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I don't know if I ever did enough. I do know every single day I tried to do the best I could. Never ever got in the 64 ounces of Water, struggled to hit the 60 gms of Protein, struggled with a lot of issues, but every day I got up and tried to do my best. Did I make it to goal, yes. Do I still struggle, yes. I struggle every day to eat enough calories and get in enough water. But I will continue to give each day my best effort. Go easy on yourself. Listen to your body and what it's telling you. Get up each day and continue to try. Most of all.......don't compare yourself to anyone.

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Nice discussion, I will be five weeks out Tuesday so still doing a lot of adjusting. This information was very helpful.

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Thank you everyone for your posts! Good point about not feeling enslaved to the plan. So far I don't, but I'll watch out for that. And right now there's no way in hell I'd get upwards of 140g Protein a day, but good to know for future reference.

I'm excited to do a little tweaking with the Protein. I have the kitchen scale back out to weigh meat and I swung by the grocery store after my workout this afternoon for turkey slices, cheese slices, string cheese and cottage cheese. I'm ready to do this! :)

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@@gpmed - not sure if someone else addressed this part but I still have a Premier Protein shake everyday to meet my Protein goals and I am 8 months post-op. I know that we all want to get it from food sources and that is certainly a goal for me eventually but in the meantime, I actually like the Premier Protein and always have it for breakfast or morning snack and get 30g protein right off the bat.

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@@Daisee68

That's a great point. I just recently at almost 19 months out stopped having 1 every morning for breakfast. I also notice it's still very hard to get all my Protein in without one!

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Everyone loses differently, It will slow down even more the more you lose but still remember that you are losing the weight. I eat 6 small meals a day, just continue to focus on getting in your nutrients and if you are picking it up at the gym, make sure your Protein consumption accounts for that! Good on you and keep up the great work!

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@@gpmed - It was pointed out earlier on another post about eating your Protein first. I eat a salad at times with grilled chicken/protein. The OP pointed out that the denser Protein should be ate first (nothing else) then the rest of the salad. The idea is that it will make you feel fuller and you won't be as hungry.

For Example :I would eat a bite of protein, then maybe a bite or two with the salad, then a bite of just protein.

I have stalled the past couple of weeks and I am going to go back to eating like I did post-op. Protein (measured out) and then see if I can get a bite of anything else in (which I doubt).

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Be sure that once you find an exercise routine fairly easy, you change it up so that you keep getting the returns. Once your body gets used to a routine, it will expend fewer and fewer calories doing it each time. Stale routines cause stalls just as easily as consuming too many calories. Before you ever cut a single calorie, make sure you are doing everything right activity wise so that your metabolism stays revved!

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Be sure that once you find an exercise routine fairly easy, you change it up so that you keep getting the returns. Once your body gets used to a routine, it will expend fewer and fewer calories doing it each time. Stale routines cause stalls just as easily as consuming too many calories. Before you ever cut a single calorie, make sure you are doing everything right activity wise so that your metabolism stays revved!

Good point! I am hoping that doing different activities throughout the week will help with that, in addition to boredom. I figure, also, I can try to up the ante when needed. Like increase weight during strength training, for example.

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