:help: I'm just starting to eat real foods again which is exciting and scary at the same time. I'm logging everything I eat into a great site called my daily plate.com. Here's the thing, how many calories do I take in ? I'm 5'10 and 345 right now. My starting weight was 359. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. :hungry:

This may not be much help, but my pre-op dietician told to eat three meals a day (no grazing!) and two snacks, and that the meals should be about 3/4ths cup in size (up to 1 cup). I was told to focus on proteins and produce. I was told not to count calories, and I am happy not to get into that because I think I would obsess. But I do see a lot of people here fretting about calories.

I do tend to graze, but that's because I get full quick and eat little at a time.

When you eat, are you focusing on Protein? I have been eating a lot cheese lately to get my protein in. It fills me up and stays with me.

Good luck!

Yes, lots of protein, I do boost shakes usually one a day, I also do powder protein. I make sure I get plenty of protein.

I have been eating a lot cheese lately to get my Protein in. It fills me up and stays with me.

How much cheese do you eat? Any specific kinds? I was just banded, and am still on liquids, but was curious...

JeninCo, I eat about 4 wedges of Laughing Cow per day. I buy the low fat creamy swiss. It is 35 cal per wedge with 2.5 g of protein per wedge.

My surgeon recommends keeping the calories between 800-1k a day. You will lose consistently that way. Julie

Thank you !!

You're very welcome. Congrats on getting banded. You can do this! Julie

I'm 5ft 10 too and I lost really well at about 1500 to 1800 calories per day - but I do run a lot. Towards the end as I neared goal it was definitely more like 1500 per day.