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I am so sorry about your loss! It is good that you are now ready to take care of yourself. You CAN get those extra pounds back off!! You may need to start by going back to the basic's of what you did after surgery. Come here and post OFTEN and ready OFTEN! It helps. I try to start each of my days and end each of my days here. Posting and ready current post as well as old post. Looking for tips and support. You are NOT alone. Best of luck to you and us all.

Grazing is a very bad one! I TRY now to set meal times (can be very difficult for me since I work late hours often). But I have gotten good at sticking to my 2 meals a day now (I have never been a breakfast eater). If I had lunch 2 hours ago and get hungry, I tell myself that it is too bad and I have to wait until a decent dinner time! I tell myself lie's like, "hunger pains are what you feel  when your body is burning off fat". haha Makes me kind of look forward to them! I had gotten where I was never allowing myself to get to the point of feeling actually hungry before which is NOT good!  Whatever it takes to get you to where you have to be. Measure amounts and set meal times-for me they are KEY to success. Best of luck :)

I started on Saturday and so this is day 5. I've stuck with protein shakes, cottage cheese, a few slices of chicken and home made soup that contains ground turkey, veggies and tomatoes....day 2 was bad, but 3-5 has been better. I'm trying to walk more as well atleast the recommended 10,000 steps a day. 

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I don't want to starve myself but I have to eat less... Grazing and not measuring has got me here

I bought a sample box at Walmart for $45.  Nutrisystem is 3 meals (your could use frozen ones) and 2 cups of lettuce and 1 cup of raw veggies with fat free dressing for lunch and dinner; snacks are a protein (yogurt, cottage cheese, light cheese stick, 2 tbsp. nuts, 1 tbsp. peanut butter) and a fruit serving.  AT night you get a low sugar/high protein dessert.  You could improvise.  

I am going to try to be as good as possible on vacation because my January vacation was a bust.  It took me a month to relose the weight and I have only lost one more additional pound since.  Hala has some good ideas.  Maybe that will help.  

Best of luck to us.  Tri

That's one of the few diets I have never tried, but only because I have no idea of the price but just figured it was more than i would be comfortable with :/ When I did consider it, I would end up just going to the store and buying those frozen diet meals (adkins or Lean Cuisines) and just trying that route. I agree with it helping give you a better idea on portion sizes. I am in the same boat as you trying to lose a few more pounds before vacation! No way I can meet goal by then so I set a smaller goal. I am leaving for vacation on Sunday and within a pound of that smaller goal :D But now my fear is, how much will I gain while on vacation? I plan on gaining and trying to be ok with that because-hey it is vacation after all. But I have worked SO hard to lose and don't want to start all over again with the cravings struggle. Fingers crossed it goes well for us both!!