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Increased my daily calories and weight loss has accelerated?! Nice, but why?



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At six months out, I increased my daily calories from 900 to 1200 per day. I was only eating 2 meals previously, since I hadn't found anyting I could eat in the morning without feeling queasy. Now I've added Greek yogurt & fruit for Breakfast, and an ounce of nuts on my way home from work in the evening. I also have a few Triscuits with a light Lauging Cow in the evening for a snack. Oddly, my weight loss has accelerated. I had been losing about 1 pound per week, but now it's closer to 1 3/4 pound. I've only been doing this for 2 weeks. I also started increasing my Fiber intake (with Fiber Choice) but I have not changed my exercise routine or general activity level at all. I certainly feel more satiated. Has anyone else experienced something similar?

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Me weight loss speeds up when I increase my calories too! Sometimes I can only get in 600 (I'm only 2 months out) but the weeks that I hit 800-900 multiple times I lose up to twice as much!!!

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Wow ladies, how do I do this, it seems like I need a meal plan, I am experimenting with foods...I have been since being post op 2 weeks, I am now post op week 4 and I have tried everything I love to eat, but many of those foods don't agree with me any more. Spagetti, doesnt agree with me, the sauce seems weird and it was my favorite. Amazing enought I can eat a 1/2 taco, hard or soft shell. at 4 weeks post op. I get hungry every two hours, but what ever I eat I can only eat 2 bites, and it can not be saucy like spagetti or bar b q, taste good but heart burn stuck in my throat, any advice peeps

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My NUT and doctor say that it's important to maintain about 1000-1200 calories a day to ensure healthy weight loss. Now, I'm only 6 weeks out and it's hard for me to get more than 900 (that's only on days when I have 2 Protein shakes, other days I'm around 750), but that's the goal at my doctor's office.

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I'm not an expert but I have been told your body needs fuel to operate properly. if you don't get enough calories your body goes into starvation mode and hangs on to the excess weight. Eating enough Protein will help your body keep muscle and lose fat. My doc and nut insist I make Protein the priority. I have to complete a 6 month monitored weight loss before surgery so I have quite a wait ahead of me but getting the protein in is helping me to not feel hungry.

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