Originally Posted by melissa04136

Wow now Iam confused starvation mode more calories huh I have been down in the pits because I went to my four month check up and my doc told me I had not lost enough weight or am not where I should be .....total shot in the heart since I thought I was doing well I started at 266 now at 218 I started exercising more times and more intese work outs and have not seen any results so I started liquids again thinking maybe I ws eating to much I live off off lunchables and shrimp now Iam thinking do you think I should be eating more??????

Originally Posted by ~*LashSavvy*~

Hey Melissa,

Trust me when I say I understand your frustration. I've been cutting calories and monitoring everything on thedailyplate.com to take off the weight. However, just hang in there. My suggestion to you, as I had to same concern and brought it to my best friend who has a nutrition degree was that you need to eat the small things 5 to 6x a day. Don't eat MORE or cut more things out, eat the same but more often.

The key to not slowing your metabolism down is to maintain a regular blood sugar level through out the day. In order to do this, you must eat more often. For example,

8am: 2 eggs & veggie omlet
10am: string cheese
12pm: 1/2 tuna on toasted wheat, carrot sticks with 2tsp of hummus
2pm: 9 raw almonds
5pm: 4oz baked chicken, green beans

Cut out your lunchables. They're loaded with fat and sodium that'll make you retain water. If you enjoy the lunch meat, try for oscar mayer's 98% lean turkey, white mean with 25cals and 5g of protein per slice, and whole wheat crackers. If you're short on time, grab a muscle milk with 20g of protein and 150 cals in a 8.5oz juice box.

Hang in there and best of luck with your goal! I'm in the same boat with you and I'm always here if you need some support.

Originally Posted by mistymee

Ugh.. everyone loses weight at different speeds, so I hate it when a doc shoots a patient down that way.. talk about heaping guilt when you're already feeling bad enough



I agree with most of this, though I would say- we can't know if she should be adding or subtracting food, given the little info in this post- maybe you're more aware of what she's eating otherwise, and if so I apologize. But with the little bit in this post above, I can't tell. Perhaps she's not eating enough calories at all, or is eating too much or of the wrong things (perhaps too carby?)

And though I totally agree with you on cutting out the lunchables as pretty much chemicals in a box, but I'd say at 4 months out, it'd be better to eat that deli meat and cheese wrapped in lettuce leaves instead of carby crackers. Crackers have been such a huge downfall for sooo many people here it's just a really bad habit to get into so early out.

other than that, I'd agree with the basics of what you've written.. small, frequent meals work well to keep things on an even keel.

Originally Posted by ~*LashSavvy*~

Hi Kel,

The whole wheat crackers are more about being able to replace things with healthier options rather than eliminating them entirely. I should've made the distinction that the if you were to replace the lunchable crackers with whole wheat crackers, you can only eat 2 of them; as they are, very carby. I'm not a cracker fan but I was hoping to give her a choice.

Originally Posted by Claire-in-Texas

A nutritionist will do wonders for you. It's te combination of foods, not only the calories. Made a huge difference!

Just a little added info - I thought, at one point, calorie intake was THE important thing (it is, but there are other aspects, too). I was getting 1,000 calories a day, but some of that was the 100 calorie snacks. I gained weight. When I eliminated the amount of those snacks, and added appropriate foods (based on the nutritionist's info), I continued the 1,000 calories a day, and lost weight. That concept continues to be true.

See a nutritionist.

Originally Posted by mdgibbs

Claire, I am going to follow your advise and see the nutritionist at my surgeons office. Being only 7 weeks out, my head still tells me what doctors, friends and books have told me all my life, "cut out the calories and the weight will fall off!" It may be true for short term weight loss, but a balance is needed for the long term plan!