REALLY long but i need nutrition advice please
i’m very close to my goal right now (9-13 pounds away from it depending on the day) and i seem to have hit a stall or something. i’m hoping maybe you guys can look at what i’ve been eating and tell me what i’m doing wrong or what to add where.
i’ve had several complications since having my lap rny on 11-27-06 and have had to go back to full liquids several times and i guess my pouch is just still really tiny because i have a difficult time eating very much at a time. seriously, my nut told me that i should be able to eat 3 ounces of chicken plus a couple of bites of some veggies and possibly a bite or two of some good carbs within a 20-30 minute time frame. thing is though, it takes me 20-30 minutes to eat ONE ounce of chicken. then i have to wait about 30-40 minutes and try again. it pretty much takes me three hours to eat three ounces of chicken. weird, huh?
anywho, this is what i’ve eaten every day (for the most part anyway) since monday of last week. any ideas? thoughts? suggestions? anything? i'm not really sure what my calorie range needs to be right now, or any of the other ranges for that matter (besides protein of course) so some pointers in that area would be very much appreciated.
thanks so much in advance for all y’alls help!
9-10-07
b: ham/turkey/cheese roll-ups
s: tea flavored protein water (k2o)
l: chef’s salad - 1/4 cup & 1/2 boiled egg
s: 1 chocolate flavored protein pudding pop, 14 almonds
d: 2 oz. tuna w/ 1 tbsp. fat free mayo.
s: 1 chocolate flavored protein pudding pop
460 calories
80 g. protein
scale said 132 this morning.
9-11-07
today i snuck some of the leftover chicken noodle soup from o’charley’s the other night. then i put 2 ounces of cheese on one of the rolls we had leftover from that night and ate about 1/4 of it. THEN i ate about a half a dozen of those puffed whole wheat club crackers. after that we went to the mall and i had about a third of a soft pretzel thingie with ham, swiss cheese and honey mustard inside, dipped in ranch dressing with a diet pepsi. then we went to kfc for supper and i had part of a chicken breast (mostly the skin because i felt like dirt and i guess i thought that would make me feel better), mashed potatoes and gravy, a biscuit and diet pepsi. after that we went to the cheap movies and saw the simpson’s and i had 2 chocolate covered almonds and about 15 reese’s pieces with a mr. pibb.
scale said 132 this morning.
9-12-07
b: south beach diet bar (caramel peanut crisp)
s: pringles bakes wheat stix (pizza flavored)
l: oven roasted honey chicken in honey mustard
s: pringles baked wheat stix (honey butter flavored)
d: 2 chocolate flavored protein pudding pops
670 calories
15.5 g. fat
1350 mg. sodium
54 g. carbs
9 g. sugar
70 g. protein
scale said 134 this morning.
9-13-07
b: 3 oz. filet mignon
s: pringles baked wheat stix (vanilla flavored)
l: 1/4 cup chef’s salad * 1/2 boiled egg
s: special k2o protein water (strawberry kiwi flavored)
d: 3 oz. oven roasted honey chicken in honey mustard
s: 1 chocolate flavored protein pudding pop
657.75 calories
21 g. fat
1331.9 mg. sodium
27.8 g. carbs
10 g. sugar
79.6 g. protein
scale said 136 this morning.
9-14-07
b: chicken in gibson’s white sauce
s: special k2o protein water (strawberry kiwi flavored)
l: filet mignon
s: pringles wheat stix
d: special k2o protein water (pink lemonade flavored)
s: 1 chocolate flavored protein pudding pop
504 calories
12.7 g. fat
322.5 mg. sodium
24 g. carbs
1 g. sugar
71.7 g. protein
scale said 134 this morning.
9-15-07
b: 1/2 50 gram slam
s: 1/2 50 gram slam
l: 1 ounce sharp cheddar cheese with whole wheat puffed club crackers
s: 1 ounce sharp cheddar cheese with whole wheat puffed club crackers
d: 1 chocolate flavored protein pudding pop
s: 1 chocolate flavored protein pudding pop
460 calories
90 g. protein
scale said 135 this morning.
9-16-07
justa buncha junk mostly. we were rearranging my daughter’s room all day yesterday and moving furniture, etc (her birthday is on the 25th) so i didn’t really have much opportunity to sit down and eat. and what happens when you fail to plan? you plan to fail!!!
scale said 133 this morning.
9-17-07
b: 1 slice swiss cheese, 3 ounces honey roasted chicken, 2 tbsp. honey mustard
s: 1/2 cup kashi cereal & 1/4 ounce mixed nuts
l: 1/2 strawberry 50 gram slam
s: 1/2 cup kashi cereal & 1/4 ounce mixed nuts
d: 1/2 strawberry 50 gram slam
s: 16 oz. strawberry crystal light with strawberry kiwi flavored k2o protein water mix
760 cals.
20.25 g. fat
1317.5 mg. sodium
57 g. carbs
15 g. fiber
19 g. sugar
93.5 g. protein
scale said 134 this morning.
9-18-07
b: honey roasted chicken, 2 tbsp. honey mustard
s: pringles baked wheat stix (pizza flavor) & crystal light with k2o mixed in
l: 1/2 50 gram slam
s: 1/2 cup kashi cereal and 1/4 oz. mixed nuts
d: 1/2 50 gram slam
s: 1/2 cup kashi cereal and 1/4 oz. mixed nuts
760 cals.
17.25 g. fat
1117.5 mg. sodium
67 g. carbs
15 g. fiber
20 g. sugar
89.5 g. protein
scale said 136 this morning.
so... what the crap is going on here? why am i bouncing around the 130's instead of going down into the 120's? what am i doing wrong or what am i NOT doing that i need to be doing?
Bear in mind I'm not a nutritionist, but I wanted to comment.
What in terms of exercise are you doing? The reason I'm asking is it seems your calories are very low for as far out as you are. In other words, lets say you are exercising.... If that is the case then the very little amount that you are getting in is being totally burnt from the exercise, taking your energy away. So if you are doing any hard cardio or intense exercise you could almost be marking out what food (energy) you are consuming. Does that make sense? I know I had to add in calories at one point for my loss to start up again.
Check out this article, while it is not completely about weight loss surgery it might help answer your questions:
http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/calories/burning_calori es/starvation.htm
Also... Don't drive yourself crazy.... Step away from the scale. Weighing everyday will make you go this way. Keep it to once a week or twice. Throughout the day we have water weight and other things that happen so it will vary. It gets discouraging when you don't see the scale moving down or bouncing around like this.
You are doing a wonderful job and as you get closer to your goal the weight loss will have to balance itself out. You will get there, you've done do good in just under a years time!
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