How many calories a day?

[jpaps20 20]

Next week I'll be one month post-op, so I'm still in the puréed phase. Just wondering how many calories a day is everybody consuming after surgery? I'm making sure I have enough Protein & (trying to) get the right amount of Water in as well... but as for my meals (food & shakes), I've been trying to stay below 700/day.

What about everybody else?

[thatmeanone 240]

For my first month I was at about 600-700 calories a day and my surgeon was not happy. He wanted me to get up to about 1200 during my weight loss phase as soon as possible.

At two months I was around 800-900. Now I'm a little over three months out and I hit about 1000-1100.

Don't see much change on the horizon. I feel like that's about my cap - even with hitting the gym.

I keep my carbs under 30 g and my Protein around 100 g and do about 90 oz of Water. That's pretty much my focus.

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[mylighthouse 782]

Hi

I too, am on the pureed stage. I have 6 small meals a day, which include 2 meals consisting of 4 oz. of a Protein shake.

I have been keeping track of my calories/fat/protein each day, and I am always just below 500 calories a day. I guess that is okay? I read something where someone had said that you needed to get more calories than that, or it would kill your metabolism. I will say, that I have not lost any weight in about 5 days, but I have lost 17 pounds since my surgery on November 14th.

I find that I just CANNOT eat more than what I am eating. I fill up very quickly, and if less than 500 calories is all I can do right now, then so be it.

I'm glad you asked this question, I think it will be interesting to see what kind of feedback you get.

Good luck!