Just curious how many calories people are taking in at 6 months post op.

2 minutes ago, OutdoorsGirl said:

I’m purchasing a 1 year supply of my Vitamins if my first labs in February are good.

That's what I want to do now, but since I haven't had surgery yet, I'm afraid they'll change my vitamins/supplements requirements again.

On 12/4/2021 at 7:50 AM, LadyH said:

So many different takes on caloric needs after this surgery. Makes me nervous.

So, if there’s an apocalyptic event and none of us can eat when the food is available, do we just starve? Same if you get cancer or some other wasting disease? Age alone can do that to a person. What if the supply chain completely breaks down and there are no bari Vitamins, or, they’re $300 per bottle? Do we just die?
These things keep me up at night.

Most people can eat nearly anything, albeit in small quantities, after healing.

As an example, I'm just short of three months out. I had a long road trip yesterday, on roads that do not go through many towns (in six hours I went through three places with ANY population at all—Nevada is a very remote place).

One town had a McDonald's. I had most of a Chicken McDeadlet kid's meal with milk (drank the milk later).

Another one literally only had a pizza place. I had half a slice of pizza.

I survived. You learn to prioritize protein and let the rest happen as it can (vegetables next, then starches).

Bariatric multivitamins aren't actually much different that regular multivitamins; they may be in more easily digestible forms, but most patients don't need that after a few months out. Iron, B12, and calcium are the usual things we need more than others, and those are not so hard to find (and you can get them from food if you truly need to).

And a quick note, you might not be on Bariatric vitamins forever depending on your surgery and eating habits. I am a bit over a year out from a sleeve and my MD took me off the bariatric vitamins because some of my levels were too high. I take a Kirkland signature multivitamin, b complex, and vitamin d pill every day. My one year labs came back perfect.

I also eat a good variety of food including fruit, vegetables, etc. if I encountered some kind of issue where I was wasting away I’d just eat more calorically dense food more often. Unfortunately it appears that my body is plenty capable of using its calories so to maintain my healthy bmi I still have to be conscious of what I’m eating.

Just curious how many calories people are taking in at 6 months post op.

I'm only 7.5 weeks post-op. I was getting about 400-500 calories in around 4 weeks post-op. However, my nutritionist did not like that & said I need at least 600, up to 900. I average about 800-1k daily.