How many calories do you consume a day? And how far post op are you? Do you adjust your calories based on your exercise regiment?

Thanks in advance!!

3 months post-op, 700-800 calories per day

When I started working out I was at 500 calories and that was too low. I increased my calories and added in some carbs and felt much better when I was exercising.

7 months post op. 1000-1200 calories a day. I get about 100 grams of protein and between 50-120 grams of carbs depending on the day. I work out 6 days a week with one rest day. My regimen is 3-4 days of weight training/cardio and the other days an hour of hiit cardio.

Almost 6 months out. Between 800-1000 calories a day, lowish carbs (under 50)

6 months out and 800 calories

I am nearly 2 weeks out and struggling to get 500 a day, more like high 300s a couple of days, mid 400s..The doctor's office didn't really give me a target range..so, like you, I'm interested as to what I should be taking in at this point.

Hello all

I am almost 6 weeks post op and I can eat any where from 600-1000 calories a day. I think I need some help I feel like I am eating too much compared to what yall are eating. I have lost 55 lbs and 31 since surgery. Are you guys exercising? If so do you subtract that from the calories you eat? Is any body still drinking protien shakes? And if so how do you stay so low in your calories?

In the beginning they want you to focus on fluids and protein and not worry so much about calories. In a few more weeks you will be able to get your calories up and then you should start tracking because it helps you to be more aware of what you are eating.

I am 6 weeks out and can eat between 700 and 1000 calories a day. I have noticed when I exercise I eat more than on my rest days.

800 calories. I'm a year out.

8 days out! My doctor constantly says the lucky numbers for the rest of my life will be 6 and 8. 60-80 grams of protein a day. 60-80 ounces of water a day. And 600-800 calories a day for the rest of my life. It's so easy and manageable.

I am 12 weeks out and eat between 600 - 800 calories a day. I don't adjust for exercise calories, as my RD and exercise physiologist advised me not to. They said that most people (and apps such as MFP) overestimate the calories burned, plus exercise may even suppress your metabolic rate.

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10 months out and 1300 calories a day.

I am 8 months out and I eat about 1100 calories, 80-100 protein, 6-100 carbs a day. I seem to lose about a 1 lb a week.

Almost 6 months out and 800-1000 a day. I would have to really go out of my way to eat a number of calories that would worry me, so instead I focus on water, protein, and carbs in that order. If I'm getting enough water and protein carbs will almost never be an issue, and if I'm keeping my carbs in check too, I couldn't care less about calories; the weight WILL come off.