Hello all! I was sleeved on 4/16/12 and I lost 30 pounds very quickly. I've been stalled for the last two weeks. My bariatric surgeon deployed so I'm seeing a general surgeon for the moment. He says 1500 calories a day is about right and his nurse says 500. I picked 800 calories to be in the middle and I very rarely have that many. So my question is how many calories does everyone else have? I'm 5'3" and 220. Im starting to get very depressed, what's the point of the surgery if I don't break 200? Is 220 as low as I'm going to get?

Thanks everyone! I'm going to try and keep the faith and the 800 calories!

im 15 post op and stalled..i even gained a lb. I just started mushies so what do i do? My doc says dont focus on protein balance just yet but i guess i should if im not losing? what do you think?

Hello all! I was sleeved on 4/16/12 and I lost 30 pounds very quickly. I've been stalled for the last two weeks. My bariatric surgeon deployed so I'm seeing a general surgeon for the moment. He says 1500 calories a day is about right and his nurse says 500. I picked 800 calories to be in the middle and I very rarely have that many. So my question is how many calories does everyone else have? I'm 5'3" and 220. Im starting to get very depressed' date=' what's the point of the surgery if I don't break 200? Is 220 as low as I'm going to get?[/quote']

Hi, I had my surgery on 3/5/12 an I was just like you I stalled and felt the same way but it only last a few weeks then i go back to losing like a pound a day for about a week then i stall again. Im not a dr but i cant see being able to get in 1500 calories a day. My dr didnt give me a number to shoot for i just try to eat three times a day. I know that it seems like a waste but at 214 I am smaller then i have been in over 20 years so i am happy. Just keep doing what you are doing and the weight will fall off :0)

Hello all! I was sleeved on 4/16/12 and I lost 30 pounds very quickly. I've been stalled for the last two weeks. My bariatric surgeon deployed so I'm seeing a general surgeon for the moment. He says 1500 calories a day is about right and his nurse says 500. I picked 800 calories to be in the middle and I very rarely have that many. So my question is how many calories does everyone else have? I'm 5'3" and 220. Im starting to get very depressed' date=' what's the point of the surgery if I don't break 200? Is 220 as low as I'm going to get?[/quote']

Hi, I had my surgery on 3/5/12 an I was just like you I stalled and felt the same way but it only last a few weeks then i go back to losing like a pound a day for about a week then i stall again. Im not a dr but i cant see being able to get in 1500 calories a day. My dr didnt give me a number to shoot for i just try to eat three times a day. I know that it seems like a waste but at 214 I am smaller then i have been in over 20 years so i am happy. Just keep doing what you are doing and the weight will fall off :0)

I hope so. I'm getting depressed and frustrated. What's the point of the surgery if I don't lose weight? I could be eating all my fav tasty foods.

I been on a 3 months stall I hate the number 217 I tryed to change my eating habit . I increase my intake to 1200 back dwn to 800 cal but nothing now I'm depressed that all I'm going to lose

3 months! That's a long time! I'm really sorry you're having a tough time. The last few days I cut out ALL carbs and did drop .6. It was mainly lowfat cheese and protein drinks. Very boring but it seemed to work.

That all u ate for how long did u do that ?

I did have shrimp and various fish as well.

Nwfoxycici

I have been stalled for 9 months!!! I think I'll try going back to the very basics and kick start something. Thanks for sharing.