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So my nut never gave me a number for calories but im 3 months out and want to know how much is everyone getting in. I work out 5 days a week i burn around 400 calories and i eat 800 calories a day drink Protein and my Water but i feel like im eating to much some days or to many times a day some times i eat 5 meals and a snack i work nights so my schedule is all funky on different days

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@@Jesm1029 I wasn't given a calorie restriction. Does your 800 calories include your Protein drinks? How much Protein and fluids are you getting? My plan suggests eating 5-6 small meals/snacks a day (3 hours in between). Are you eating protein or are other foods making up those calories? Eating too few calories can be a problem as well. You don't want to ruin your metabolism or go into starvation mode.

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My plan, starting 29 days post op, calls for a regular diet of 1000-1200 calories per day, no less than 800 calories and 60-90 grams of Protein.

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@@Jesm1029 I wasn't given a calorie restriction. Does your 800 calories include your Protein drinks? How much Protein and fluids are you getting? My plan suggests eating 5-6 small meals/snacks a day (3 hours in between). Are you eating protein or are other foods making up those calories? Eating too few calories can be a problem as well. You don't want to ruin your metabolism or go into starvation mode.

Everything i eat has protein every meal and every snack and the 800 includes my Protein shake i drink 1 a day but thats not considered a meal to me the drink is seperate from my 5 meals and 1 snack today looks like turkey Jerky 2 times once at 12am and once 3am then a cheese stil around 6:30 am then i had eggwhites and chicken at 10am i slept for like 3 hours and then got up and ate a few Beans i made with a small piece of chicken thigh and i just drank a Protein Shake usually id still be sleep but i have activities tonight before work and cant sleep so im sure before work im going to eat a cheese stick again and then my day starts over again today was not a workout day for me i already worked out 5 times this week so i break for 2 days

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@@Jesm1029 It certainly doesn't seem like you are eating too much - it may be the other way around and you're eating too little. You need at least 60-80 gms Protein - if not more because you're working out 5 days a week and absolutely more than 64 ozs of non-caloric drinks (I'd shoot for a lot more if you are exercising - you'll end up dehydrated and retain fluids).

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I was given a max of 800 calories per day for the first six months and no eating back calories. I was usually between 650 and 775. After six months I bumped that up to 1100 calories per day max and aimed to land between 1000 and 1100 calories. I did not eat back calories burned from exercise ever. I did fine at both calorie levels. I lost a little slower after about the first 9 months, but I attribute that to being smaller and closer to goal weight, not the calorie level itself.

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I was given a max of 800 calories per day for the first six months and no eating back calories. I was usually between 650 and 775. After six months I bumped that up to 1100 calories per day max and aimed to land between 1000 and 1100 calories. I did not eat back calories burned from exercise ever. I did fine at both calorie levels. I lost a little slower after about the first 9 months, but I attribute that to being smaller and closer to goal weight, not the calorie level itself.

I feel like im losing slow now i stall every 2 weeks i stall but i only got 25 till my goal and 35 till my stretch goal i started at 227 6/13 and am cw 175 so i think thats ok

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