How is it possible??

Hi --

I tried to enter your menu in MFP--I couldn't match it exactly (like for cheese and applesauce, I couldn't find a "Tbsp" portion size, so I entered it in Ounces, etc.  But what I entered came to  47 carbs.

                                                                   Cal.     Pro   Carb  

Same menu, logged on caloriecounter........

Breakfast                                        Cal.     Carb.     Pro.

Cottage Cheese Fat Free 85.4 gr.       53        5.3       7.9

Refried Beans, Canned 126 gr.         118      19.6       6.9

Applesauce Unsweetened  56.7 gr.     26       6.2          0

Turkey Chili w/ Beans 123.5 gr.       105      14          8.5

Fat Free Cheddar Cheese  51 gr.        91       4.1      18.2

Matrix Protein Drinks  200 gr.          220       4         46

Totals                                           613      53         88

As someone else suggested, switch to dense protein -- Steak, Pork, Chicken, Fish, Cheese.  Cook in a crockpot to get it moist and tender, and chew, chew, chew, and then chew some more.  I find I can track more accurately using "natural" foods, as opposed to "prepared" foods - i.e.  rather than canned turkey chili, I would eat turkey breast with fresh diced tomatoes and kidney beans added.  Canned and prepared foods are loaded with sodium, which retains fluid. The more natural, the better.

Hope things work out for you.  As most people said, the less weight you have to lose, the slower it comes off.  Be patient - you'll get there.

Mary

My journal on my fitness pal app reads a bit different.  The problem I have is at 4 weeks out im not entirely sure if i can start on dense protein yet.  Im still considered to be on " soft food stage"

Your start weight is the same as my final weight, but I'm 13 inches taller than you. We were never going to lose at the same rates. 

Follow your plan. Learn the new habits you need to be successful long term. Work on your head issues -- those are the biggest permanent changes we need to make.

Thanks for the advice GT.

A cross-post that I just put in the Men's forum that I thought might be relevant:

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Hang in there, and plateaus are a way of life for me.  I'll lose two pounds, hang there for a week, lose 3 pounds, stay there for a week or so, and so on...  While it makes me nuttier than squirrel poo, it seems to be the way my system works.

I recommend and second the website/app MyFitnessPal.  NOTHING goes in my (formerly) pie-hole without being tracked on that app.  It gives you absolutely everything you need, including macro-nutrients.  And the basic part of it is free.  I don't pay for their "premium" part... I see no need for that unless the Doctor needs a detailed report of everything they have.

My longest plateau was at the 277 weight.  I lost 14 pounds pre-surgery at the Dr's order; Surgery weight was 310.  8 days after surgery:  294.  I was losing weight like a CHAMP!! A month in:  277.  AND I STUCK there... No matter what I did exercise-wise, I stayed there.

The vets here called it "The Stall".  Danged if they weren't right.  But my weight loss started again, and just now 8 weeks out, I've lost about 60, and am accepting of the stair-step weight-loss I have.  

My advice:  Practice a little self Compassion and realize that starting the journey is the hardest part of this.  Rethink the roadblocks (or stalls).  Once I did that, I stopped obsessing.

Remember to eat your proteins first; chew slowly and don't drink while eating.  This is the hardest part for me! 

Hang in there, friend.  The scale will start to move again.

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As you can guess, I'm one of those who needed to lose > 100 pounds.  This close to surgery, our bodies are doing some really weird things to get used to what we are trying to accomplish.  As I've taken to saying to myself in the mirror most mornings, "This hole I dug for myself wasn't done overnight, so it won't come off overnight."  

My Non-Scale Victories of late:  I can see my feet in the shower, but most of all:  I can now buy clothes off-the-rack from the stores that don't start with "King Size".  This tells me I might not be losing the weight as fast as some, but the inches are melting away, and that makes me happy too.

12 pounds in a month is fantastic! Think ahead... If 2 months, it's 24; in 6 months it's 72 (at the rate you're losing)!  It's been my experience that a gradual weight loss is much better than a radical one.  I don't have as many issues with my blood sugars and other nasty metabolic things now that I'm in a gradual, albeit slower weight loss.

Hang in there!!! You're doing fantastic!

-Tom

Thank you Tom for your words of encouragement.  And I do use MyFitnessPal, it helps me a great deal