it is normal for weight loss to stall when you start on 'normal food' again, it will get started again. I wouldn't personally follow any 'sample menu' or diet, I would just concentrate on a normal well balanced diet and what you tolerate well, trying new things now and again.
The rule is the same for all people on this earth, too much fat and sugar=weight gain, just eat what you want but in sensible amounts and eat different things during the week, it doesn't matter how fast or slow your weight goes.
Good luck

Yep, that's right , most people stall out but it is temporary.

As far as the menu goes I guess you have to decide what you want from this experience. Do you want to lose as much weight as possible? Or do you just want to lose some...

If you want to lose as much weight as possible then the lifestyle change must be made or you won't get to your goal you had in mind.

If you want the goal you set up for yourself then you will cut out the sugar and excess fat, cut down on the calories and cut out as many carbs as possible.

This is the choice each of us needs to make, lose all the weight possible and sacrifice early on for the big payout, or skip the sacrifice and go back to old habits and carry on...

God Bless!

Janelle

Back away from the scale... slowly... now go into another room.. take a deep breath. Cool, now it has been 5 1/2 weeks. That is nothing. Most people lose for at least a year. There are 52 weeks in a year, you have done almost 6... leaves you with 48 more weeks before you get too nervous. From what I can tell this happens a lot. The body kinda hits an equalibrium for a bit then drops again. This can happen for a week or two, so 3 days is not enough of a trend. Also it may be better to weigh yourself 1 time a week to keep from being obsessed and so you get a better idea of how it is going. Some people don't have a bowel movement everyday so if it has been a few days and then you go.. maybe you will be lighter. I am having the surgery soon, and I am gonna TRY really hard to limit myself to 1 time a week weighing. I hope this helps and i hope you see that this will pass. Check out other peoples blogs.. they get stuck and then boom! drop. Very normal. Keep up the good work!

I had my surgery on 8/27/07 and my surgeon had me on the liquid phase for three weeks and pureed phase for three weeks and have now been on a "regular" diet for almost two weeks and I continue to lose a few pounds weekly...that's just my case - good luck!!