I'm having a hard time eating enough, I was getting about 700 calories daily and burning about 800 with exercise. My nutritionist told me that for the quantity of exercise I'm doing I need to eat from 1200 to 1500 calories so I'm not running my body on empty it sounds too much for me I have to put 100 gms of protein if I want to keep exercising the way I do which is 1.5hr of cardio 5 to 6 times a week! Is any one out there eating about that same amount of calories? I'm afraid I will stop losing weight and I'm doing really good but I don't want to hurt myself either by not eating enough! I got the surgery to be and feel healthy but it looks like I like extremes! I don't know what to do ????

Hi Mayshula!

I have been tracking my food and exercise in a app called Loseit on my phone and i have noticed that on days when i eat 1000+ calories and not exercised I might stall or gain a portion of a pound and when I both eat and exercise if my "net" is in the 600-1200 calorie realm I may lose something. I haven't had calorie-specific guidance from the doc's office and when I asked them today in my followup they pretty much waved a hand and poopoo'ed tracking your calories. They want you to track Protein and Water intake now and figure that the portion sizes and items available/on our diet right now will regulate the rest. I still want to have some guidance on calories and I think that the app's format helps with that. On the top of the screen it tells you how many calories you've eaten, how many you've burnt off, tells you the "net" amount of calories your body is taking in (eaten minus burned off) and then a bolded section that tells you how many calories you are over/under the day's allotment of calories.

My pre-op amount of calories for weight maintenance (was calculated by a nutritionist for me) was 2263. No matter what I do i simply can't go over (post op) something like 1200-1500 not counting exercise and so far today i'm at a net of -658 or under 2,899 calories. (big 12+ mile bike ride today, and a food intake count of 878).

Anyway, calorie counting does help with monitoring how well you are doing and i plan to continue doing it because even if i'm stalled (same weight +/- 1 lb. for last 4 of 5 weeks) I can at least know that I'm not being a bad behavior person and that the stall is because my body is changing, not because I'm overeating or eating exactly what ineed for maintenance.

some folks use my fitness (something or other, there's a third word) but i've been using loseit for almost three years now and i love it. if you want to start using it there is an in-app ability to connect to your friends to be loseit buddies. i've never done this but would love a buddy.

yas

I agree with u I like to know how many calories an taking in! I used myfitnesspal I have been doing that for about 4 years and I love. With my vgs I have a hard time getting 1200 calories in, but I don't want to get sick either so I'm trying every day I have been reaching my goal of 100 grams of daily protein but is so hard. Sometimes I think I'm afraid of food because I don't want to stretch out my stomach???? I know it sounds crazy but that is what the crazy voice in my head tells me! U sound really active...i love to exercise too and love riding my bike after 17years! My username in myfitnesspal is siemprechapina or we can connect through Facebook too. It would be great to talk with someone who is going through a similar process!