Bad News and Protein Drinks

August 21, 2003

Hi All,

Well, I've been pretty unhappy since Tuesday. I had a follow-up appointment with

the case manager, and found out I haven't lost ANY weight. My weight is the same

as it was two weeks after my surgery. I think most of the problem is that I got

too advanced with food too fast. The doctor says it's because of the soft

calories in my breakfast shake. The agreement I had made with him was that if

doing things " my way " didn't work, I'd try it his way. He said he could tell I

hadn't been losing weight, because my face looked too good. He said what I've

been doing would be great for maintenance, but not for weight loss. When I told

him that if I didn't do the shakes, I felt like s**t. He said " That's good, you

should! "

So I'm going to stop the protein shakes for two weeks, and go back to basics.

That means meals being only two ounces, almost all protein. I'm not real happy

about it, but I'm also not happy about the lack of weight loss. So, like I said,

I'm off the protein drinks for at least two weeks, and we'll reevaluate after

that.

I will keep everyone posted. I will be updating my journal also. You can follow

the link in my sig if you're interested.

I WILL be returning to the protein drinks once I'm on maintenance, because I

know I will need the extra protein. I am still taking all my vitamins, even

though sometimes I expect to start rattling there are so many of them!

--

Eleanor Oster

eleanor@... (personal address)

Berkeley, CA

Open RNY (100 cm bypassed) 07/15/2003

Kaiser Richmond (CA)

P. Fisher, M.D.

Start (05/09/2003) 319 / Current ~265 / Goal 150

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