Hello! I've just signed up with myfitnesspal and am working on setting up my goals. I'm one month post op. I am aiming for 1000 calories a day, as that seems to be the average amount needed to prevent a stall. Does anyone have any advice on the percentage of calories that should come from protein, fat, and carbs?

I'm not looking for a crazy low amount of carbs, and I do believe that we need enough healthy fats.

Any recommendations?

I asked my NUT the same question when I was 6 weeks out. Here is part of the email she sent to me.

I would set your calorie level to about 1000 to 1200 calories a day. The carbohydrate content of your diet should be about 45 to 50% of total calories. So that would be about 112 to

125 gm a day. But preferably I would look more closely at a meal or snack.

I would try to have about 15- 30 gm of carb at a meal and about 15 gm at a snack. Your fat intake should be about 30% of total calories so that should be about 33 to 35 gm a day. Right now I would focus on getting at least 65 gm of Protein a day. Start including some carb and fat at meals and Snacks along with the protein.

Thank you that is excellent information !!!

Great information. Thanks for posting it.

Oh wow.... 1000-1200? I was sitting below 800, because that is what my surgeon told me... 800 or under, 80g protein, under 50g carbs... I'm stalled in week 3 though too.. LOL I'm going to try your route!

Thank you for the info!

Oh wow.... 1000-1200? I was sitting below 800, because that is what my surgeon told me... 800 or under, 80g Protein, under 50g carbs... I'm stalled in week 3 though too.. LOL I'm going to try your route!

I was stalled at weeks 2 and 3. At my 3 week check up the surgeon told me I had to eat at least 1000 calories to lose weight. I try to eat right around 1000 a day and the scale started to move. I'm 8 weeks out now and I average about 3 pounds a weeks.

Thanks for the info. I'm going to try it. I've been going nuts thinking that this is just another thing that will fail, because it makes no sense to be eating so little and not losing... LOL hopefully it'll work!

Thanks so much for the info! I'm going to set those as my goals on myfitnesspal!

I'm still around 800 calories. My percentages vary, but I try to stay under 70 grams of carbs and over 70 grams of protein. My fat is a little high I suppose. It's usually around 30 grams unless I eat a lot of cheese.