So um... My doctor is against counting calories but I want to start counting calories and keeping a food log. So basically he's no help.

I was wondering if someone could tell me how to pick a good calorie deficit to put myself at. Is there any specific way to calculate it?

Thanks for the help. I had my first fill today. It was kind of painful but it's all good now. I have 2cc's in my band.

Thanks in advance!

I've got the perfect site for you! www.myfitnesspal.com

It's awesome. When you sign up (it's free), you'll just plug in your height, weight, and your goal weight loss per week and it will tell you how much of a deficit you should shoot for. It also has a HUGE database of foods, so if you're going to journal your food intake, all you have to do is type it in and it will come up with a breakdown on how much Protein, calories, fat, and carbs are in what you ate, and it track it for you.

My deficit is about 1000 calories. For my BMR my calorie intake for no weight loss is 2200, but I'm going for 1200/day which adds up to roughly 2lbs per week. Hope that helps!