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campusman 1957 · 02-11-2007, 05:55 PM

is there any rate of weight comming off week by week .mine is any where from 3 to 6 lbs a week i only weighin on sunday morning its tough here in upstate new york with all the snow to go for a walk with the dog sometimes its brutal cold like 5 to 20 below and work for me is slow now in the winter only getting out to work about 3 times a week. i only wanted to know if 3 to 6 lbs is about right with only me eating 3 or 4 times a day like a package of cream of wheat in the morning and 1and an halfcups of chile for lunch and then about 2 servings of instant mash potatoes and spray butter for dinner and then maybe some sugar free fat free pudding at night does it seem right. thanks scott

highest/preop/postop/now/goal
353 / 316/ 320 /276 /175

surgery on dec 21st 2006 77 lbs gone im 2 lbs from the 100 lb count down

kittens4 · 02-11-2007, 06:11 PM

Seems good to me!

cnvh · 02-11-2007, 08:14 PM

I wish there was some set rate at which we can expect to lose, but everyone's different... Mine got very slow for a couple of weeks about a month after surgery, but now it seems to have picked up. My numbers were as follows:
Week 1 11 lbs.
Week 2 6 lbs.
Week 3 2.5 lbs.
Week 4 3 lbs.
Week 5 2 lbs.
Week 6 1.5 lb.
Week 7 5 lbs.
Week 8 4 lbs.
Week 9 3 lbs.
I'm sure this past week would have been more if I had gotten by butt out of the house and walked, but it was bitter cold here in PA for most of the week, so I stayed in. (Lucky for us, we haven't had a speck of snow like you poor guys in upstate New York have had!!)

It's looking like our snow-free stretch is about to come to a close, though-- forecast is calling for snow on Tuesday, so maybe I'll be able to log "two hours of snow shoveling" as exercise, woohoo!

ceekerr · 02-11-2007, 08:29 PM

Hey, Scott!

Try this link: http://www.thinnerself.com/files/Expect_Chart.htm - put in your weights and hit "Create report" - It's a great tool! - Everyone's different, but it'll give you a high and low expectation - for all us pessimists and optimists!

You're doing GREAT! Congratulations on being so close to the century mark!

LisaM · 02-12-2007, 05:57 AM

Scott,

While your weight loss sounds good, I see very little protein in anything you're eating except the chili. Do you have any kind of protein requirement from your doctor? Most of us are required to get at least 55-60 grams of protein a day in order to keep our hearts healthy and to lose fat instead of muscle. Just worried about you!

That said, your weight loss rate is grand, and guys generally lose weight post-op much, much faster than women. Congratulations on your progress to date!

MILA · 02-12-2007, 11:28 AM

Lisa is right on - wheres the protein in your diet? you have to have that protein in order to lose weight correctly - it helps lose fat and not muscle mass

deadboy · 02-12-2007, 11:58 AM

Yeah, cream of wheat and mashed potatos seem carb heavy and your protein is way light. Should be flipped. Protein heavy and carb light/not at all early on.

campusman 1957 · 02-12-2007, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by MILA

Lisa is right on - wheres the protein in your diet? you have to have that protein in order to lose weight correctly - it helps lose fat and not muscle mass

you know its tough my doctor said to only eat three times a day and theres not much i can have but mushy foods i have been eating refried beans chili,baked beans, i tried the protien powers they are nasty i cant use them any thoughts on other foods i could have have tried a few little bites of chicken but they go through very hard and a few times have gotten stuck thanks scott

campusman 1957 · 02-12-2007, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by LisaM

Scott,

While your weight loss sounds good, I see very little protein in anything you're eating except the chili. Do you have any kind of protein requirement from your doctor? Most of us are required to get at least 55-60 grams of protein a day in order to keep our hearts healthy and to lose fat instead of muscle. Just worried about you!

That said, your weight loss rate is grand, and guys generally lose weight post-op much, much faster than women. Congratulations on your progress to date!

any ideas i mean i could drink 3 carnation drinks and that would be it i dont think that would be enough for me im a little confused doctor said to only eat 3 times a day other people here are eating 4 ,5,6, times a day . thanks scott

VanessaSFL · 02-12-2007, 07:53 PM

I think CIB is a great invention!!!!Talk to your Dr but I think you could do CIB inbetween your beans and chili (protien meals)

I lived off CIB for the first six months and still return to liquids very often at two years out.

Again, all Dr.s are different but our bodies are not really...

In my own situation...I started out with 6 mini meals in the begining and still do it to this day.It works for me and my pouch.

Best wishes~

V