Today makes three months since Dr. Overcash helped me change my life, I am glad to say that I am down 64lbs! The scales are moving again! WOOOHOOO. Any other 12/21/06 babies out there? How you doing? 337/273/175 5'9

Actually it sounds like a good philosophy. I didn't want to go back to the insanity of counting calories but I find that I forget what I eat otherwise. My dr. told me not to count them but to just worry about protein but now that I'm 3 mos. out I think it's time to pay attention. I see him for a follow up on Thursday.

Oh man this is not going to sound good at all. After years no make that decades of yo yo dieting I am not counting calories or doing a good job of measuring any thing. What I have done is accept the fact that I am a junkie when it comes to chocolate sugar sweets cookies etc. So I have tried to take that out of my diet. I do a potien drink at 6:30am. I put a teaspoon of decafe coffee and 1 1/2 teaspoon of cocoa powder in it. After that I never know whats on the menu excep**** ER and more water. I stopped eating in a regular dinner plate and now use saucers, teacups and teeeeennnnyyyy bowls. My doctor wanted me to eat only three times a day. I tried but my blood sugars wasn't having it. Counting the protien drink I eat from 6 to 7 times a day. I know that sounds like a lot. But I am not eating a lot. Sometimes one of those times is nothing but string cheese. So I am eating 3 meals and 3 snacks. I am still at the point a lot of times I don't want to eat. But that was a bad habit I am still breaking. I eat if nothing but some cottage cheese. I eat. Never thought I would be making me EAT. Yesterday I ate the same thing all day long. Tortillas, smoked chicken breast ( I smoked a chicken Sunday and put the breast aside for Monday) Pace Picante Salsa with fresh tomato cut up in it, avacodo, lettuce, cheese, sour cream, refried beans. I rolled that and cut it into thirds and ate it all day. Today its cool on the island 58 this morning. Thats freezing to us. So I am making Ice Box soup. Any thing in the fridge goes in the soup. There will be no corn bread. Because I don't know when to stop so I won't start. Soup has frozen turkey breast, Yes I smoked that a while back, one smoked sauage, salt pork I fried that in a separate skillet so no fat just taste, the refried beans, the Pace, tomato sauce, tomatoes, green beans, peas, carrots, chicken stock, rosemary, thyme, onion, garlic, parsley, corn. Makes a hugh pot. I guess this is really more than you wanted to know. But Yall know me once I get started. I really think a lot of my lost is because I am not eating sugar and eating real food. Before surgery I didn't care if I never had meat of veggies

Wow, I can't believe how many calories everyone is taking in. 1,200 calories is what I see long term posties eating for maintenance, not for losing and not so early out. But, if you are doing as your doctor says, it is only a matter of time before it starts to come off again. Plateaus don't last forever and this is not the end of your road.

Hi, I haven't been really counting calories but here are some typical days.... b) protein drink L) egg salad on crackers sn) blue bunny carb freedom yogurt smoothie (I love these-13g protein) S) turkey burger pizza (Dame Tooter's recipe) yummy sn) 1/2 apple with peanut butter late sn) v-8 (6 ounce) water, water, water, water, etc. b) 1/4 cup flax/snax cinnamon/spice cereal w/carbcountdown milk sn)protein crunch bar L) turkey chili sn)1/4 cup pistachios and string cheese S) cabbage and kiebasi with green peppers sn) protein powder (isopure) mixed into lite cool whip late sn) v-8 water, water, water, water and sometimes if I am extra cold -low carb hot chocolate