Hi

I'm new to this "Lightweight forum" but I was advised to join by Liz when I posted that I really would like someone who has done this to go over what I've been eating as I've only lost 29 pounds in three months.
I had Gastric Bypass.

Welcome to the LW board!

You can post what you're eating in a separate thread, or join our "Menus and Miles" that Roz hosts everyday.  That way you can see what other people are eating too, and we can chime in if you have questions or want advice.

Congrats on your surgery and you WILL be successful!!

Thank you!! I will do both!

Welcome to the LW board, helane. You will find a bunch of surgery types here and we range from pre-ops to long time vets. 

I'm a new post-op, still on the liquid/soft food stage. JUST started my viamin routin and following the one suggested by vitalady.

Liz

Welcome aboard!   30 pounds in 3 months isn't too bad for a lightweight, we have less to lose so we don't see the big numbers like our heavier friends. Let us know how we can help and feel free to ask questions.

--gina
  

Welcome to the LWs.  We will be happy to help however we can.  Everyone is different so your weight loss is what it is but we may have some suggestions that have worked for us. 

Welcome to the LW Boards.  29 pounds in 3 months sounds good to me.  I would suggest what Jody suggested - that you post on the Menus and Miles board each day.  It also helps for accountability.
Good luck.
Linda

Welcome!!

Thank you all!
As soon as my son gets off to school, I'll definately cut and paste what I've been eating and excercising. . In the last month,I've stayed at 180-185 .. It really depends on the day..I've been all over those 5 pounds.. I wasn't too worried until my niece was like..aunti, you're eating too much..you don't even notice what your'e eating..
So now, I'm stressing.

I do eat a lot of food I think.. compared to her..but she dumps all the time on everything poor kid.. I haven't dumped except day after on the pain meds.. she also was on protein shakes for four months, but I know for a fact that she was not drinking shakes prior to surgery and I was drinking two shakes a day for months prior..I got so sick of them that as soon as I was able to..I wanted to eat food.. now I'm thinking it might be better to go back..
I just don't know if I can?

Yesterday was a huge eating day for me... but this is what I ate.  I do not eat like this every day though..

Breakfast:

Kraft Cracker Barrell ExtraSharpWhiteChedd ar Sticks 1Serve=1Stick, 28 gram(s) 120 0 10 6 Viactiv calcium plus D caramel chews, 2 serving 40 8 0 0 Instant Coffee, 16 fl oz 10 2 0 0 CVS Chewable Spectravite Multivitamin, 2 serving 10 2 0 0

Breakfast TOTALS: 180 12 10 6

Lunch:

Spaghetti & Meat balls w/ meat sauce, 0.5 serving 250 28 12 14 BK Buck Double - value burger, 1 serving 410 27 23 25

Lunch TOTALS: 660 55 35 39

Dinner:

Guacamole - Wholly Guacamole, 2 tbsp 50 2 0 1 Big Y Tortilla Chips (7 chips), 1 oz 150 18 7 2

Dinner TOTALS: 200 20 7 3

Snack:

Cream Cheese, 1 tbsp 51 0 5 1 Instant Coffee, 8 fl oz 5 1 0 0 Peanut Butter, smooth style, 0.5 tbsp 47 2 4 2 Bagels, cinnamon-raisin, 0.5 bagel (3-1/2" dia) 97 20 1 3 Jams, preserves, jelly, 1 tbsp

and these were my notes
I had communion and 1 sm bite of holy bread in the morning.

At my mother's she had made spaghetti with beef and tomatoe sauce. I had a small bowl..about 1 cup worth of the spaghetti mixture.

I bought Georgie the hamburger and should have thrown it out but I didn't..I ate it.. no willpower!

Hmm...sometimes it isn't the calories but the carbs.  I think what you might want to aim for is 100 grams of protein and under 50 grams of carbs. You'll need to stop all the sugar, bread and flour products. Well, not Communion, that's different in my opinion. If you do decide to do low carb, don't let the calories column get you down, just really watch the carbs and protein grams. The fats column may get higher than you're used to, but that's ok too as long as you're low carbing.

If you're interested, here's a link to Vitalady's vitamin plan for RNYrs. If you can get your labs at optimal levels and your protein up, you might find losing will get kick started again. Good luck!

--gina

Vitalady plan for RNY: http://www.gblcreations.com/Resources/Gina/ProgramPRNY2-2010 .pdf

Labs and optimal targets: http://www.gblcreations.com/Resources/Gina/VitaLadysLabsandT argets_11-2009.doc

Chewable option vitamin plan: http://www.gblcreations.com/Resources/Gina/ProgramChewable2-2010.pdf