STEPHANIE

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sw9226666@... wrote:

>

> Hi everyone. I have a question for all you post-ops. I had my surgery on July

> 26th and I have lost about 23 pounds and I feel great. HOWEVER, I have not

> lost anything in 7 days and I feel like I am eating too much, or not the

> right things. I am craving chocolate, meat (all the old bad stand-bys) ...I

> have been hungry alot and I wish someone who haS been successful with weight

> loss would give me a list of what they ate to lose the most weight. I feel

> like I am falling into the old bad habits. I have had cheese, a little

> chocolate and some other things I probably shouldn't be eating. Is there a

> special day to day diet I can follow ???? HELP.....

>

> THANKS STEPHANIE..............PLS E-MAIL AT SW9226666@...

You've just hit a little plateau -- it's normal! It's esp. normal

around the 3rd week. Lots of people hit a slowdown in there. It is

because your body is now *actively* breaking down real fat, not just

water weight, and it takes longer. You will carry the water around

awhile, too -- so right now, a better indicator of the fact your body

really is breaking down fat is to measure your arms and waist. The

scale may not change while you carry the water around from it, but your

body will eventually dump it!

As for what you can eat, I lost my most weight so far the same week I

was on a Little Debbie Mini-Donuts kick.

I find that I get on " kicks " where I eat something for a week or two,

then it's done and I don't want it anymore, and while that has included

donuts, it has also included vegetable soup, cantalope, salad, and other

foods (though I am still partial to vegetable soup and salads and eat

those a lot just because I like them).

Some of the really fast losers like to brag how they eat whatever they

want. See the pictures of Lori knocking down fried squid, for instance!

I lost my *LEAST* weight and at the slowest pace, when I was carefully

monitoring every morsel of food and making sure I didn't get over 700

calories a day.

You aren't on a diet. Dr. R. is right: Don't worry, be happy.

Kind regards,