Hi there, LindaJane! I'm so sorry to hear about your back surgery, I hope it all goes well. I too get bloated and frustrated with my symptoms, but the better you eat, the better you'll feel. Also, when I get a distended belly, I just tell everyone I got 6 months pregnant over night  I usually get a laugh. Don't let the distention ruin your self-esteem, I know it's hard not to, but remember, it's not fat just bloating!
I think the main reason I lost weight at first was because I was in so much pain that I didn't want to eat. Now, I know I have to eat, but It's fairly easy to stay on track. I eat breakfast every morning and I snack frequently. I know that doesn't sound right, but when I'm dieting, I keep my calorie intake under 1200/day. I also exercise for at least 30 minutes and sometimes more. I eat about every 2 1/2 to 3 hours, but each small meal is under 300 calories except breakfast. The following is an example of a daily menu when I am dieting:
Breakfast:
Oatmeal (1 serving) With about 2-3T Acacia Fiber
1 Cup Soy Milk
1 Cup V8
1 Cup berries (us C people need the IF in the berries to kick the day off right.
Estimated Calories: 350
Snack 9:30 or 10:
1 Serving Stonyfield farms O'Soy Yogurt
1 Cup of fruit or a small piece of fruit (usually grapes or a banana or some strawberries)
Estimated Calories: 200
Lunch 12noon:
Baked sweet potato (small one)
water packed tuna in the pouch or brothy soup
Estimated Calories: 200-250
Snack 2:30 or 3:
1 Serving dry roasted edamame (or some other kind of protein that you like and is safe)
1 Cup of fruit or a small piece of fruit (usually a peeled apple or a banana if I didn't eat my banana that morning I have a banana and apple a day, it keeps the DR. away  )
Estimated Calories: 200
Supper: As soon as I get home in the evening cause I'm usually hungry:
Oatmeal (1 Serving)
Soy Milk
or
baked/grilled chicken 1/2 breast
a little bit of rice or half a baked potato or 1/2 acorn squash (just some type of soluble fiber to buffer the greens)
1/2 cup of green beans (or veggie of choice)
sometimes a side salad with some light olive oil and vinegar (just a touch I usually dip my fork in the dressing and then get a bite of salad, its just enough flavor to be able to eat it)
Sometimes, I cook out of the EFI cookbook or I find recipes to cook
or
i also eat a lot of fish like salmon, tuna, crappy aka white perch
I like to cook spinach in the skillet with just a touch of olive oil and put over some noodles with 1/2 fish fillet
Estimated calories: 250-300
You do not have to strictly follow this diet, you can change it up as you see fit. But, if you keep your calorie consumption around 1200/day, you should lose about 1-2 lbs/week and this is the way to lose the weight and keep it off. Remember, every bite you steal from someone else's plate has calories, so if you aren't careful, you can add on calories without realizing it, especially taste-testing when cooking. Example: 1 french fry is 10 calories so 10 french fries is 100 calories. Oh what I wouldn't give for a large french fry, cheeseburger, and coke right now!!!!!!! Here is a website that you can look up caloric information on www.nutritiondata.com . It's very interesting and you can also see if you are taking in the right vitamins and minerals your body needs everyday.
About the exercise, you say you can walk a little, every little bit helps. Try to start out walking 10 minutes 2 times a day and then go up from there.
I hope this helps!
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