Hi everyone,

I want to know what I should start restricting myself to when it comes to calories. What is a good range? How much Protein do I need daily?

I want to start a food diary, and this Monday I start mushy/pureed foods. So I figured I'd start with the diary and exercise on Monday!!

Thank you ahead of time!

Hi everyone,

I want to know what I should start restricting myself to when it comes to calories. What is a good range? How much Protein do I need daily?

I want to start a food diary, and this Monday I start mushy/pureed foods. So I figured I'd start with the diary and exercise on Monday!!

Thank you ahead of time!

you should meet with a nutritionist through your doctor. if not, definitely ask why because it's important. i'm one week post op and just went to my mtg and just started on soft mushy yesterday. she said 60 grams of protein a day (up to 80 for big guys) and keep fat below 3mg per serving. that's what mine said, but i just realized she never said how many calories! i just started tracking everything on fitday.com and it's an amazingly useful site to diary on, love it! there's also a free iphone app that syncs with the desktop version. you can search for generic foods or create your own using your own labels to input the info. it tracks protein, carbs and calories and weight/goal. it seems on my 2nd week diet right now, i'm eating about 500 cal a day, but that seems pretty low.

I won't be meeting with one,

Try out myfitnesspal, I hate keeping a food journal, but the myfitness pal makes it a lot easier for me to keep track.

I think a good range is between 1000 and 1200 calories a day. But its a learning process. I get about 1300 a day and exercise daily and i'm on average 2 to 3 pounds a week.

If you Journal your food intake in a 5 subject notebook, Then go to calorieKing. Just type in the food that you ate, Ounces can be easily figured, and you will get a total in Calories, and Protein. Keep them separate so your numbers don,t get sloppy.

Around 1200 calories a day, and 50 - 60G of protein for a woman. Men are higher.

Date ------ Time-------Food------- Amount-------- Calories--------- Protein------- How Do You Feel?

3/24 ------- 8:00 -----Shake------ 8 oz---------. 195-------------- 25 -------------- Good.

That's how I do mine every day. I just wright underneath the title, and keep adding up.

That's how The Surgeon, and Dietitian taught us.

I try to eat around 1200 cal/ day. About 60g protein. I also use myfitnesspal.com. I have it on my phone, by you can do it online too. Teapots helps mr keep track of my nutirent intake.

I try to eat around 1200 cal/ day. About 60g Protein. I also use myfitnesspal.com. I have it on my phone, by you can do it online too. Teapots helps mr keep track of my nutirent intake.

I think thats the best app I have on my phone!