Thanks for the support guys...
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That's a good start, eros. Add a weight lifting regimen into your habits and you will have more energy and be able to burn more calories at rest as you replace the fat you are losing with some muscle.
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Jim, I definitely will. Here at Rhodes Ranch we have a community center with a very nice gym, so I'll be starting the weights here soon.
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What kind of surgery?
How did you change your diet? Did you cut out soda, beer, ect?
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Bu((aneer, I had the Lap Band surgery. I was trying to get the gastric bypass, but during surgery they found my stomach was backwards and that would cause all kinds of complications.
So, I had to wake up and approve the lapband...the weight loss is slower, and requires a bit more willpower due to the fact that at times you're never 100% restricted on what you can eat. Like the first 6 weeks, the band gave me no restriction but I chose to follow the doctors diet plan for that period.
During that period I lost most of my weight loss, and have read on message boards where some people actually gained weight.
I can no longer have sodas, the carbonation will stretch out your "pouch."
My diet consists of 4oz per meal, mainly protein with some vegetables and dairy thrown in. I also have to take vitamin supplements every day.
Basically my day goes like this:
Breakfast - 2 scrambled eggs, maybe some mozzerella cheese thrown on.
Lunch - Chicken or tuna salad and I mean salad as in lettuce.
Dinner - Steak, chicken breast or something similar. With a vegetable.
Some days I'll change up and have some avocadoes, a baked potato, a yogurt etc.
The key thing is 90% of the time I'm satisfied. Every now and then I will jones for something from the old days like a burger, or pizza.
The other day I had a kids cheeseburger from McDonald's...no bun.
Now when I used to eat at MickeyD's, I would order the double quarter pounder, large fry, and large shake..LOL. And now I'm eating this rinky dinky cheese burger.