Ok...so I have been trying to remain calm and stick to my plan, and I have. I have lost 18 lbs and I'm 6 weeks post op. I speak to my dr at my 6 wk follow up and apparently even though I'm hitting my Protein and Water goals...I'm not eating enough ...r u kidding. It seems like all I do is eat...so frustrating!!

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Did you talk to the doc about what you are eating? That could make all the difference right there. I know when I went from liquids to soft food, I was still doing a few shakes a day. That got me to my Protein goals, but they don't stick with a person like real food does. Moving away from them to more solid forms of protein helped me out quite a bit. Your situation may be completely different, but your doctor or nutritionist should have some good answers for you.

Did you talk to the doc about what you are eating? That could make all the difference right there. I know when I went from liquids to soft food, I was still doing a few shakes a day. That got me to my Protein goals, but they don't stick with a person like real food does. Moving away from them to more solid forms of protein helped me out quite a bit. Your situation may be completely different, but your doctor or nutritionist should have some good answers for you.

I did an apparently eating clean gets u to your protein goal but not your caloric one. I was getting 80 g of protein at or about 700 calories..she wants me at 1200. I have decided to throw in a few extra items in my meal I just don't want to sacrifice protein for calories

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Yeah, I've added in some extra calories here and there. I was getting my protein goal done, but I was less than 1000 calories as well. Maintenance for my target weight will be almost three times that. I am shooting for around 1200 or a little more right now.

I would just eat more protein and I added some calories by baking my fish with Ghee early on.

I would just eat more Protein and I added some calories by baking my fish with Ghee early on.

My nutritionist said exess protein will get stored as fat so I'm trying to figure out how to up the calories without adding too much protein ...trial and error I guess!

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Protein does not get stored as fat any more than carbs do. Excess calories get stored as fat. You need to eat 2,900 calories a day to maintain 280 lbs. If you are eating 1000 calories a day you it would be pretty hard not to lose weight.

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I can't express how much I hate nutritionists.