That’s how many pounds I have lost since my surgery on Thanksgiving. I lost 4 pounds since last Thursday, which was 4 days ago (1 pound per day!!!)
Here’s how I’ve done it:
- I got a 6 pound head start from my Appendectomy – I could not eat for about 3 days.
- When I could eat again I could really only eat a small portion of soft foods (soup, apple sauce, shepherds pie, etc.)
- Since then, I eat about 3 tablespoons of applesauce for breakfast, about 8 to 10 ounces of soup for lunch, and a semi-large dinner (usually consisting of high protein). On 2 of the 4 days I ate 2 egg whites, 1 large blueberry pancake and 2 sausage links, however my food intake for the rest of the day was very little, on one of the days I ate no lunch, and on the other I ate a small portion of soup, but a very small dinner. The cool thing is, before my surgery I would be starving if that is all I had for breakfast and lunch, but so far I have had no problems.
- Yesterday and today my calorie intake has been between 800 & 900 total calories for the entire day. (Here’s an example of my meals yesterday: 3 tablespoons of Breakfast: Applesauce, 50 cal; Lunch: 10 oz. bowl of low fat Chicken & Noodle Soup w/sourdough bread slice, 280 cal (140 each); Dinner: Weight Watchers steak and Portobello Mushroom meal w/steamed seasonal vegetables and a small portion of garlic red potatoes from Applebees (not worth the $10), 330 cal. Total 660, plus at our community group I snacked on a couple of sausage balls and two small slices of a tortilla thingy, so I will say 200 cal. on that for a grand total of 860 for the entire day!
- Thursday, Saturday, and Today (Monday) I walked…I cannot run or do any weight lifting. Thursday I walked a mile and a half, Saturday I walked approximately 2 miles, and today I walked 2 miles, but today had no effect on my 10 pound weight loss!
If you look for the natural applesauce- no sugar- you can have like…6 tbls for same calories. (seriously)
The 50 cal. Applesauce is the no sugar added. The regular applesauce is like 90-100 depending on the brand.