advice pleeeeze!!!

[bella1 0]

I am exactly 3 weeks out from surgery today and have not lost a pound since. I did lose 15 lbs on the 2 week pre-op diet of 2 Protein Shakes and a salad w/ tuna a day, but I was starving.Can someone who is losing a good amount of weight at this time give me an example of what you eat/exercise you do in a day???? I would really appreciate it!

[susan1961 0]

There are some great threads on here about what to eat.. I think one of them is titled 'what did you eat today?'.

I'm a moderate pace loser: I had my surgery 7 weeks ago and have lost 21 lbs since then.

I calculated by daily calorie burn based upon my weight and moderate activity level as 2400 calories per day, so my goal is to be negative by 1000 calories per day (intake thus 1400 cals). This should equate to a loss of 2 lbs per week and I'm just about on target (weight loss was greater in the very beginning when on liquids).

Typical day:

Breakfast is yogurt or oatmeal and a soy latte

lunch is a Lean Cuisine

snack is either an Odwalla Protein drink, another yogurt, or a little Dole fruit cup

dinner is meat and a vegetable

Evening snack is a handful of nuts

I've gotten some great ideas for meals on this site. One of my favorites was 'crustless pizza': I would take italian sausage and pepperoni and put it in a container with sauce and LF mozzarella cheese and heat. Delicious! Also do burritos without the tortilla by mixing Beans, some meat, salsa, a little cheese, and guacamole. Very satisfying.

In this stage, before you have restriction, it's sort of like being on a diet in that you will be hungry and it does require will power. The good news is you can look forward to your first fill taking over some of the work.

Best wishes and congrats on the 15lbs!