I just wanted to say that hitting your calorie goal really helps! I was banded on 02/13/13 and didn't have to do a pre-op diet. I was 289 surgery date and this morning I am down to 276.2. I lost 10 lbs the first week and have been stuck there till this past Friday (March 1st) and all of a sudden, after reading so many people preaching on here that you really need to get all of your calories in, I made some changes and boom! I'm down 3 more lbs in 2 days! It really helps!

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I'm a little over 3 weeks post op and I'm down 24lbs and I see the scale by moving this week. The NUT said when I'm eating ill be between 600-1000 calories a day. Right now I'm on 1 protein shake divided into 2 meals, 1 snack (usually yogurt or cottage cheese) and 1 soft food meal a day and I haven't been hitting the 600 mark. I think my body is still in starvation mode so I'm going yo try to up my calories more. Thanks!!

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I just started introducing solid foods back into my diet. I am supposed to be getting 1200 calories a day(which is very hard to do) and 40g of Protein. At first I wasn't getting enough protein so I felt like I was starving all of the time! Now that i am getting enough, i feel better and am lasting about 4 hours in between meals. I also am not supposed to have my first meal till 10am so I have my Protein shake at 8am then eat at 10, 2 & 6. This seems to be working well for me.

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I find the same thing- as do many others. Sometimes, you do need more calories to lose weight.

Congratulations on your success!