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Have you tried natural low fat yogurt? for me it works great and has protein, little calories (I can add 1-2 teaspoons honey and 3 nuts) and 1/2 cup fills you up.

Has someone some suggestion on which one to choose, I like WW because it has the points system, and I love daily plate because it is free. Both do the same, count your calories and keep it to an ideal day. Posted 02-10-2008.

Well, I have looked at all these sites, they are great. So far I joined daily plate, spark people , FitDay - Free Weight Loss and Diet Journal and I am going to begin using them to see which one fits better my plan. I did not enter into My food diary, since it is not free. All have different appeal to me: daily plate has extensive comments on food and breaks the consumption into many categories (fat, Protein, etc...), spark people customizes the plan to one self and gives choices for mini goals, it motivates you to change your lifestyle, fitday has a really nice ways to summarize and show progress. Also, today I found out that Real Age is doing some challenges, including workouts, they look great (and they are free!). Well, I still love Weight Watchers, specially for its points system, but may be I should go with the real thing: knowing the carbs, fats, protein, fiber and Water in my food. Spark people seems to have a point system (but points are not related to food intake, but to website use) and the daily plate does break your food into carbs, fat, protein, and shows the food nutritional values and comments when adding it to the list. FitDay - Free Weight Loss and Diet Journal also shows the nutritional value and has BIG letters, I like that very much, it has too many choices for food, the search has to be done with some description of the food eg. regular coffee instead of coffee. It has really nice reports page, it includes nutrition, calories eaten or burned, weight change, activity progress and other. Fitday also has a journal, a goal setter page and a calendar that shows what you have been doing. It seems very good. My food diary seems a pretty good application similar to Fitday, more user friendly and includes some improvements like having a comment on progress, easily adding food to meal time by checking instead of chooosing the meal from a drop down list. It has a fridge picture for items you usually eat, that seems a great thing. Somehow you link what you eat with what is on your fridge. Body Bugg seems great, but pricing is high. I liked very much its resources page. I use polar to count my calories. I paid less than $100 for a polar that tracks calories and heart beat, besides I bought it to stay in the cardio zone, and not for the calorie tracking. My doctor tells me that usually the polar overestimates the calories spent when he compared it to his machine. Thanks everyone, you are great! :biggrin2: Losingjumes, Suzzie and Jeni your weight loss is inspiring! keep it going! Posted 02-11-2008 Day One: 02-11-2008 I like spark people follow up and customized program that includes a menu and exercise plan (cardio and strength). Fitday is not user friendly, until you get to know how to do the searches> search your food by food category. It has a very nice interface for activities. Spark people and daily plate are cumbersome to enter activities. The daily plate diary is a plus! wonderful. It is easy to find and has a drop down menu. The daily plate calorie breakdown showing calories per food is really nice. I like the fit day report on food nutrient requirements. I don't like that all Snacks go to the "snack" category and it does not show the time of the day. And I could not find where to keep track of water glasses Day two: 02-12-2008 Daily plate: it helps to learn food value by looking at the food pie chart. (low cal count) Fitday: so simple now. (medium cal count) Spark people: nothing to write about, I don´t like today´s menu plan: it is sweet and starchy. (high cal count) Finally I decided to stay with the daily plate. Spark people is cumbersome, and fit day too... and for nutriotional requirements, well, I will get Vitamins to stay on the safe side.

Thanks, your reply is great. From it I figure out that it is not the program that you choose that will make you successful, but the choices one makes about food. Right now, I am taking bad choices... I'll look for protein and low cal. Really, thank you very much. Posted 02-11-2008.

Upset, why then take it against you?. Drink water or diet soda instead of eating... take a shower, anything. do not hurt you. You know, you have a long road ahead, nevertheless, start today just thinking you are on your way to get in it. It is really nice to lose weight. It is. You will do things you used to do... You are free to choose your way.

NJ, I suggest you go to the doctor. May be it is not broken but displaced and you can have it fixed. Good luck!

Thanks shortgal, I do feel restriction right now with a bit more than 1/2 cup liquid, so I believe I am ok. I will begin to again track everything down.

Thanks Denise. I exercise 2 or 3 times a week. I will cut calories to see if that works. Probably I am not a slow loser as to get in here, instead I reached a plateau. I got my fill one month after the original schedule. (and that month was December...)

I had my surgery 14 weeks ago, I have lost 15 pounds so far. (in fact I was gaining weight). I had my first fill 2 days ago... I am so sad about my weight loss.

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You are right, when you gain weight the band gets tighter and you have more restriction. Nice for me! It works better than not fitting in your clothes, because you really have to think about losing weight, doing exercise, etc... cannot leave it for tomorrow.

Did you lose 30 pounds in 2 days?

Seems like I was at the worst post op time. Now I can drink every hour, and feel better. I still have some nausea, but I am getting better. Surgeon asked me to drink more frequently... And aloe with water is great! thanks to everyone.

I am on my third day after surgery. I can hardly drink 1 oz liquid everytime. It gets stucked there for about an hour. At night I have to sit to stop the cough and the saliva that comes. How much should I eat. I was walking and doing normal activity, but now I feel dizzy.

Only liquid 1 oz every 2 hours or so... that is what I am having.