Hi Trina and welcome. So your doctor has you calling in your weight? Is that because of the virus? My first step was cutting out carbs & diet soda. I had already been drinking a gallon of water a day for decades so I didn't need to work on that but if you aren't a water drinker, start ASAP.
Hi Brenda and thank you. No we have to call in our weight until we reach a goal and then we get scheduled for our surgery. I don't drink soda, my carb intake is pretty low. My meal intake is low and thats my problem...i don't eat enough in the day so my body thinks its starving. And I drink lots of everyday. Thank you for your advice. Do you use analog or digital scale to weigh yourself?
Wendy, thank you for that and congratulations on your successes. I think the hardest part is getting started.
Congratulations on your weight loss surgery and weight loss. Many thanks for you kind words.
I use a digital scale. I want to see every fraction of a pound I loose.
That is an AMAZING loss - 71 pounds in under 2 months??? All I can say is wow, congratulations!
Hmm, do they have you working with a nutritionist or dietitian in your program? He/she should be able to suggest ways to loose if your body is holding onto everything you eat because it thinks it's starving. I was also a 1 meal a day person pre-surgery but when I did eat dinner, it was always lots of carbs and fats.
I have met with a registered dietitian and Nike I know how to eat. Im just trying to find ways of eating more than one meal easy. It's a hard habit to break. I was eating one meal around 10 am..... which is my lunch time... my day typically starts around 2:30 am. I eat healthy other than that.
Good to hear from you Bill, hopefully once things get under control you can make the decision that is best for you.
And as always, we're here if you need to talk it out. 
Hi Trina! Getting those meals in can be hard when you are not in the habit of eating as often. I am almost 8 months post op and my dietician has me adding two additional meals into my daily intake... and when she said this I felt like I was a max capacity as it was, lol. Take it one meal at a time. I had to designate times for my meals so I knew they weren't too close together and that I was overeating at one meal to compensate for missing a prior meal. If you currently eat twice a day. Focus first on getting that third meal in. Then maybe a snack or small meal after that. Maybe use a protein shake as a gateway. If you are missing a meal, drink a shake in its place. By no means should you replace all meals with protein shakes just because of the ease of it, but when starting a new habit, it at least will have you adding sustenance to your body at a certain time daily so eventually you will be able to see it is time for this meal and then you can actually get some food at that time instead of drinking it. Figure out what works best for you and just take it one step at a time. Don't think you need to add several meals at once but give yourself a couple of weeks or a month to work your way up to where you need to be. Good luck with this!
Thank you for your inspiring words. Update is i am counting my calories now and putting them in my calorie counter which is making things much easier.
Thanks Brent....I am currently eating about 3oz of protein and veggies with no carbs except natural ones.
Rach 1104 don't give up, Don't be discouraged I wasn't intrested in joining a support group either but not being sure what to do or how to do it knowing that I'm making mistakes because its the 1st time for me I need that support and so do you we're here for you. Im here for you while still trying to be here for myself.
