It IS hard to believe that our one-year anniversary is approaching. My "goal" at one year was to be at 180 pounds. Since today I was at 183 and I still have another 2 months left it looks like I'll exceed that goal! Yeah!! You're right, it is totally mental. But look darling you ARE wearing those sizes and it's all due to the hard work you have put into this over the past 10 months so you should be very proud of yourself. Don't let those pecan pie squares (or anything else of the like) sabotage what you have worked so hard to achieve. Now, a little pecan pie square every once is a blue moon won't hurt you but you already know that. Good luck with the healthy eating. YOU CAN DO IT!

I'm not the best choice for food plans as I eat more than anyone here, about 1200 calories a day. Yesterday I had the following: B:2 scrambled eggs 1 whole wheat toast w/butter L: 4oz roast beef, 1 cup carrots S:Pack of soy nuts, about 5 oz and an apple. 60 oz of fluid. Nona

Thanks Kim! Happy Anniversary tomorrow. It's hard to believe its almost been a year since WLS! Sounds like you have been doing great also. Congratulations on your successes. I never would have thought that I would be in these sizes. It is so surreal, sometimes I just think the sizes are wrong and that I should still be in the plus section. It is all so mental, isn't it. I've thrown out the pecan pie squares and its healthy eating for me for right now. Thanks for the encouragement. Staci

Lorraine - My surgeon says no snacking because it leads to grazing and then to weight gain so I really try to stick to the no snack rule and 3 meals per day. I'm far from perfect and will occassionally have some popcorn especially if I go to the movies but this happens once in a blue moon, definitely not daily or weekly. I might have a chip or two sometimes but again once in a blue moon. My old habits have never gone away (ie., my pizza roll binge last night!) but I am trying really hard every day not to give in and for the most part I don't. I love how I look and feel right now and I don't want anything to get in the way of me getting to goal. Going grocery shopping is really hard! On Saturday I must have passed the Bachman Jax (cheese puffs) about 3-4 times, I stopped, stared at the bag and then said a big NO to myself and kept going. It's horrible! I do the same thing when I pass the Knorr's Creamy Pesto sauce mix! I love that stuff and it only leads me to eat pasta which I don't want to do right now! So I try really hard to pass it up. Mind games, they are really awful. Try really hard to stick to 3 meals a day and then to drink a lot of water (or whatever you like) in between the meals. The meals should be high in protein so they will fill up quicker. If you need some extra calories then add a scheduled snack in between, a healthy snack, apple, banana, veggies, etc. Have you ever had your resting metabolic rate calculated? This tells you how many calories you need to consume in order to maintain your weight with no exercise. My surgeon's office conducts this test. My RMR is 1280 calories (or something like that) so if I consume anything more than 1280 calories I will gain (if I don't exercise) and anything less I will lose. This is exactly why I keep my calories low and then add exercise to my program. This is probably why I lose approximately 1/2 pound a day on average (I've lost 15 pounds each month for the past 4 months, maybe 15.5 or 16 this month depending on what the scale says tomorrow!). Oh, the "Just Lettuce" is a pre-packaged bag of lettuce from Dole that contains only Romaine and Iceburg lettuce. I hate veggies, including carrots and cabbage in my salad and this bag of lettuce does not have any of that! I'm a terribly fussy eater! I hate that about me. Have a great day, and I hope you find something delicious to eat today. Kim 347/183/???