9 months out--need HELP!!!

May 31, 2004

I've been away from the list for a long time. Been reading e-mails when

I can..............everyone here is so helpful, and I need some right now.

I will be 9 months out on June 8th. I have lost 145

pounds.........actually I lost that about a month ago, but I've been on

the dreaded plateau for a while. I think I even gained a couple of

pounds last week, as it was that time of the month for me, which I've

never noticed before, probably because I never owned a scale before now

and I never monitored my weight like I do now.

My starting weight was an even 400 amd I'm 5'7. I'm now at 255. I'm

grateful for the weight loss thus far, but I'm thinking that now I'm

doing everything horribly wrong. I maybe get in 16 oz of water a day (I

used to chug-a-lug water pre-surgery, now I just find that I'm not that

thirsty, and when I really try to down the water, it backs up on me and

I almost gag), and I know I'm not even taking in 1000 calories a day

either. I was drinking my Grande Starbucks (just regular caff coffee)

every day, but then I got scared, thinking that the caffiene was slowing

down my weight loss, so I cut out the coffee. I've drank an occasional

diet coke here and there this last week, and beating myself up about it,

'cuz I had quit cokes last June ( I was easily drinking 6 regular cokes

a day pre-surgery). I don't want to start back in with the coke, even

if it IS diet...................I just DON'T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm thinking that I'm really not eating enough, that my body has gone

into starvation mode. I've not lost a pound in about 6 weeks and I'm

really getting scared. I did NOT have this surgery to only lose 145

pounds. I still need to lose about 80 more pounds.

How many calories should I be taking in? And do y'all really count your

calories? Do you write down everything you eat? How much water are you

drinking? I know it sounds like I should know the answers to these

questions, but I think since I've coasted along, losing the weight so

effortlessly until NOW, I need a swift kick to the rear.

I would appreciate any insight you could give me. Tell me what YOU eat

daily. Do you drink protein drinks? Does caffiene really affect your

weightloss? How in the WORLD am I supposed to get enough protein in?

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kim in NorthTexas

-145 lbs

400/255/170

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