Hey everyone, Im little over 6 weeks out and feeling awesome!!!! Im doing great with my protein!!! My question is how many calories should i taking in, in a day??

my doctor never set a calorie limit for me. all i was told was 60-80g of protein everyday and under 90g of carbs. i see a lot of people have calorie limits, idk why i was never told one!

My doctor told me to keep it between 800-1000 calories. When he told me that I was at 400-500 and gradually went up. I am four months out and just moved up to 900 calories. Maybe in a few months I'll move up to 1000

Oy vey! Protein is a constant challenge for me but I'm getting over 60 with a goal of 80-100

And I also keep my carbs under 100. The carbs I do eat are complex Carbs. I avoid breads and pastas and I have sworn them off forever

I am a little over 4 months post op and I thought I wasn't getting enough calories either, so I stopped counting calories and just focused on protein because by the time I ate my 60 gm of protein, I couldn't eat anything else any way. The following is just what I have been doing and I've lost 56 lbs since June 18. My personal choice is to focus on protein, carbs, fluids, and my vitamins. I take a chewable multivitamin by Opurity made especially for sleeve patients. It tastes like a sweet tart and I suck on it, I don't chew it. I also take Krill oil, chewable Calcium Citrate and a sublingual B-12. The B-12 absorbs better if it's sublingual. You can get the liquid or a dissolvable B-12 pill. I prefer the dissolvable pill. The Krill is 1 small gel pill vs. 3 of the Omega that I was taking. I am sticking with the Opurity vitamins as long as I can because when I switched to an over the counter brand, my hair started falling out. I switched back to Opurity and within 3 days, my hair stopped falling out. I focused on protein (at least 60g daily) and carbs (I tried to stay under 20 a day) but it's hard to keep carbs under 20. If you watch your protein and carbs, the calories shouldn't be a problem. I found a wonderful sugar free popsickle at Wal Mart. Its in a yellow box and they are tropical favors. Very tasty, sugar free, with only 4 carbs. They absolutely saved me. It's a nice treat when u want something sweet, but you CAN over do them because they have carbs. I also use products from Walden Farms....especially the salad dressings. No carbs, no sugar, no calories. If they are too thin, you can add fat free non flavored yogurt to thicken them up. If you go lonline and google Phase 1 ideal protein diet, it will show you a good diet plan to follow with low carb veggies and when it says to add the ideal protein that they sell, just add your personal protein. Focus on drinking water & at 6 weeks you can start exercising. I have not because I have bone & joint problems but I have continued to lose weight. I lost weight quickly the first month, then I started with the plateaus. I wouldn't lose for 2-3 weeks, then all of a sudden, I would get on the scale and drop 5 lbs over night. After the first month, the weight loss slowed to 8-10 lbs a month for me. I recommend checking out Dr Guillermo Alvarez on you tube. He has awesome advice & he answers a lot of questions. I searched the internet daily for all my questions & did a lot of research on my own, because my doctor was not very detailed in what he told me before surgery. Just an FYI...I met a lady the other night that had VSG in 2006. She had gained a lot of weight back & when I asked her what she was doing, she told me she ate sweets, especially a lot of cake. So, stay away from that and anything that has liquid calories...forever!!! I am eating protein bars now, instead of shakes, and they have high carbs, but they are good carbs and you should eat them before noon and then try to stay away from carbs the rest of the day. When you hit a stall, increase your protein and water intake and you will lose again. If it's not lbs, it will be inches. Good Luck!!!

Edited October 29, 201312 yr by Lidreaux

Thank you everyone!!! like I said I'm six weeks out and have lost 30 lbs!!!! protein is not my problem:-) the Premier choc. shakes are great! cheese and yorgurt... I had my surgery Sept. 16th. and I haven't stop smiling ever since:-) I just wish I would have done this sooner.. My husband comes home this Friday from Afghanistan and has been gone forn 6 months. So I can wait until he see me!!!!!