portion sizes am i eating to much

[sandi1011 0]

hi everyone,

banded april 20th...doing great...went to doctors yesterday allowed mushies. which is great cause i was starving.

now this morning i had a egg a tablespoon of salsa.

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lunch 1/2 cup refried Beans a teaspon of cheese salsa and a tablespoon of fat free sour cream. it was so good, but i was not full by any means.

dinner same as above plus some baby chicken food a tablespoon and a teasppoon of hubbys mashed potato's.

but i am still hungry........oh damn this is hell!!!!

way to much???

help any suggestions.......

thanks

[crzytchr 3]

That doesn't sound like too much. It sounds much like my first week of mushies. I loved the refried Beans with cheddar and ff sour cream!!!!

[sandi1011 0]

thanks i feel a little better:rolleyes2:

[KartMan 58]

I would say it looks like you might me eating too little. My quick count is;

bfast 83 calories and 6 grams of protein

lunch 233 calories and 9 grams of protein

dinner 314 calories ad 17 grams of proton

That is only 630 calories and 32 grams of Protein. I try to get in about 1200 calories and over 60 grams of protein. I would ask your nutritionist to give you a guideline on those. I don’t really like to eyeball my food and say that each meal should be a cup or whatever, I try to break it up by calories and protein – for me that works out to about 400 calories and 20 grams of protein per meal. I find that if I am short on protein I don’t feel as full and the scale doesn’t move the next day.

[sandi1011 0]

thanks kartman,

i know i have to up my Protein, i brought the new Protein bullets, so i will do one of those a day 26 grams.

i have only lost 9 pounds in 3 weeks, so i have been extra carefull, plus i do not want to strectch my band.

thanks again yiu have been a been hope.

sandi

[KartMan 58]

I am not a doctor, so I certainly don’t know what the right quantities of calories and Protein are (and I’m sure they are different for men and women). I do know that when I go over 1500 I don’t drop weight and when I get less than 60 grams of Protein I feel weak and also don’t drop. At times when I can’t get the time for a meal I mix in one of the EAS Myoplex shakes. I think the dark chocolate tastes pretty good and it has 300 calories and 43g of protein, which is a pretty good chunk of what you need for the day. I haven’t tried the bullets. As for stretching, your portions seem pretty tiny, I don’t see how it could be a problem.

Only 9 pounds in 3 weeks? Give yourself some credit!!! That is 3 pounds a week!!! There are non-banded people out there that would kill for those results.

Dr. V9 uong wrote an interesting article about this recently

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f197/weight-loss-plateau-92870/

Edited April 30, 2009 by KartMan

[crzytchr 3]

Sandi, Kartman is correct about the calories. I stay between 1200-1500 per day. BUT, at the mushy stage I was about where you are now. From my 3rd week when I started regular foods, I steadily increased my food and calorie intake and by week 5 I was at 1200 + per day.

[nfl1 0]

I was banded Jan 20, and my mushy stage I had the Gerber baby food containers (with the tops), about 1/2 cup I think...so I measured the pureed roasted chicken, mashed baked potato, pureed chili, or anything else that I had for a meal and ate it from that container to help me realize the portion size I wanted to shoot for. A plate seemed to be too obscure, even when using the small bread plate (no way to judge for height).

[Allformyson 0]

My plan is close to crzytchr. I am my first week of mushies + allowed chicken but only get a total of 1 cup of food a day which increases over the next 2-3 weeks until I need to reach the 50-60g Protein goal. I think right now I'm only taking in 15-20g Protein probably.

I actually break the meals into 4x day instead of 3 which helps with the hunger.

[Leah28 0]

I was told to eat until I wasn't hungry anymore. The first 6 weeks are about your body getting better, not losing weight, so don't stress if you aren't losing stacks. The weight loss slows down a lot once you're a few weeks out from surgery.

[staplegater 0]

Only 1 cup of food? Wow. I would starve! Hopefully it's working for you though!

I'm 10 days post op and am definitely getting some hunger pains. If I don't get 60 grams of Protein in I am HUNGRY in a bad, bad way. I think I average around 800 calories a day right now, and my body is telling me it isn't enough. I'm not too worried about calorie intake at this point, just afraid of pushing the limits on accident.

Tuesday I get to move to a new food step, and I am really excited about eggs and beans!

[Allformyson 0]

Only 1 cup of food? Wow. I would starve! Hopefully it's working for you though!

I'm 10 days post op and am definitely getting some hunger pains. If I don't get 60 grams of Protein in I am HUNGRY in a bad, bad way. I think I average around 800 calories a day right now, and my body is telling me it isn't enough. I'm not too worried about calorie intake at this point, just afraid of pushing the limits on accident.

Tuesday I get to move to a new food step, and I am really excited about eggs and beans!

Actually, the hunger isn't too bad compared to being on liquids where I was hungry a lot. Volume makes a big difference. I eat 2 oz 4x day. 1 egg = 1oz so I eat 2 eggs in the morning and it is very filling. Compared to 2 oz yogurt which can leave you hungry and hour later.

This said, my weight loss has completely stalled at this point.