COMPLICATIONS

Protein (low fat meats, lean meats, baked, broiled, boiled, grilled, NOT fried meats) eggs Complex Carbs (whole Grain Breads, Oatmeal, Brown Rice, Sweet Potato, Vegetables, Fruits) Low Fat/Non Fat Dairy Products, LF cheeses, yogurts Good Fats (limited, but necessary for health) nuts, olive oil, avocado Stay away from, or severely limit Cake, Cookies, Pretzels, Chips, Popcorn, Crackers, Candy, White Bread, High Sugar Items, the stuff that has no real nutritional value.   Read labels. Read ingredients. Plan your meals. Don't Graze.

Boy, you probably think Im stupid. I still dont understand what I should look for in things when I shop. Low fat or low sugar.If its both, whats considered low and what is too high? Thanks again

I don't think you're stupid. You're smart to ask for info on things you're unsure of; someone online always has an answer. Not everything that is good for you is going to be labeled "low fat" or "low sugar".  As far a sugar's concerned, look at the ingredients. You don't want sugar (or corn syrup, glucose, fructose, dextrose, anything with an OSE ending) to be the first few ingredients. Some people try to keep the sugar grams per meal under 10 grams.  Some things are clearly labeled LIGHT and use Splenda or aspartame instead of sugar.  Milk and milk products, even if they're lite, will have sugar grams because milk has its own sugar (lactose). Fat is a little easier to gauge....the important thing to look for on a label is the amount of saturated fat (except meat, you don't want very much saturated fat in your diet) and trans fats. You want to avoid those, too. Personally, I don'****ch fat grams too much, I just try to eat things that are baked and not fried. And I avoid transfats and saturated fats. And calories DO count. Just because something is low fat, Light, Splenda-sweetened etc. doesn't mean it's a free ticket.  Calories do count. Many people use Fitday.com to track the daily values of what they eat. You may find some dietary guidelines on there. 

Let me put it this way...do you want to be happy or do you want to gain weight?????? Sooner or later it will happen, if you let one thing slip it is tooo easy to let something else slip. I know it can be hard to wait but try soup and a sandwich for a meal or something moist. Make sure you drink then wait the half hour to eat, many times my husband and I want that cup of coffee after a meal but me wait as our reward to drink, Knowing we will not waste all the work our pouch does for us. It is a habit - you can change it will take practice and you may not get it right all the time but keep working on it. Take care I just want to see you succeed because the hard part is done with all the healing from surgery and you can do this. Take care.

I would be very careful, knowing what I know now I would have never assumed I would stay at a given weight.  I too seemed to maintain my weight loss for about 1 year, I'm almost 3 years post op and have gained about 20 pds.   please make sure to take all your vitamins, you should be getting at LEAST 64 ozs of fluid each day and what you listed for your daily food intake doesn't seem like you are getting enough protein...I shot for anywhere from 70-100 protein grams each day.  Please seek advice from your physician asap.