Hello, I am newly banded. I had surgery about a month ago. I have lost about 17 lbs. I wanted to know how many grams of protein, fat, carbs, etc. do you have each day to be satisfied and successful.

I probably shouldn't answer this but I don't count anything. I'm eating less but eating healthy. I still lose weight. Everyone will be different. Men seem to need more calories than women. Since I've cut out most white food(flour, sugar, dairy) I really don't worry about carbs. I seem to be able to eat meat with no problem so I eat 4-8 ozs per dinner meal.

You'll find that some bandsters find it helpful and in some cases vital to count grams of everything. I just don't want to live my life that way. I spend far toomuch time obsessing about weight loss as it is and calculating every gram of fat, carb and Protein would take toomuch time and cause toomuch stress. From my point of view.

BTW-I do allow for some whole wheat thin breads or low carb tortillas, one hershey's bliss dark chocolate, 2 8 oz skinny latte's and some sprinkles of low fat cheese for my morning omelette. I just do it in extreme moderation.

tmf

So true about stressing over grams of everything. I guess because I am new to this I need a little bit of reassurance that I will drop the weight. I am still learning about my new body and trying to figure out the best approach for maximum weight loss. Thanks for your reply and congrats on your weight loss.