Please don't take this as abrupt, but this is a question you should be asking your doctor or nutritionist.

In my case, I look at what MFP tells me I need to eat to lose two pounds per week, then go change it to a lower level. I know at this point after my surgery that the only way I could reach that calorie goal is by eating ice cream and other high calorie, slippery melty foods that would quickly go through the stomach.

I'm trying to eat better, learn to listen to my stomach when it first tells me it's full, and concentrate on what the doctors told me. 1) Protein, if not full 2) Vegetables or Fruit 3) THEN carbs. I don't always succeed, but I'm trying.

I have my three month surgical followup today, so it sounds like we are right in the same basic mix, and your question will be one that I do ask today. I won't be surprised if I'm wrong and there should be a calorie goal I should have, but I won't be surprised if the doctor just tells me to keep doing what I'm doing.

I know this isn't much help to a specific question, but I hope it gives you some thoughts.

Best wishes for your continued success!

At this stage you don't have to worry about how many calories, you need to make sure you get enough protein and water. They didn't give me a calorie goal until I was well over a year out.

Thanks for that insight. I suspected as much, and I imagine doctors are different, but I think mine will also defer on this subject until a year post op.

I am eating pretty much exactly like I'm supposed to in regards to protein first and so on. Most days I'm only getting in 700-800 calories. I'm also working out 60 minutes at least every single day. I was sleeved 05.08.13

I'm three years out and need 1300 - 1350 to maintain. I've been in maintaining for a little over 2.5 years now. When I was losing I was getting between 350 and 800 calories per day, 60 + grams of protein. I only got up to 700 - 800 during the last month....which was six months out. My doctor never gave me numbers other than amount of protein and never more than a cup of food at one sitting. I lost nice and steady, up a lb or two and down a lb or two, I'd do this a few times, then it would be gone for good and on to the next couple of pounds! I did this the entire time I was losing. That's just the way I did it.

Like others have said, every doctor is different, but it only makes sense, we had this surgery to eat less. They psychologist at a support group says that we should be below 1000 when we're losing, he said and I quote "You had surgery to eat less and lose weight"

At 3-4 months out I was eating about 600-700 calories per day and struggling to attain that.
Focus on your water and protein. Im almost a year out now and usually eat 1000 cal per day