How many calories do you eat?

amylhatch5

I'm a little over 5 months out. Down 80lbs. 40-60lbs away from goal. My dr says 1000-1200 a day. I do go over some days and under others.

Sammers48220

After reading all of these I feel like I don't eat very much! I'll be 7 weeks out tomorrow and most days I really struggle to hit 700/750. If left to my own devices, I was only getting about 450 a day. But I hit a small stall and decided to up my calories (it worked, 6 lbs down in one week!) I will say, though, that I still do feel actual hunger. I have since day one, pretty much. I just get full REALLY fast.

Qbaimee

I am only 3 weeks out and I stuggle to get 400 in

pawoodhull

I am 3.5 years out and because of a stall that's been going on since September I finally upped my calories to 1,200. Still stalled and struggling most days to get 1,200.

dsjsmom23

I'm 9 months out and I eat 1000-1500 depending

weeziebeth

Regarding hunger….first thing is reflux and ppi. If you're not taking one, probably need to. If you are, may still need to explore with your surgeon if need different one or higher dose. If its not reflux and actually is hunger feeling well….So, they remove the majority of grehlin producing part of our stomach but not in entirety, its also produced in a part of your small intestine. I think, but I'm not sure, that you may also regenerate some of these hormone producing areas (can't think of the right terminology). So, while it is an effective tool early on, it is not necessarily a permanent one.

PaulaKro

There's "need food" hunger (empty stomach) and "want food" hunger (hormonal). The ghrellin hunger does come back after 6-9 months. After that the only help from surgery is getting full faster - but that's still a huge help. [There's also psychological stuff, like the momentum from the initial weight loss; and the fear of blowing this opportunity.]

If people are not getting enough calories, what kinds of food are you eating? Protein often has fat (we need good fat to process vitamins) which can have more calories, but protein is such a good source of calories.

I'm 22 months out (62 yrs old 5'9" 145# ) - VSG was June 2013.

I ate around 600 for the first several months, then ate as little as I could, but found my body dictated what that was. It gradually went up to 900. I hit stalls several times, but they resolved, sometimes I just needed bran... Eating small meals, or liquid-only, seemed to help keep my stomach small. Protein shakes provided energy. Staying away from junk food helped avoid cravings.

I fill up with good food & vitamins so my body doesn't crave nutrition (lots of protein for energy and lots of water) and stay away from processed foods (my trigger foods). I love veggies (savory) and fruit (sweets) and carbs (beans, rice, oats, potatoes, whole grains) help process the food. I don't miss the other stuff anymore.

I have lost 100% of my excess weight and just increased my calories to 1380 (per MFP's recommendation) to stop losing weight now. I'm also going to start eating back my exercise calories.

bikrchk

1000-1200 while losing not eating back exercise cals. Now in maint about 10 months 1350ish eating back exercise some of the time. I don't log food anymore (unless I drift outside my maint zone which isn't often), so it's kind of hard to know.

mae7365

I ask my NUT at support group last night. Initially after surgery her goal is for patients to eat 500-600 per day. At 4.5 months, where I am, she said 700-800. Eventually she wants people to get to 1200 to maintain. She broke it down as three 200 calorie meal and two 100 or less snacks for where I am post op.

JreedyJanelle

I am almost a year out and I eat 850 - 900 calories a day, I workout daily and burn 500 to 1000 calories dependent on the workouts. I don't get really hungry unless it is time to eat! And very little food will fill me up. I am down 104 pounds in a year and want to lose 13 more. I see my doctor on April 17th my surgiversary. I will see what he says about adding food. Exercise keeps hunger down, I don't know why but the more I exercise the less hungry I am, but I eat as I know I need protein.

Babygi6003

I am 3 years post-surgery and I currently eat around 900-1200 NET calories. My nutritionist wants me at 1200 calories but somedays, I just can't do it since I work out 5 days a week and burn around 600-800 each day.

klcovington

I am six months out and my nut and surgeon want me on 600 to 800 calories with 70 grams protein.

ac7nj

I'm 8 months out and have lost 100# so far would like to lose 10 more. My NUT said I'm on maintenance now and to start with 1200 calories, keep up my exercise program and weigh once a week. My weight went down a pound or two then up 5 pounds. The increased weight bummed me out, but then back down to where I started. We'll see what next week has.

Randy

LisaLouWhoey

I'm 800 calories a day, surgery was 12/17/14.

DJRonnieLINY

I am 18 months out and maintaining goal weight with 2200 calories (MFP calculations) as a baseline. I also eat back my exercise calories (tracked with Fit-Bit). It is amazing how normal my eating has become. Never thought this could happen.

Key: I still weigh, measure or scan as much as resonably possible.