Question:
i feel like i,m not going to reach my goal i have a hard time eating and make bad

food choices sometime. i try and be mindful of fats and sugars. i would like a specefic diet of what to eat for break lucnh and dinner in order to be succesful i do water areboics 2 to 3 time a week my current loss is 50lbs in 11 weeks. is goal attainable with bad food choices it started at 334 and want to gwt to 160. onya    — onya C. (posted on May 22, 2003)

May 22, 2003
I am now 7 months post and down 105. I still would like to lose another 50 or so pounds. My doctor doesn't want us using protein supplements but to get our protein from food and he only wants me eating 3 meals per day. Here's a sample of what I eat. For breakfast I have 1/2 cup of lofat cottage cheese. Recently, I've been hungrier so I just started also eating 2 strawberries with my cottage cheese. For lunch, I will have 1/2 can of tuna on lettuce and 1-2 T of dressing. As an alternative, I'll have 1 slice of wheat bread and 3 oz of Jennie-O turkey breast and a little mayo. For dinner, I will have 3-4 ounces of steak, chicken, shrimp, burger, salmon or pork. I'll also have a small salad or 1/4 cup of brocolli or string beans. I get in about 80 ounces of water each day and I do some sort of exercise (tennis, housecleaning/gardening, walking, etc) about 4 times per week. This adds up to about 30 g of carbs and 65 or so grams of protein. Hope this helps.
   — Yolanda J.

May 22, 2003
Hi there... does your doctor have a dietician or nutrition counselor on staff? If not, you might try to find one on your own.. its much better to work with someone like that.. to help you fit a varied but healthy diet into your life... that said... I'm much further out than you are, so I'll not give you what I eat each day, you'll eat less and different things. I will suggest if you get at least one good protein drink in a day you'll be way ahead of the game. Good luck.
   — Lisa C.

May 22, 2003
Onya, can you reach a goal with bad food choices? sure you can, or you'll atleast get close. Now will that weight stay off you? nope. It's pretty easy to lose alot of weight with this surgery, the first 6 months- 1 year are almost fool proof. What many don't realize or aren't properly prepared for is that this surgery is a tool. You will not be a "success story" unless you change your habits now. This is the learning phase. We have to kill our bad habits and pick up new ones. Not that's not to say you have to be on a "diet" I'm 1 year post-op and am surpassing my goal. I don't consider myself to be on a diet, but I do count calories and make sure I get in all my protein. I allow myself treats, but I also allow myself healthy foods before that. I have a sample diet on my profile- but I'm more far out than you. So, for example, instead of picking up iecream, get some yogurt, or instead of chips, pick up some veggies. Those are the types of things we have to learn to eat and become accustomed to in order to maintain healthy way of living. It's not too late, it's really never too late, but better to better yourself now than 1 year post-op and a cuple lbs. heavier. Goodluck to you. :-)
   — Lezlie Y.