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Hello! I am almost 5 weeks post-op and I would love any advice people have who have been successful at losing 100+ pounds. I understand everyone is different but I want to be successful as well. I would love to know what you typically eat/ate in a day. Did you mainly do low carb, or were you successful with eating carbs? Anything you can give me would be great! Thank you!

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I'm down 75 since April 2016 and 50 since surgery. I am very low carb. 60-90 grams of Protein a day any way I can get it while staying under 900 calories. Premier Protein shake in the morning (30G 120 cal), usually an Oikos Triple Zero Yogurt mid-morning for a snack (15 G - 120 cal). If I'm at home, lunch is 1/4 cup homemade egg or tuna salad. dinner is whatever I make for my family but in my size portions. So, if I cook pork chops and rice and a veg, I'll have 4 ounces of pork, one or two spoonfuls of rice and about 1/4 cup of veg. If I need a snack during the day, I'll grab a Quest Protein Bar (20G - 190 cal.) or mozzarella cheese sticks.

Every once and a while I'll have a piece of whole wheat toast topped with egg or tuna salad. Tonight, I made a birthday dinner for my 14 year old daughter -- Penne with Vodka sauce and garlic bread. I didn't eat any of it. I had a yogurt, a slice of proscuitto and a mozzarella stick. And I didn't cry. Because I wanted that Pasta so bad. I still do.

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I have lost 161 pounds total -- 62 of them since the surgery on September 28. I, too, follow a low-carb way of eating. I eat 7-8 times per day, about 1.5-2 hours apart. I eat around 1000 calories per day, less than 20 carbs per day, and around 100 grams of Protein per day. I weigh everything to make sure that I am being exact and accurate. A typical day for me looks like this:

Meal 1: 1 scrambled egg and 2 pieces of bacon

Meal 2: 1/2 cup of cottage cheese with 1 T sugar-free strawberry preserves

Meal 3: 1 string cheese

Meal 4: 3 oz of salmon and 1 oz of green Beans

Meal 5: 2 oz of hamburger steak and 1 oz of green Beans

Meal 6: 3 oz of salmon and 1 oz of green beans

Meal 7: 1 string cheese

Meal 8: 1/2 cup of cottage cheese with 1 T sugar-free strawberry preserves

I plan on staying low carb long term. It works very well for me.

I hope this helps. Good luck!

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Honestly, I eat darn near exactly what @@Diana_in_Philly eats. I eat cannon light & fit yogurt, 3oz of sandwich meat rolled with a slice of cheddar for lunch and a lean Protein such as chicken breast for dinner. If I need a snack, i'll eat beef Jerky. My new passion is scrambled eggs with avocado. I love the pure Protein shakes if I can't get in enough Protein but i'm 1.5 years out so its pretty easy for me. Try Fairlife milk if you need a little extra protein.

Good luck!!

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