I'd like to pose a question to those of you that have researched calories in, calories out. According to myfitnesspal, if you eat below 1200 cals a day and DON'T eat your added exercise calories, your weight loss will slow down because your metabolism slows down. If you subscribe wholeheartedly to theory of one pound equals 3500 cals and you have to create a deficit of cals each day to lose 1-2 lbs a week, then how can eating 1000 cals a day make you NOT lose weight? There is so much information out there and some of it is conflicting. Thanks in advance for any replies.

Thanks, Brad. Everything you said is what I've read in so many books (pre banded). It was so confusing when I read a lapband book that said do not eat more than 3 times a day and 2 times is even better. That will obviously equate to well under 1000 cals. That philosophy goes against everything I read.

And what's so frustrating is that there doesn't seem to be any consensus amongst surgeons... Their opinions are all over the map... If they can't figure out what the most common strategies should be then hth are we supposed to? Comes down to individual trial and error and throw the rest out the window...