Sounds like your body may be in starvation mode, it slows your metabolism and does not effectively burn fat. Try to find ways to up your protein and calories if possible. Try adding dry milk to a glass of skim milk which will double the protein content. Also look for protein "shots" at the local department or health food store. Some of them don't taste the best but at least they are small and can be drank fairly quick so you don't endure the taste too long.

Good luck.

Michael

Did your doctor say you arent loosing enough? 38 lbs in 7 weeks does not sound like a slow looser to me to be honest. I agree you need to find a way to up the protein. If you can not get the pre made down go to an unflavored PURE whey isolate, If you make up your own shake you control its calories protien content and taste everything. I use a product by now foods. I don't even taste it in anything I put it in. Its great you see how you do need to make some changes but girl dont be hard on your success at loosing all that weight i think its fantastic. this is not a compitetion nor is it a sprint.

I have always had a much easier time with dairy than with meat, so I eat a lot of Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, babybel, and laughing cow. Drink skim milk with a scoop of dry milk powder mixed in to increase the protein.

At 7 weeks out from my sleeve surgery I was struggling to get 500 cals in also and my level of protein wasn't very good either. I use MFP also to track. I eat alot of greek yogurt and cheese and Boar's Head deli meat. I found foods I could tolerate and stuck to those for a while. Now at 6 months out, I get 1000 cals daily, 80-100 grams of protein, 80 oz of liquids in daily pretty easy. It does get better as time goes by and I can eat about anything now.
Good luck!

Thank you so much! I have been stressing out about this. I do not want my body to go into starvation mode! I pushed it yesterday and made it to 600 cals. but it did not feel good

38 lbs seems good to me, I'm 8 weeks out and have lost 44 lbs.
I'm not such a fan of My Fitness Pal.....I live in Lebanon and we don't have all of the brand names, etc and I ate 2Tbs of something and it only gives me the option of 1/2 cup etc. Any suggestions? Is there something that I am not doing right with MFP?

I was having that problem as well, then I started adding a scoop of protein powder to instant oatmeal. I just used the microwave packets and added extra water (3/4 cup instead of 1/2 cup) then after cooking it I would stir in a scoop of flavored protein and about 1/2 tsp of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Light. My favorite protein powder is Jay Robb.

happy mom do you make your protien a paste before adding it to hot things? I put mine in coffee in the am and I found to get it not to be clumpy I had to use 2tbs room temp water to 1 scoop powder and mix then put it in the coffee or potatoes or whatever . i cant seem to get it to mix well with the nsa cocoa.

I have the same issue with my fitness pal, but I use it more to keep track of what I have eaten and not so much how much. I can eat up to 1/2 cup of food at a time so most of the time it works out ok

Elain-- i think your weight loss is excellent, i was told to stay at 500-600 calories up to my 6 month check up and keep my protein between 30-50 to allow my pouch to adjust. I went up and stopped losing went back down and dropping again. Hang in there i think your doing excellent and it will start dropping more each time.

my fitness pal users if you are only using 2tbs of a cup and the choices are only 1/2 a cup calculate it out how many tbs in a cup

there are 16 tablespoons to a full cup so if you had 2 tablespoons and your choice is half a cup(1/2cup) then you had .25 of a 1/2 a cup.

if you don't know the calculations google it it will give you the answers.

Hope this helps.